Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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In my bedroom I often see fine lines on the wood walls. A large fire beetle enters the house also, the mist being apart of a dark brown dove shaped surface 1 1/2 miles diameter. It gives as much light from under its wings cases when flying about 1/2 candle power I should estimate. (II) Fig. At fiffin I tasted the jack fruit a close ally of the bread fruit + a member of the same order as the mulberry & fig. The name is Artocarpus integrifolia. The tree has heavy green foliage & makes good shadebut is small sized. The fruit grows close to the trunk & is nearly 10