Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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grasshark, a field finch tree sparrow, yellow warblel common grar [illegible] black wagtail large small fluffy meares bird sparrow hawk, olive moped Chickadeo 2 red tailed chickis (long manes) 1 vermilled breasted shrikea blue drogan + a hoopoo The new majus came in the afternoon dried up the road. Two of the large steel traps set in alters under the water of the spring were stolento day by floating parties, all the Chinese are thieves apparent + steal all traps they find (21) Our road lay down the center of the valley where we left at noon. On every side were flooded rice fields or the gray green growing broad beans. After tip in the way led over brown hills of dry grass + a few straggling pine groves