Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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in the slave of Keng - wa + is quite Indian in its courage the rupee being the only accepted coin by the Shaw population. Last night about 11 P M, we were visited by a violent thunder storm, accom- pained by sleet rain & strong wind. This storm lasted about 3 hrs. Science my very suddenly the green being cloudless & the moon clear although clouds appeared again soon after sunrise. 14 The native hunters failed to appear again but in the afternoon we went out & beat over a few bushy hills with our mafers without however flushing any game. The traps set on the Baduor trail caught few game. The small traps yielded few new species. The dominant forest tree is a large laurel leaved one which produces an acorn- like nut covered by a large furry covering. Many of these nut- covers were found under rocks