Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 83
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"low + ending in a hole like the spotted hyaena but much cleaner + clever. The call can be heard a mile or two if silent only in the morning from dawn until noon. The shan hunter seems bare limbed through very heavy underbrush his legs were tattooed down to the knees heavily + far below the breech with a few stray gauges. About his waistmen a girdle of elephants trotted. Poisonous snakes or leopards are rare or this method of travel would not be popular or safe. The woods are everywhere over- grownly small vines but which tangle the feet for large creepers are not often seen. A mudhole in the forest & one of a few sandm lizards later somewhere on a forest hillside. The rooting of fatted wild hyaenas seen in many places + looking fresh. After many tracks were also seen, no dung or beds of any of these animals