Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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shooting and that they were feverish with the orange colored newly born young clinging to their breasts. At 12 noon I found the Sithas, a party of several males which were very frightened. I ran away at once I followed down hill separated them & soon after I heard them pealing to each other apparently trying to unite again. About I returned at 3 P.M. with one old Sarampitherus, a live egg about 1 week old which I found all naked over here. The young kept up. Pleasently all ran old & stayed nearby apparently nothing to assist it but I frightened her away. There of the herd spaced, moved away as soon as I shot. While up the small ravine today I saw a number of Marden-bird clean feeding on large ripe 40 feathery with dark green limbs like royal palms & Feather drunklers. Bute aumber