Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
Page 96
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Transcription
Forest. Following thoro tree fur in blossom in March tall care grass + sword grass over much of the Area only + this becomes dry in March to burned by nature to make pasturage. Rock formation limestone, the creeks caverns + often disappear. In place the country is filled plains large sinks or basins having an outlet into which water drains. Vertical holes six inch in diameter 2 or more feet deep ging straight down are common in fresh grass country + are doubtless the work of ants.