Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (4 of 5)
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miners being Bengalis, we visited [illegible] of the local club, at 5 P.M., where the managers assemble to play games + chat. They were atypical lot of middle class British + their wives + some small children were also at the club, one man 74 yrs old was remarkable for his youthful appearance + demeanor. He played billards like a man of 35. He has lived here for 40 years but the climate has had not any effect on him. 21 Sunday was spent calling on various Coleray managers near Groomal. Most of these men were married living in spacious white stone or brick bungalows. They were