Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (4 of 5)
Page 79
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weeks. Buffalo, bison, Bison & small deer were also common. A motor boat cost 10R per day but home built which are very comfortable are much less and just as satisfactory for a long shout. (19) McDonald took me out in a new/Herz mobile car to the shores the engine proved difficult to start so we came back without stopping there. The weather was not raining & distance the sun shore. The trip around the Maiden was delightfully done in a fast running car. The Maiden is the greatest institution in Calcutta & is known to the residents as the lungs of Calcutta, every evening from 5 to dark.