Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (5 of 5)
Page 15
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Transcription
Late in life he par[illegible] highest elevations in Malaya are only 700 feet. There were peaks, the population seen on the streets is predominantly Chinese with a fair proportion of Malay, Japanese & Indian or Tamul natives. (2) Sunday passed off quietly & without rain. The climate here is very different from India; rain falling the year round there being no definite monsoon season. Storms such as Typhoons are unknown but sudden whirling storms of few minutes duration occur at odd times. The rainfall