The diary of Edmund Heller, October 9, 1917-January 12, 1918 : covering his return trip from the First Asiatic Expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History
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Tredencolor for $60.00. The shop had a creamy yellow short haired spin which was also made into coat & would prepare a pole coat sports, the author Draws a fine Manchurian tiger skin with long hair for $200.00. This on most tawny ground which is the rule in Manchurian Tigers. This shop had also 3 fine orange colored tiger skins of the usual short haired sort these were cheaper $150.00 to $100.00 each. Next, I saw two panda, or flying squirrel skins in any of the shops, the skins here all coming from Mongolia & Manchurian + some from Southeastern Tibet where these species are found + We took dinner at the Y.W.C.A. with some 10 American college girls who have recently reached China to devote themselves to Y.W.C.A work here.