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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Reaching the other side (Korea) the white robed Korean peasants were seen at stations on the rivershore. The Japanese only are in charge of the RRT the stations. The fields & villages are purely Korean inhabited. The farm houses are built like structures built of mud walls & thatched roofs. The chief crop appeared to be millet which was all harvested only stalks of stalks remaining in the fields. Some millet fields seem Rice fields occupied all level valleys. Behind Autung a jagged series of peaks hills were covered by low scrub bushes & deciduous trees. The place pine trees of small size had been planted on the hills many berries picturesquely contrasted with snow.