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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He has used the 401 Winchester Automatic a brass with success never had it jam. Curtis gave me a humorous account of Portions the Ann coupled Hichomb's wedding at which he acted as groom & tied the Knot on a train travelling outside an hour out of his territory. 28 During the night the rain ceased at 10 AM after breakfast I went with the guide to Nanzen Ponta, a high forest clad hill in the east of the town. Thence we ascended then drove a contracted pitch price by a pretty winding road. From the crest the city of Seoul lay spread out at 100 feet. The houses were chiefly tiled Japanese style but outside the wall were clusters of thatched roofed Korean huts. North of the city a high rugged range of