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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After tiffin I visited some of the fur shops with the guide. These were small & poor com- pared to Peking or Shanghai. They make no fur garments here only for collar & cuffs. I saw a few bundles of gray squirrel, other & marten & black horse cat, & a few striped wild cat poles. In opera shops I found the leopard, a long haired race but the dealers wanted 60 yen each. The Tiger skins I saw were rich orange in color & short haired being distinctly inferior to the great Manchurian skins. For these they wanted 400 to 500 yen where in Peking the largest skins were only 200, max. I cleared almost 3 p.m. & took a walk to photo natives for the Koreans of all ages would not submit so I bought photo & natives from Jap dealer. The Jap children wanted to be photographed & cheered me in great glee & familiarity.