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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The famous Marble Pagoda was visited at 3 P.M., but the day was cold + bitter by advancing wind + overcast sky. The Pagoda was evidently constructed from the marble is weathered + blackened as the carved Buddhas are at 4 Dhahar date with an American Dentist Schriefly At the Severance Hospital near the R.P. Slabon. He has devoted himself to operating on Teeth & their diseases among the Koreans. Here I met Dr. Mills a Bacteriologist from Michigan University. He has taken up Botany as a hobby + collected many plants in Korea which are particulary marred by Kew experts. He is translating