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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(Other) passengers are Mott & Griff(in) Chairmen of committees + leaders generally. Mott is a gray-haired child (N.Y.) but really a tenderger in Honolulu(Taiwan) + Griff is a N.Y. Shoe salesman with the manners & airs of a sport pigeon but a good fellow when his little bluff is Called. Another voyager is Lauty who has the mop of Ireland on his face + an overfed appearance is an American dentist 99 years resident in the sands of Alexandria but now returns to the U.S.A. for residence.