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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16 The sea was moderate with a misty rain most of the day but the air feels warmer than at Yokohama. The steamer has done some pitching & a few people are sea-sick wildly. 17 The weather was overcast with misty rain at intervals & a fair sized swell running. One of the passengers of interest to me is Mr. H. Williams, an engineer & expert who has traveled much in Japan & some in Korea, where he visited the Diamond Mtns., which he says are very rough & forested & inhabited by bear, tigers & deer. He knows the minas Gerais Country of Brazil, much of which he says is a desert.