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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Lewis His Wife & her sister, was a great library of travel books in his home many of which he has read. He told me of his 4 years travel in New Guinea Island showed me many photos he took there. He said the natives were fairly friendly he had no trouble but travel in the interior was impossible because of no food or transport except natives who eat themselves or food up in 16 days. The climate he said was said by experts to be the worst Malarial area in the world [illegible] who knew West Africa & India. He has published nothing about his New Guinea travel however. I met Gerhard & a new Main chief of Stanford who now has the Reptiles & the fishes in the museum.