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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October 28, 1917 - (continued) orange in color and 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 $200 Mexican. It cleared about 3pm and I took a walk to photograph natives, but the Koreans of all ages would not submit. I bought photos of natives from a Japanese dealer. The Japanese children wanted to be photographed and flocked about me in great glee and familiarity, which action shows one of the great differences in the two people.