xiv CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XIII. A Modern Rehoboam and his Capital 105 



XIV. A Tale of the Border . . .114 



XV. A Mountain Miscellany . . 127 



XVI. The Wild Sheep of Western Kansu 138 



XVII. A Day with a Ram . . . 147 



XVIII. The White-Maned Serow [Nemor- 



hcedus argyrochcetes) . . . 154 



XIX. Travellers' Tales . . . 163 



XX. A Thibetan Interlude . . . 172 



XXI. The Roe-Deer {Capreolus hedjordi) . 182 



XXII. The Wapiti of Kansu {Cervus kan- 



suensis) . . . . . 195 



XXIII. The Stalking of a Stag . . 208 



XXIV. Rumours of War . . . .218 



XXV. A Centre of Trade . . .227 



XXVI. On the Fringe of the Desert, and 

 Some account on Przewalski's 



Gazelle {Gazella przewalskii) . 238 



XXVII. Across the Desert, and Some Notes 

 ON the Mongolian Gazelle 



{Gazella gutturosa) . . . 250 



