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" P"8'^y " expression to the fuce. The hair is 

 long, the legs thin, and the general appearance 

 rather squat. There is no tuft of hair on the 

 knees. The young are born in May. 



Those we saw were scattered about the hills 

 which rose on the far side of what was left of the 

 Great Wall, half a mile from the road. George 

 stalked a small lot of eight or nine, and after some 

 manoeuvring killed a very nice buck, the only one 

 of the party. I walked on and saw a big lot, which 

 I managed to stalk pretty easily. I had unfor- 

 tunately left my glass and could not distinguish 

 their heads with any certainty. However, 1 

 picked out what I took to be a buck at about two 

 hundred yards, and on going up found I had also 

 knocked over a doe with the same bullet. The 

 buck was not fully grown, but showed the strong 

 hooks at the tips of the horns which is a characteristic 

 of the species. They are excellent eating and kept 

 us in meat until we got to Ti-hua~fu. 



Kanchow, which we reached on December 14th, 

 is the centre of a great rice-growing district, all 

 the surrounding country being under irrigation. 

 George killed a duck near here and some pheasants. 

 These latter were more sandy in colour than any 

 we had seen, with light heads and a white ring on 

 the neck. 



A few days later we saw sand grouse, but never 

 succeeded in shooting any. 



On December 1 9th we reached Suchow and com- 

 pleted the first stage of our journey. 



