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little pikas simply swarmed above an altitude of 8,000 feet, and it 
was only because I was exhausted with the difficulty of the country 
Fic. 58.—Skull of the South-Shensi Takin. Collected by Sowerby. 
and the hard work entailed in hunting the Takin that I did not 
collect more.” 
During July, August, and September an important expedition was 
made to the lower reaches of the Sungari River and the I-mien-po 
