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of about 500 miles by road. In this undertaking I was accompanied 

 by Mr. Tung. We traveled by Ford motor-car, finding many sites 

 new to science and securing a first-hand idea of the topography of the 

 region highly important to a correct interpretation of the movements 

 of man and the spread of civilization there in ancient times. 



After visiting Dr. Li's work, I returned to the provincial capital, 

 T'ai-yuan, where I had the privilege of being presented to T. R. H. the 

 Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden, and of accompanying the 

 former by motor-car to a Neolithic site some distance away, under 

 the guidance of the eminent Swedish archeologist, Dr. J. G. Andersson. 

 Then, continuing my journey, I traveled northward for 200 miles, 

 crossing the Yiin Chung Shan or " Midst of the Clouds " range of 

 mountains by a pass of about 7,000 feet elevation, according to report. 

 This chain long formed the ancient Chinese frontier against the north- 

 ern barbarians, and along its foot to this day runs one of the Great 

 Walls so numerous in that part of China. 



By the beginning of 1927 it had become apparent that the large 

 amount of material already gathered could be studied and reported 

 on to far better advantage in Washington than in China. Moreover, 

 the unsettled conditions almost universally existing in China rendered 

 the prosecution of further field-work there for the present a matter 

 of great uncertainty. I therefore arranged that Mr. Tung and Dr. Li 

 should remain in Peking, to maintain the close relations which we 

 had established with the leading Chinese scientific bodies and to 

 do such field-work as might be possible. Our Peking headquarters 

 were closed on April 30, and after visiting archeological sites and 

 collections of importance in Korea, Japan, Egypt, and Europe, I 

 arrived in Washington on August 6, 1927. 



Thus, besides achieving the fundamental object for which it was 

 sent out, via., that of reaching an understanding with the Chinese 

 themselves for efi"ective cooperation in archeological research, the 

 Expedition has made a definite beginning in tracing out the develop- 

 ment of civilization in several of the historically more important 

 regions of China. The effort thus inaugurated, taken in conjunction 

 with the growing collections of the Freer Gallery of Art and the 

 steady acquisition of Chinese books by the Library of Congress, 

 promises in time to make Washington a center of Chinese studies 

 second to none. Further, owing to the ingrained respect for learning 

 entertained by the Chinese people of all classes, the friendly contacts 

 established by work such as ours provide one of the readiest means for 

 promoting a better understanding and closer harmony between Amer- 

 ica and China. 



