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Dr. Hamada later in the same year visited Washington, where he 

 was welcomed by the staff of the Smithsonian Institution. It may be 

 stated here, parenthetically, that the efforts constantly being- made 

 by the Institution to conduct scientific research along various lines in 

 close and friendly cooperation with kindred bodies in other lands, 

 is one of the most effective although least widely advertised means of 

 promoting goodwill and friendship among the nations. 



After his return to Peking, Mr. Tung was able to visit various 

 localities of archeological importance, although his activities, like those 

 of Dr. Li, were greatly curtailed by the civil war then going on. In 

 the early spring of the present year he paid a visit to the new capital, 

 Nanking, and effected further contacts with the members of the gov- 

 ernment on behalf of the Freer Gallery Expedition. 



Mr. Tung next essayed a visit to the site of the old summer capital 

 of the Mongol Dynasty, Shangtu, or Xanadu as it is spelled in Cole- 

 ridge's well known poem, " Kubla Khan." This lies in Inner Mongolia, 

 about 200 miles north of Peking, and excavation there should reveal 

 much of interest about the great days described for us in the pages 

 of Marco Polo. 



Owing to the prevailing hostilities, Mr. Tung's first attempt to reach 

 Shangtu was unsuccessful and he only succeeded with much difficulty 

 and even danger — from risk of typhus, molestation l)y disorderly 

 troops, and the like — in regaining Peking. 



He persevered in his efforts, however, and met with better success 

 on his second attempt. He proceeded by rail to Kalgan. about a hun- 

 dred miles northwest of Peking, and then hired an American motor-car 

 with which he succeeded in reaching Shangtu. He was accompanied 

 by a representative of the Peking Historical Museum, an institution 

 with which the Freer Gallery Expedition has worked in close coopera- 

 tion for several years past, and by the former Abbot of the Lama 

 Temple of Peking. Through the good offices of the latter, Mr. Tung 

 was enabled to meet various Mongol chieftains, and to establish 

 friendly relations with them with a view to the exploration and 

 possible eventual excavation of the site. 



In concluding this very condensed sketch of the activities of the 

 Freer Gallery of Art in the field — activities carried on in the face of 

 many difffculties, hardships, and even dangers — it may be stated that 

 Mr. A. G. Wenley. who for the past two years has been in Paris 

 working under the eminent French sinologues, proceeded during the 

 past autumn to Japan for further study. 



