COLOURED PLATES. 



FACING PAGE 



The Fort, near Yii-lin Fu, Ordos Border . . . . 20 



Cave Inn, near Yen-an Fu . . . . . . . . 36 



The Yellow River, near K'ang-chia-t'a, Shansi 76 



Brown Snake and Toad-headed Lizard 

 Sunset on the Ordos Border 

 In the T'sing-ling Shan 



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PLATES. 



I . — Hazrat Ali 



2. — Native Hunters, T'ai-yiian-Fu, Shansi. . 



3. — Camp at Chao-chuang, T'ai-yiian Plain. 



Washing Sheep 

 4. — Chin-ssQ Miao Pagoda, near T'ai-yiian 



Fu, Shansi . . 

 5. — View from Summit of Mo-erh Shan, 



Shansi 

 6. — Threshing Floor, Shansi 

 7. — Ch'eng-wu Miao (Temple), Ch'ing-ting 



Shan, Shansi 

 8. — Washing Clothes. Shansi Tjrpe 

 9. — The Yellow River at Huang-ho-yiieh . . 

 10. — Sand Dunes, east of Yii-Un Fu, Shensi 

 II. — Pi Jung-pei, Head of the Police, Yii-lin 



Fu, Shensi . . 

 12. — Chinese Lady 

 13. — Towers of the Great Wall, north of 



Yii-lin Fu, Shensi . . 

 14. — View of the Great Wall, showing 



encroaching sands . . 

 15. — Epitaphs in Sandstone Outcrop, near 



Yii-lin Fu, North Shensi . . 

 16. — Horse Fair, outside South Gate, Yii-lin 



Fu, Shensi . . 

 1 7- — The Sandstone Strata near Ch'ing-chien 



Hsien, Shensi, in winter . . 

 18. — Cave Temple (Sung Dynasty) at Yen-an 



Fu, Shansi . . 

 19.— Representation of Buddhist Hell, in the 

 Lung-wang Miao, at Yen-an Fu, 

 Shensi 

 20. — " Goddess of Mercy " in the Cave 



Temple atYen-an Fu, Shensi 

 20A. — Cormorant Fishing on the Wei Ho, 



Shensi 

 21,— Robert S. Clark (left) and Arthur de 

 C. Sowerby (right) with Christmas 

 Day's Bag of Pheasants . . 

 22. — Loess Canon and Plateaux, south of 



Fu-chou 

 23, — Sowerby and his First Bustard 



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Plate 24. — Gateway marking Boundary between 



the Provinces of Shensi and Honan 50 



,, 25. — Roadside Scene, Honan . . .. .. 52 



26. — -Rubbing from Tablet in the Pei Ling 



(Monument Grove), Hsi-an Fu . , 54 



„ 27. — Camel Inn at Ta-yii-ch'eng, Shensi . . 56 



28. — Hua-kuo Shan, Shensi . . . . . . 58 



29. — Colossal Buddha, at Ta-fu-ssii, Shensi. . 60 



,, 30. — General Ma's Avenue, Kansu . . . . 62 



31. — Criminal in cage on his way to execu- 

 tion in Lan-chou Fu, Kansu . . . . 64 



„ 32. — Temple on Loess Spur at Kan-ts'ao- 



tien, near Lan-chou Fu, Kansu . . 68 

 „ 33. — Yellow River at Shao-shui-tzQ, near 

 Lan-chou Fu, Kansu. The river 



here cuts through granite . . . . 70 



,, 34. — Peasant Woman. Kansu Type . . 72 



35. — Ssfl-ch'uan Women, settlers in Kansu. . 74 



,, 36. — Peasant Woman. Kansu Type . . 78 

 ,, 37. — Wang Tao-t'ai of Ku-yiian Chou, with 



his Secretaries and Guard . . . . 80 



,, 38. — Loess Valley, near Hui-ning Hsien, 



Kansu . . . . . . . . 84 



,, 39. — Loess Canon, Ying-t'ao-ho, Kansu . . 88 



40. — Manchu Lady . . . . . . . . 90 



41. — Our Military Escort from Lan-chou Fu 94 

 „ 42. — Exiles in Chains. Hui-ning Hsien, 



Kansu . . . . . . . . 96 



,, 43. — Chang-t'ai-p'u, Kansu . . . . . . 100 



,, 44. — Guard House on Hsi-an to Lan-chou 



Road, Kansu . . . . . . 104 



,, 44A. — Peculiar Head-dress. Only worn in 

 the vicinity of Chen-yiian Hsien, 



Kansu . . . . . . . . 104 



,, 45. — Deserted Cave Village, Kansu . . . . 106 



,, 46. — Isolated Column of Sandstone, Hai- 



shui-ssii, Kansu and Shensi border 108 



,, 47. — Wild Boar shot near Yen-an Fu . . 112 

 , 48. — Chipmunk. {Eutamias asiaticus sene- 



scens) .. .. ,. .. 114 



„ 48A. — ^Mole-rat. {Myospalax cansus) .. 114 



,, 49. — Sand Hamster. {Phodopus bedfordicB) . . 120 



