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



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



The Yellow liiver, 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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Plate I.— Hazrat Ah 



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

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



Waishing Sheep 

 4. — Chin-sso 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 Type 

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

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

 11. — Pi Jung-pei, Head of the PoUce, 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-hn Fu, North Shensi . . 

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



Fu, Shensi . . 

 17- — 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 Plateaujf, south of 



Fu-chou 

 23. — Sowerby and his First Bustard 



1 Plate 2.). — Gateway marking Boundary between 



2 the Provinces of Shensi and Honan 

 •> 25. — Roadside Scene, Honan. . 



4 „ 26. — Rubbing from Tablet in the Pci Ling 



(Monument Grove), Hsi-an Fu 

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



28. — Hua-kuo Shan, Shensi . . 

 8 ,, 29. — Colossal Buddha, at Ta-fu-ssQ, Shensi. . 



10 ,, 30. — General Ma's .\ venue, Kansu . . 



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

 12 tion in Lan-chou Fu, Kansu . . 



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



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



18 .. 33. — Yellow River at Shao-shui-tzil, near 



Lan-chou Fu, Kansu. The river 

 22 here cuts through granite . . 



24 .. 34- — Peasant Woman. Kansu Type 



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

 26 .. 3(>- — Peasant Woman. Kansu Type 



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

 28 his Secretaries and Guard . . 



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

 30 Kansu 



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

 32 ■, 40. — Manchu Lady 



41. — Our Military Escort from Lan-chou Fu 

 £4 „ 42. — Exiles in Chains. Hui-ning Hsien, 



Kansu 

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



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

 Road, Kansu 

 40 ,, 44A.— PecuUar Head-dress. Only worn in 



the vicinity of Ch6n-yuan Hsien, 

 42 Kansu 



45. — Deserted Cave Village, Kansu . . 

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



shui-ssQ, Kansu and Shensi border 

 „ 47. — Wild Boar shot near Yen-an Fu 

 44 . 48. — Chipmunk. {Eutamias asiaticus sene- 



scens) 

 46 „ 48A. — Mole-rat. (Myospalax cansus) 



48 ,, 49. — Sand Hamster. (Phodopus hedfordice) . . 



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