LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Passing a "Boma" 



Up the Valley of the Tchouia 



Kosh-Agatch Plateau 



Catching Horses 



Punishing a Kalmuk 



The Start from Kosh-Agatch 



Loading a Horse 



A Snow-bridge 



Our Kitchen 



Our first day's Bag 



Our Camp under Snow . 



" Enjoying his morning siesta ' 



Returning to Camp 



"A large herd of Sheep, apparently all 



The Happy Valley 



Waiting for the Storm to Pass 



" Watching " 



" They crossed the stream at full gallop " 



"There were three first-class old rams amongst th 



Taba .... 



"A pack of Wolves attacked our ponies". 



" We ran down the slope " 



A Day's Rest .... 



Skulls of Sheep piled up in heaps 



"We were met by half a dozen Chinamen" 



Daniel .... 



Littledale trying the Yak 



A Tame Yak .... 



Waiting for the Pack-ponies 



Preparing to Cross the Tchagan-Kol 



Mrs. Littledale and the Author Crossing the Tchagan-Kol 



A Smooth Passage 



"Janny" Ratting 



Our new Demitcha and men . - . 



Jacob, the Demitcha, in the Bashkaous Valley 



" Heads of Sheep strewed the ground " 



The Asiatic Ibex (Capra sibirica) . 



Olonur Camp . . . • 



"Two or three Rams quietly feeding" 



Littledale's Record Head of Ovis amnion . 



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