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TAGE 



Rude treatment from Chinese — The strong hand necessary — 

 Difficulties about change — The In-shan mountain system — First 

 sight of Hoang-ho — Tent flooded — Bathar Sheilun temple — 

 The mountain antelope — Its extraordinary jumps — Chinese 

 soldiers — Munni-ula mountains — Their flora, fauna, and avi- 

 fauna — Legends regarding them — Ascent of the range — Chinese 

 demand for stags' horns^ Vicissitudes of inountain sport — Im- . 

 pressive scenery — Pass across range — Valley of the Hoang-ho 

 — City of Bautu — Interview with Commandant — Search for 

 lodging — Mob rudeness — We are made a show of — Departure 

 from Bautu — Passage of the Hoang-ho — Mihtary opium 

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CHAPTER V. 



ORDOS. 



Definition of Ordos — Nomads contrasted with settlers — Historical 

 sketch — Divisions— The Hoang-ho and its floods — Route up 

 the Valley — Depth, width, and navigation of river — Old 

 channels ; deviation of its course — Disputes about boundaries 

 — Flora of the valley — Scanty vegetation — Liquorice root — 

 Aspect of valley changes — Kuzupchi sands — Terrors of the 

 desert — Legends — Oases and their vegetation — Sterility of the 

 valley — Birds and animals— Traces of Dungan insurrection — 

 A stray camel — Intense heat — Lake Tsaideming-nor — Opium 

 cultivation — Bathing — Superstition about the tortoise — Flight 

 of Chinghiz-Khan's wife — Tradition of Chinghiz-Khan — The 

 White Banner — Tomb of Chinghiz-Khan — The Kara-sulta, or 

 Black-tailed antelope — Shooting these antelope — Their haunts 

 in the desert — Ruined temple of Shara-tsu — Scarce population 

 — Wild cattle — Their origin and habits — Two bulls shot — 

 Fishing ; Mosquitoes — Salt lake ; Ruins of city — Order of 

 march ; sweltering heat — Water ! the halt — Wolfish appetites ; 

 evening — Loss of a horse ; Djuldjig — Arbus-ula range ; Ding- 

 hu — Crossing Hoang-ho — Interview with Mandarin — Showing 

 our guns — Baggage examined — Mandarin robs us — Embar- 

 rassing situation — Under arrest — Explanations — We take our 

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CHAPTER VL 



ALA-SHAN. 



The Eleuths — Extent and character of Ala-shan — Sandy tracts of 

 Ala-shan — Flour of the Sulhir grass — Flora and Fauna of Ala- 

 shan — Birds of Ala-shan — Population of Ala-shan — Mongols of 



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