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CONTENTS 



OF 



THE SECOND VOLUME. 



CHAPTER I. 



RETURN TO KALGAN. 



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Departure from Din-yuan-ing — Illness of Pyltseff — Salt lake-bed 

 of Djaratai-dabas — Mode of obtaining salt — Kara-narin-ula 

 mountains — Route through the Urute country — -Ascent of 

 plateau — Excessive cold ; snow-storm— Sufferings of animals^ 

 Descent to the Hoang-ho — Incursions of Dungans — Hostility 

 of Chinese officials — Chinese soldiers — Old river bed — 

 Wintering birds ; pheasants — Tea-drinking — Border range — 

 Rejoin outward track — Buying argols — Temperature inside 

 tent — Shireti-tsu — Loss of all our camels — Awkward predica- 

 ment — Buy fresh camels — Trading caravans — Epidemic among 

 dzerens — Argali — Arrival at Kalgan i 



CHAPTER П. 



RETURN TO ALA-SHAN. 



Start for Peking — Packing collections — New outfit ; rifles ; re- 

 volvers — Merchandise — Fresh Cossacks — Trial of guns— Effect 

 on the inhabitants — Mongol dog ' Karza ' — Water barrels — De- 

 parture from Kalgan — Late spring — Migration of birds — To the 

 Munni-ula — Spring vegetation — Leave for the Hoang-ho — Rice 

 fields — Shooting carp — Unattractive valley — Sandy borders of 

 Ala-shan and its vegetation — Inanimate nature — Envoys from 

 the prince — Arrival at Din-yuan-ing — The Czar's officer — 



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