CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEK XIX. 



KULJA. 



Yakub Khan— Internal disorder in Kulja in the 'Sixties— Eussian 

 interference— A ghastly holocaust— Report of a Chinese oflScial— 

 Russian assurances— Tso-Chungt-'ang, a Chinee of "great stead- 

 fastness of purpose"— The reconquest of Turkestan by China- 

 Difficulties with Russia— Gordon summoned— The treaty of St 

 Petersburg— What Russia gained— The position of Kulja to-day 

 — Suidon — Kulja — Mineral wealth of the province — Tribes, 

 sedentary and nomadic — Kirgiz and Kalmuk — The Chinese 

 quarter— A visit to the Taotai— The future of Kulja— Russian 

 intrigue with Tibet . . . • • • .211 



SPOET. 

 CHAPTER XX. 



AMONG THE IBEX OF TURKESTAN. 



A sportman's paradise— The way there— A lengthy bargain— To the 

 Oriyaas valley— Magnificent scenery— A Kalmuk Nimrod— A 

 48-inch ibex shot— Stormy weather— An evil beast— Vengeance— 

 A successful right-and-left— Marmots— The disappearance of an 

 ibex— Its head secured— Extremes of temperature— The luck of 

 ibex-shooting — A 51|-inch trophy — Kalmuk characteristics — 

 Another 50-inch head— Flooded rivers— Back to Kulja— Horn 

 measurements ....... 225 



CHAPTER XXI. 



AFTER WILD SHEEP IN THE SIBERIAN ALTAI. 



The Altai— Mr Ney Elias observes numbers of large horns— Major 

 Cumberland's expedition— The way to the Altai— Time occupied 

 by the journey— Expense— Kosh-Agach— Nature of the country 

 —My Kalmuk hunter— The "Happy Valley"— A depressing 

 day— Rams sighted— A wounded ram— My first head— A move 

 into Mongolia— A big ram in view— Officious females— Nature's 

 spell — A desperate race — A terrible disappointment . . 24 



