5^2 



Valley 



562 

 . 568 

 By Rowland Ward, Ltd. 568 



• 572 

 . 576 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix 



FACING PAGE 



River Terraces at Narin ....... 526 



The Barkul Basin (Panorama) By D. Carruthers & J. H. Miller 532 

 The Sacred Lake of Bogdo-ola ...... 538 



The Salt-encrusted Plains of Central Dzungaria . . 544 



Deep-cut Ravines in the Dzungarian Plains . . . 544 



J. H. Miller and a Day's Bag of Wild-Sheep . . . 550 



Sheep-ground of the Upper Borotala . . By J. H. Miller 556 



Flower-strewn Meadows 

 Wild-pig, Shot in the Upper Borotala 



{Sus scrofa nigripes) 

 Roe-deer and Kalmuk Hunter 

 Ovis Ammon Karelini, in Winter Coat 

 In the Urta Saryk Valley 

 The Muzart Glacier in the Tian Shan 

 Crossing the Karakorum Plateau (Altitude 17,000 ft.) 



By J. H. Miller 578 

 Part of our Bag at Takianzi ...... 582 



Dzungarian Gazelle {Gazella subgutttirosa) in Winter Coat 



By Rowland Ward, Ltd. 586 

 The Saiga Antelope {Saiga taytarica) . . By J. H. Miller 596 



Central Dzungaria in Winter . . • ,, ,, 602 



A Domesticated Kulon and its Chanto Owner ,, ,, 602 



The Kulon, or Wild-Ass of Dzungaria {Equus 



hemionus typiciis) .....,, ,, 606 



MAPS 



FACING PAGE 



Sketch-map of the Siberian-Mongol Frontier, showing Racial 



Distribution on the Russo-Chinese Borderlands . . 350 



PAGE 



Alpine Region of Karlik Tagh . . . . . .623 



Map showing Life Zones of North-west Mongolia and Dzungaria 625 

 The Karlik Tagh and Barkul Mountains . {End of Volume) 



DIAGRAMS 



PAGE 



A Section of the Karlik Tagh from North to South, through 



THE Central Portion of the Range . . . •521 



The Ancient Strands and Barriers of Sairam Nor . .619 



Outline of Karlik Tagh from Kumul ..... 621 

 View of the Highest Peaks of Karlik Tagh, from Ridge South 



OF Upper Bardash Valley . . . . . .621 



