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a wheel A dry camp More motor trouble Meeting 

 with Langdon Warner Our game of hide-and-seek in 

 the Orient An accident near Panj-kiang We use mut- 

 ton fat for oil Arrival at Hei-ma-hou A wet ride to 

 Kalgan Trouble at the gate 27 



CHAPTER IV 



NEW TRAVELS ON AN OLD TRAIL 



Winter in Peking We leave for Mongolia Inner Mongolia 

 in spring Race with a camel Geese and cranes Go- 

 phers An electric light in the desert Chinese motor 

 companies An antelope buck A great herd Brilliant 

 atmosphere of Mongolia Notes on antelope speed . 38 



CHAPTER V 



ANTELOPE MOVIE STARS 



Moving pictures under difficulties A lost opportunity A 

 zoological garden in the desert Killing a wolf Speed 

 of a wolf Antelope steak and parfum de chameau 

 A caravan A wild wolf-hunt Sulphuric acid The 

 Turin Plains 50 



CHAPTER VI 



THE SACRED CITY OF THE LIVING BUDDHA 



A city of contrasts The Chinese quarter like frontier Amer- 

 ica A hamlet of modern Russia An indescribable 

 mixture of Mongolia, Russia and China in West Urga 

 Description of a Mongol woman Urga like a pageant on 

 the stage of a theater The sacred mountain The palace 

 of the "Living God" Love for western inventions A 

 strange scene at the Hutukhtu's palace A bed for the 

 Living Buddha Lamaism The Lama City Ceremony 

 in the temple Prayer wheels Burial customs Corpses 

 eaten by dogs The dogs of Mongolia Cleanliness 

 Food Morality "H. C. L." in Urga A horrible prison 

 Mr. F. A. Larsen .... 62 



