CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER VII 



THE LONG TRAIL TO SAIN NOIN KHAN 



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Beginning work Carts Ponies Our interpreter Mongol 

 tent Native clothes best for work Supplies How to 

 keep "fit" in the field Accidents Sain Noin Khan 

 The first day A night in a yurt Cranes We trade 

 horses Horse stealing No mammals Birds Break- 

 ing a cart horse Mongol ponies 84> 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE LURE OF THE PLAINS 



Trapping marmots Skins valuable as furs Native methods 

 of hunting A marmot dance Habits The first hunt- 

 ing-camp Our Mongol neighbors After antelope on 

 horseback The first buck A pole-cat The second 

 day's hunt The vastness of the plains Development 

 of a "land sense" Another antelope . . . ,99 



CHAPTER IX 



HUNTING ON THE TURIN PLAINS 



Mongol hospitality Camping on the Turin Plains An 

 enormous herd of antelope A wonderful ride Three 

 gazelle A dry camp My pony, Kublai Khan Plains 

 life about a well Antelope babies A wonderful pro- 

 vision of nature Habits Species in Mongolia The 

 "goitre" Speed Work in camp Small mammals . 116 



CHAPTER X 



AN ADVENTURE IN THE LAMA CITY 



An unexpected meeting with a river Our new camp in Urga 

 "God's Brother's House" Photographing in the Lama 

 City A critical moment Help from Mr. Olufsen The 

 motion picture camera an instrument of magic Floods 

 in Urga Duke Loobtseng Yangsen The Duchess 

 Vegetables in Urga 133 



