INTHODUCTIOX 



(»f KastiTM Asia ; S|)riiiu^ and SuniiiuM* 

 1«H)S. 

 "2. An expedition tliioui;!! tlu' nppcr basin of 

 tlic Vvn \Uvvv in \\(.'stiMn Shansi, by tlie 

 author and his wilV : Wintt-r, 1900-10. 



3. Short collcc'tin*; trips round 'r'ai-yiian Fu, 



Shansi : Autumn 1911. 



4. A shootinir trip in tho mountains north-east 



of Kalgan ; February 1912. 



5. A journey from Kalgan to K'uei-hua-ch'eng 



in North Shansi ; Spring, 1912. 



6. A journey in Inner IMongoha ; Summer, 1912. 

 It may be noted that the Chirk Expedition, 



which forms the subject of Through S hen-Kan, 

 took place between the first and second of the 

 explorations enumerated above, and the present 

 book may ])e considered supplementary to that 

 work. 



Chapters dealing with the scientific aspects of 

 the work of the several expeditions are given at 

 the end of this book. An itinerary, which, it 

 is hoped, will be found useful by future travellers 

 in these parts is also given. 



The results of the compass traverses have been 

 carefully reduced to a convenient scale ( r,i»oo.(nTo)» 

 and maps will be found in the cover-pocket at the 

 end of the book. 



I am indebted to Mr. Malcolm P. Anderson for 

 photographs illustrating the first of the series of 

 explorations, to Mr. Robert S. Clark for others 



