SPORT AND SCIFATE 



were sccurcci. Tlic former of tlicso turned out 

 to be a new speeics, and it is very rare. 



On June 26 we left Ning-wu Fu, travelling in an 

 easterly direetion as far as a small town named 

 T'ai-niu-tien, after spending the night at which 

 place we continued as far as Hsin Chow in a 

 south-easterly direction. From here two easy 

 stages brought us to T'ai-yiian Fu on June 30. 



^^'e had been away for five months, during 

 which time we had not set eyes on a European 

 other than ourselves, had completed a circuit of 

 considerably over one thousand miles, and had 

 made a collection of three hundred and fifty 

 mammals including thirty-three species, twelve 

 of which were subsequently described as new. 

 Some dozen species of reptiles and batrachians 

 were also secured, besides a small collection of 

 birds. 



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