SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 



miles south of the city on the bank of the Fen 

 Ho. Here we stayed for ten days, during which 

 time I initiated my wife into the dehghts of camp 

 life. 



^Ve spent tlie whole time trapping, shooting 

 and riding. Geese, dueks, quail and hares were 

 plentiful, and many were brought to bag. One 

 day a bustard weighing about 16 lb. was brought 

 down after a long and careful stalk through the 

 underbrush. 



Our traps yielded well, so that we made a very 

 respectable little collection of mammals. It in- 

 cluded specimens of the mink, the shrew, the vole, 

 the giant hamster, Anderson's hamster, the gerbil 

 and the common mouse. 



We next moved up into the mountains east of 

 T'ai-yiian Fu, called Lung-wang Shan, where we 

 put up at a fine old temple. This place consti- 

 tutes one of the summer resorts of the T'ai-yiian 

 community, and is distant from that city about 

 twenty miles. 



The district is well wooded and is noted for its 

 beautiful scenery, especially during the summer. 

 The deep ravines are filled with cypress, firs and 

 willows, while in places the rare white-barked 

 pine {Pinus hungeana) grows in a wild state. 

 The rocky watercourses at the ravine bottoms 

 are filled with ferns, mosses and other cryptogams. 

 WTiere these ravines widen out there are rich 

 grass-plots, on which grow the orchis, the butter- 



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