CHAPTER IV 

 TRIP TO HSI-WAN-TZU 



ON our return from the Shensi Relief Expedi- 

 tion, Warrington and I spent a month in 

 Tientsin, after which, things having apparently 

 settled down, I decided to make a trip to Kalgan, 

 a town situated on the southern border of Inner 

 Mongolia. My object was to discover suitable 

 hunting grounds for our spring and summer 

 work. 



Thus on February 17, having spent the night 

 at Peking, I boarded the Peking- Kalgan train, and 

 before long found myself being whirled along 

 at a good speed over the great alluvial plain of 

 North Chihli towards the famous Nan-k'ou pass. 



After stopping about half an hour at Nan-k'ou 

 station, where there is an hotel, and where an 

 extra engine is usually added, the train entered a 

 deep and narrow valley. The grade being very 

 heavy, we ascended this valley but slowly. 



As usual the engines pushed from behind, and 

 the passengers were able to obtain an excellent 

 view, by standing on the end platform of the 



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