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flow, we were unable to track him further. We 

 saw several other antelopes, but were unable to 

 get within range, so finally returned to Hsia-pu-na 

 without having secured one. 



It was still early in the day, so we decided to 

 continue our journey for another half stage. 

 Twenty li more of the plain, and we reached a deep 

 and winding gorge in the mountains, up which we 

 travelled till we reached a small village named 

 Yang-p'o-yao-tzu. Here we put up for the night. 



Up to this point the sides of the ravine were of 

 basalt, showing the characteristic columnar cleav- 

 age, but from Yang-p'o-yao-tzu westward we 

 travelled, next day, through a deep and narrow 

 ravine in rugged mountains of granite. At noon, 

 after crossing a high pass, we stopped at a large 

 village named Ning-yiian, which contains about 

 one thousand inhabitants, and is the seat of a 

 small country official. 



After leaving Ning-yiian and following the 

 valley to its head, we crossed a second rather low 

 pass and once more descended into the T'ai Hai 

 basin, putting up for the night at a Catholic village 

 named Hsiang-ho-ti, on the western shore of the 

 lake. Here we met several of the Catholic priests, 

 who, as usual, were very kind and courteous, 

 giving us all the information we required about 

 the district. 



The following day, June 4, we skirted the southern 

 shore of the lake, which extends in this direction 



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