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bucks, two of which he bowled over. He emptied 

 his magazine trying to get a third, but failed to do 

 so. ^Yithout re-charging his rifle he went to ex- 

 amine the two antelopes he had dropped. One 

 of these jumped up and bounded off after the rest 

 of the herd as though unhurt. Allien I arrived 

 on the scene it was too late to do anything, especi- 

 allv as there was no blood trail to follow. 



Between Sui-lang-ch'eng and Tabool, which 

 place we reached on August 7, our stopping -places 

 were Harborrogar, Tavunghaila, Nartainchao, Oola 

 Hutaga and Hoborrow, all of which, except the 

 last, were small Mongol camps. Hoborrow is 

 the seat of a petty chieftain. We stayed one day 

 at Oola Hutaga on account of rain. Here the 

 hills are high and inclined to be rugged. 



Tabool or Tabo Ola (meaning Five Hills) is the 

 summer home of our friend, Mr. F. A. Larson,^ 

 whose work is amongst the ^Mongols. On our 

 arrival we received a very warm welcome from this 

 kindly missionary family. It had been my pur- 

 pose to make a collection of mammals in this dis- 

 trict, so we gladly accepted a kind invitation to 

 stay as long as we could. A fine large IMongol tent 

 w^as placed at our disposal, and throughout our 

 stay we were very comfortable. 



We at once set out a lot of traps, and were re- 



^ Mr. Larson subsequently held for a time the position of 

 adviser on Mongolian Affairs to the Chinese Government on 

 account of his intimate knowledge of the country and its people. 

 He now holds rank in Mongolia equivalent to that of a Prince. 



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