SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 



collection. This with the antelopes brought our 

 collection of mammals up to twelve species. 



On finding that my traps were being robbed of 

 their catches, I baited one with the remains of a 

 pika, and next day had the satisfaction of putting 

 my hands on the robber, a beautiful, white-headed 

 falcon. I tried to tame this bird, as I had done a 

 young golden eagle we had picked up one day. My 

 efforts proved a failure, so at last I gave the bird 

 his liberty once more. On another occasion we 

 found a sheld-duck in a hole in some rocks. It 

 was long past the breeding season, but from 

 the down and grass in the hole, we came to the 

 conclusion that this was her nest. Subsequently 

 we verified the facts that the ruddy sheld-duck 

 nests in holes in rocks at no small distance from 

 water, while the common sheld-duck nests in 

 long burrows in the banks of the lagoons so com- 

 mon throughout this country. 



A few birds were added to our collection which, 

 however, were in very poor feather. There were 

 also some nice butterflies to be seen, amongst 

 which was a rather fine swallow-tail. 



While staying with Mr. Larson we had several 

 opportunities of watching the Mongol cowboys 

 at their work in sorting, catching, branding and 

 breaking the wild little ponies in their herds. 

 Instead of a lariat or lassoo, the Mongol uses a 

 long twenty-foot rod, little thicker than a fishing 

 rod, at the end of which is a looped thong of raw- 



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