xviii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PACING PAGE 



BEAR AND ROE GROUND . . . . .172 

 THIBETAN WOMEN . . . . . .182 



THE BEAR .182 



A STUDY IN EXPRESSIONS . . . . .182 

 TYPES OF CHINESE ROE HEADS (Capreolus bedfordi). 184 

 ROE-DEER ALARMED V ..... 184 

 ROE-DEER (Capreolus bedfordi) ON THE TOPS . .190 



SHEEP GROUND 194 



WAPITI GROUND . . . . . . .194 



STUDIES OF KANSU WAPITI ..... 200 



WAPITI (Cervus kansuensis), SHOWING MARKINGS ON 



HIND-QUARTERS ... . . . 206 



WAPITI (Cervus kansuensis) .- . . . . 206 



WAPITI GROUND . 206 



KANSU WAPITI (Cervus kansueusis) . .. . .214 



OUR CARTS . 236 



COURTYARD OF THE VICEROY'S YAMEN, LANCHOW . 236 



AN EXECUTION 246 



CAGED FOR GROWING OPIUM ... . . 246 



LIANGCHOW-FU . . . . . . . 246 



MONGOLIAN GAZELLE (Gazella gutturosa) . . . 248 

 PRZEWALSKI'S GAZELLE (Gazella przewalskii) . . 248 

 PRZEWALSKI'S GAZELLE (Gazella przewalskii) . . 248 

 IN THE MIDST OF THE GOBI DESERT ., . . 252 

 AN INN IN THE GOBI DESERT .... 252 



" How MANY A LONELY CARAVAN SETS OUT 



ON ITS LONG JOURNEY O'ER THE DESERT " . 254 

 MONGOLIAN GAZELLE (Gazella gutturosa) . . . 254 

 DESERT COUNTRY ... .... 260 



CROSSING THE DESERT . . . . . 260 



DOMESTIC SHEEP HEAD, TAOCHOW, W. KANSU . 264 

 FAT-RUMPED SHEEP, TI-HUA-FU ^ . , . . . 264 



MAPS 



CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA (SHOWING ROUTE FOLLOWED 



FROM SHANGHAI TO OMSK) . . . . 1 



PART OF CHINA (SHOWING ROUTE FOLLOWED FROM 



CHENGGHOW TO ANSICHOW) .... 254 



