xiv CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XIII. A MODERN REHOBOAM AND HIS CAPITAL 105 



XIV. A TALE OF THE BORDER . . .114 



XV. A MOUNTAIN MISCELLANY . . 127 



XVI. THE WILD SHEEP OF WESTERN KANSU 138 



XVII. A DAY WITH A RAM . . .147 



XVIII. THE WHITE-MANED SEROW (Nemor- 



hcedus argyrochcetes) . . . ; . 154 



XIX. TRAVELLERS' TALES . . > 163 



XX. A THIBETAN INTERLUDE . . . 172 



XXI. THE ROE-DEER (Capreolus bedfordi) . 182 



XXII. THE WAPITI OF KANSU (Cervix kan~ 



suensis) . . . . . 195 



XXIII. THE STALKING OF A STAG '". . 208 



XXIV. RUMOURS OF WAR .... 218 



XXV. A CENTRE OF TRADE . . .227 



- XXVI. ON THE FRINGE OF THE DESERT, AND 

 SOME ACCOUNT ON PRZEWALSKI'S 

 GAZELLE (Gazella przewalskii) . 288 



XXVII. ACROSS THE DESERT, AND SOME NOTES 

 ON THE MONGOLIAN GAZELLE 

 (Gazella gutturosa) . . .250 



