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reached our next stopping place, Paituntze, at 6.30 

 the following morning. At Hung-wu-an, where 

 we arrived on January 2nd, a few gold washers 

 managed to secure dust to the value of about 500 

 cash a day. Chwan-chen-sa, three stages farther 

 on, is the easternmost boundary of the " New 

 Province " of Sin-kiang, and near here we passed 

 through the long low range of hills crossing the 

 Gobi Desert. It was very cold, but, in spite of a 

 good deal of snow, there was a bright sun. The 

 water, during these stages of our journey, was, at 

 times, very salt and bitter. 



On January llth we reached Hami. Although 

 between Kanchow and Hami we saw no gazelle 

 belonging to the same variety as those which we 

 had already shot, almost daily we saw small bands 

 of the Mongolian gazelle (Gazella gutturosa), 

 known to the natives as hwang-yang, or yellow 

 sheep. 



This species is larger than Przewalski's, and 

 stands about 30 in. at the shoulder. The Russian 

 explorer Pallas described it in 1777, though its 

 existence was known to Russian naturalists at an 

 even earlier date. The tails of the specimens 

 which we shot are much longer than those of the 

 former animal and quite black, as may be clearly 

 seen in the photograph. In comparison to the 

 flanks the sides are dark, and the face very light, 

 with the exception of a dark line from the eye to 

 the jaw. There are tufts of long hair below the 

 kneecap. The rump is white and the hair on the 

 edges of the flank distinctly dark. The inguinal 

 glands, about 1| in. deep, are a noteworthy feature of 

 both sexes. The females are hornless ; the horns of 



