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Another sandstorm commenced, and before long 

 we were hopelessly lost. For hours we wandered 

 over the dunes with blinded eyes and sand-choked 

 lungs, but at last we found a desolate looking farm, 

 the owner of which we induced by promise of re- 

 ward to set us on the right road once more. 

 This he did, and we were able to keep to it by 

 following some newly made tracks. 



The following day we reached Yii-lin Fu, a 

 large border town, situated on the bank of the 

 Yu-lin Ho, some three miles south of the Great 

 Wall. Here we found comfortable quarters, and 

 thankful we were to escape for a time the all- 

 pervading sand. 



We at once set about making plans for another 

 trip into the Ordos, but first we decided to offer 

 money for specimens. A notice to the effect that 

 the foreigners were willing to buy wild animals 

 was put up at the South Gate, where all the country 

 people and market gardeners would see it. 



Within a few days we reaped a rich reward, 

 so much so that we abandoned any idea of making 

 another journey into the desert. Jerboas, hedge- 

 hogs, hamster rats, molerats, chipmunks and 

 ground squirrels were brought in in great num- 

 bers. Of these the jerboa (Dipus sowerhyi), the 

 hedgehog (Erinaceus miodon) and the sand hamster 

 {Phodopus hedfordice) proved to be new species, 

 while the chipmunk (Eutamias asiaiicus ordinalis) 

 was a new sub-species. Besides these a fine 



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