LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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XI. Big Prayer Wheel, Lama Miao, Mongolia . 160 



Devil-dancers, Lama Miao, Mongolia . . 160 



XIL Pony Lassoed 166 



A Herd of Mongol Ponies .... 166 



Watching the Races .... 166 



Breaking a Wild Pony .... 166 



Examining Teeth of Wild Pony . . . 166 



Branding Wild Pony 166 



XIII. Giant Hamster (Cricetulus triton incanus) . 180 



Young Antelope . . . . . . 180 



Wild Sheep 180 



XIV. Mink {Mustela sibirica) Eating Teal . . 192 



Golden Eagle 192 



Ruddy Sheld-Duck 192 



XV. Wild Peach in Blossom near Yen-an Fu. March 226 

 XVI. Wild Peach Blossom [Amygdalus davidiana) 



near Yen-an Fu. Late March . . . 238 



XVII. A Tower of the Great Wall, Ordos Border . 258 



Loess Ravine in North Shensi . . . 258 



XVI 



