TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Introduction ....... v 



CHAPTER I 

 The Ordos Border ...... 3 



CHAPTER II 



The Forests and Lakes of the Fen Ho Basin . 39 



CHAPTER III 

 Sport round T'ai-yuan Fu 63 



CHAPTER IV 



Trip to Hsi-wan-tzu ...... 83 



CHAPTER V 



Journey to K'uei-hua-ch'eng : the T'ai Hai . 101 



CHAPTER VI 



After Argali and Wapiti . . . . .113 



CHAPTER VII 



The Mongolian Plateau . . . . .139 



CHAPTER VIII 

 Biological Work ....... 173 



CHAPTER IX 



The Flora of the Si no-Mongolian Frontier . 215 



i. Trees 216 



(a) Gymnosperms . . . . .218 



(6) Angiosperms . . . . . .221 



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