INTRODUCTION 



of Eastern Asia ; Spring and Summer 



1908. 

 2. An expedition through the upper basin of 



the Fen River in Western Shansi, by the 



author and his wife ; Winter, 1909-10. 

 8. Short collecting trips round T'ai-yiian Fu, 



Shansi ; Autumn 1911. 



4. A shooting trip in the mountains north-east 



of Kalgan ; February 1912. 



5. A journey from Kalgan to K'uei-hua-ch'eng 



in North Shansi ; Spring, 1912. 



6. A journey in Inner Mongolia ; Summer, 1912. 

 It may be noted that the Clark Expedition^ 



which forms the subject of Through Shen-Kan, 

 took place between the first and second of the 

 explorations enumerated above, and the present 

 book may be considered supplementary to that 

 work. 



Chapters dealing with the scientific aspects of 

 the work of the several expeditions are given at 

 the end of this book. An itinerary, which, it 

 is hoped, will be found useful by future travellers 

 in these parts is also given. 



The results of the compass traverses have been 

 carefully reduced to a convenient scale (T,ooo,o"oo)y 

 and maps will be found in the cover-pocket at the 

 end of the book. 



I am indebted to Mr. Malcolm P. Anderson for 

 photographs illustrating the first of the series of 

 explorations, to Mr. Robert S. Clark for others 



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