CONTENTS 



Prefacb ...... 



INTRODUCTION 



Early conquests of the Mongols — Why their power was lost — ■ 

 Independence of Outer Mongolia — China's opportunity 

 to obtain her former power in Mongolia — General Hsu 

 Shu-tseng — Memorial to President of China — Cancella- 

 tion of Outer Mongolia's autonomy .... xix 



CHAPTER I 



ENTERING THE LAND OF MYSTERY 



Arrival in Ealgan — The Hutukhtu's motor car — Start for the 

 great plateau — Camel caravans — The pass — A motor car 

 on the Mongolian plains — Start from Hei-ma-hou — 

 Chinese cultivation — The Mongol not a farmer — The 

 grass-lands of Inner Mongolia — The first Mongol village 

 —Construction of a yurt — Bird life — The telegraph line 1 



CHAPTER II 



SPEED MARVELS OP THE GOBI DESERT 



Wells in the desert — Panj-kiang — A lama monastery — A 

 great herd of antelope — A wild chase^ — Long range shoot- 

 ing — Amazing speed — An exhibition of high-class run- 

 ning — DiflSculties in traveling — Description of the north- 

 ern Mongols — Love of sport — Ude — Bustards — Great 

 monastery at Turin — The rolling plains of Outer Mon- 

 golia — Urga during the World War . . . .13 



CHAPTER III 



A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS 



Return trip — ^The "agony box" — The first accident — My 

 Czech and Cossack passengers — The "agony box" breaks 



