CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER VII 



THE LONG TRAIL TO SAIN NOIN KHAN 



PAQB 



Beginning work — Carts — Ponies — Our interpreter — Mongol 

 tent — Native clothes best for worli — Supplies — How to 

 keep "fit" in the field — ^Accidents — Sain Noin Khan — 

 The first day — -A night in a yurt — Cranes — "We trade 

 horses — Horse stealing — No mammals — Birds — Break- 

 ing a cart horse — Mongol ponies 84 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE LURE OF THE PLAINS 



Trapping marmots' — Skins valuable as furs — Native methods 

 of hunting — A marmot dance — Habits — The first hunt- 

 ing-camp — Our Mongol neighbors — After antelope on 

 horseback — The first buck — A pole-cat — The second 

 day's hunt — The vastness of the plains — Development 

 of a "land sense" — Another antelope .... 99 



CHAPTER IX 



HUNTING ON THE TURIN PLAINS 



Mongol hospitality — Camping on the Turin Plains — An 

 enormous herd of antelope — A wonderful ride — Three 

 gazelle — ^A dry camp — My pony, Kublai Khan — Plains 

 life about a well — Antelope babies — ^A wonderful pro- 

 vision of nature — Habits — Species in Mongolia — The 

 "goitre" — Speed — ^Work in camp — Small mammals . 116 



CHAPTER X 



AN ADVENTURE IN THE LAMA CITY 



An unexpected meeting with a river — Our new camp in Urga 

 — "God's Brother's House" — Photographing in the Lama 

 City — ^A critical moment — Help from Mr. Olufsen — The 

 motion picture camera an instrument of magic — ^Floods 

 in Urga — Duke Loobtseng Yangsen — The Duchess — 

 Vegetables in Urga 133 



