CONTENTS xv 



PAGE 



South China — The "dust age" in China — Inns — Brigand 

 scouts — The Tai Hai Lake — Splendid shooting — The 

 sheep mountains — ^An awe-inspiring gorge — An introduc- 

 tion to the argali — Caldwell's big ram — A herd of sheep 

 — My first ram — A second sheep — The end of a perfect 

 day 184 



CHAPTER XV 



MONGOLIAN "argali" 



A long climb — Roebuck — ^An unsuspecting ram — My Mongol 

 hunter — Donkeys instead of sheep — Two fine rams — The 

 big one lost — A lecture on hunting — A night walk in the 

 canon — Commander Hutchins and Major Barker — Tom 

 and I get a ram — The end of the sheep hunt . . . 205 



CHAPTER XVI 



THE HORSE-DEER OP SHANBI 



Wu Tai Hai — The "American Legation" — Interior of a North 

 Shansi house — North China villages — The people — 

 "Horse-deer" — The names "wapiti" and "elk" — ^A great 

 gorge — ^A rock temple — The hunting grounds furnish a 

 surprise — ^A huge bull wapiti 219 



CHAPTER XVII 



WAPITI, ROEBUCK AND OORAL 



Our camp in a new village — Game at our door — Concentra- 

 tion of animal life — Chinese roebuck — A splendid hunt — 

 Goral— DiflScult climbing — "Hide and seek" with a goral 

 —The second wapiti — ^A happy ending to a cold day . 230 



CHAPTER XVIII 



WILD PIGS ANIMAL AND HUMAN 



Shansi Province famous for wild boar — Flesh delicious — 

 When to hunt — ^Where to go — Inns and coal gas — Kao- 

 chia-chaung — ^A long shot — Our camp at Tziloa — Native 



