SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
Another sandstorm commenced, and before long 
we were hopelessly lost. For hours we wandered 
over the dunes with blinded eyes and sand-choked 
lungs, but at last we found a desolate looking farm, 
the owner of which we induced by promise of re- 
ward to set us on the right road once more. 
This he did, and we were able to keep to it by 
following some newly made tracks. 
The following day we reached Yi-lin Fu, a 
large border town, situated on the bank of the 
Yii-lin Ho, some three miles south of the Great 
Wall. Here we found comfortable quarters, and 
thankful we were to escape for a time the all- 
pervading sand. 
We at once set about making plans for another 
trip into the Ordos, but first we decided to offer 
money for specimens. A notice to the effect that 
the foreigners were willing to buy wild animals 
was put up at the South Gate, where all the country 
people and market gardeners would see it. 
Within a few days we reaped a rich reward, 
so much so that we abandoned any idea of making 
another journey into the desert. Jerboas, hedge- 
hogs, hamster rats, molerats, chipmunks and 
ground squirrels were brought in in great num- 
bers. Of these the jerboa (Dipus sowerbyi), the 
hedgehog (Erinaceus miodon) and the sand hamster 
(Phodopus bedfordie@) proved to be new species, 
while the chipmunk (Eutamias asiaticus ordinalis) 
was a new sub-species. Besides.these a fine 
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