SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
miles south of the city on the bank of the Fén 
Ho. Here we stayed for ten days, during which 
time I initiated my wife into the delights of camp 
life. 
We spent the whole time trapping, shooting 
and riding. Geese, ducks, quail and hares were 
plentiful, and many were brought to bag. One 
day a bustard weighing about 16 lb. was brought 
down after a long and careful stalk through the 
underbrush. 
Our traps yielded well, so that we made a very 
respectable little collection of mammals. It in- 
cluded specimens of the mink, the shrew, the vole, 
the giant hamster, Anderson’s hamster, the gerbil 
and the common mouse. 
We next moved up into the mountains east of 
T’ai-yiian Fu, called Lung-wang Shan, where we 
put up at a fine old temple. This place consti- 
tutes one of the summer resorts of the T’ai-yiian 
community, and is distant from that city about 
twenty miles. 
The district is well wooded and is noted for its 
beautiful scenery, especially during the summer. 
The deep ravines are filled with cypress, firs and 
willows, while in places the rare white-barked 
pine (Pinus bungeana) grows in a wild state. 
The rocky watercourses at the ravine bottoms 
are filled with ferns, mosses and other cryptogams. 
Where these ravines widen out there are rich 
grass-plots, on which grow the orchis, the butter- 
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