INTRODUCTION 
of Eastern Asia; Spring and Summer 
1908. ; 
2. An expedition through the upper basin of 
the Fén River in Western Shansi, by the 
author and his wife; Winter, 1909-10. 
8. Short collecting trips round T’ai-yiian Fu, 
Shansi; Autumn 1911. 
4, A shooting trip in the mountains north-east 
of Kalgan; February 1912. 
5. A journey from Kalgan to K’uei-hua-ch’éng 
in North Shansi; Spring, 1912. 
6. A journey in Inner Mongolia ; Summer, 1912. 
It may be noted that the Clark Expedition, 
which forms the subject of Through Shén-Kan, 
took place between the first and second of the 
explorations enumerated above, and the present 
book may be considered supplementary to that 
work. 
Chapters dealing with the scientific aspects of 
the work of the several expeditions are given at 
the end of this book. An itinerary, which, it 
is hoped, will be found useful by future travellers 
in these parts is also given. 
The results of the compass traverses have been 
carefully reduced to a convenient scale (755),950), 
and maps will be found in the cover-pocket at the 
end of the book. 
I am indebted to Mr. Malcolm P. Anderson for 
photographs illustrating the first of the series of 
explorations, to Mr. Robert S. Clark for others 
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