SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
forest of very heavy timber, through which we 
travelled for upwards of two hours. Here the 
snow was above our knees, while in long chains 
over its surface were innumerable tracks of deer, 
wolves, leopards, pigs, foxes, cats, martins and 
minks. Unfortunately we could not camp in this 
district, the weather being much too cold, even 
had we had our tents with us. 
The divide, which was marked by asmall shrine, 
I estimated at 8,000 feet. To our left the massive 
height of Lo-yah Shan towered above the timber 
line, while to our right the heavily-wooded slopes rose 
gently to some bare snow-clad uplands. Below 
and in front of us lay a frozen tributary of the 
Fén Ho, beyond which a magnificent panorama 
of blue hills and purple mountains, jagged peaks 
and winding valleys, spread itself as far as the 
eye could reach. Behind us were the rugged 
forest-clad ridges of the Tien-p’ing district. 
Reluctantly we descended the southern side 
of the divide, for we realized that nowhere in all 
North China could such scenes as we had just 
gazed upon be rivalled. 
That night we reached Wu-chia-kou once more, 
and being anxious for a little more shooting, we 
decided to spend two days here. 
Our decision was fortunate, asa pig was bagged 
each day, bringing our total up to five; while a 
single ‘specimen of the rarest of all Shansi mammals, 
the little wood-pika (Ochotona sorella), was secured. 
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