CHAPTER IV 
TRIP TO HSI-WAN-TZU 
N our return from the Shensi Relief Expedi- 
tion, Warrington and I spent a month in 
Tientsin, after which, things having apparently 
settled down, I decided to make a trip to Kalgan, 
a town situated on the southern border of Inner 
Mongolia. My object was to discover suitable 
hunting grounds for our spring and summer 
work. 
Thus on February 17, having spent the night 
at Peking, I boarded the Peking-Kalgan train, and 
before long found myself being whirled along 
at a good speed over the great alluvial plain of 
North Chihli towards the famous Nan-k’ou pass. 
After stopping about half an hour at Nan-k’ou 
station, where there is an hotel, and where an 
extra engine is usually added, the train entered a 
deep and narrow valley. The grade being very 
heavy, we ascended this valley but slowly. 
As usual the engines pushed from behind, and 
the passengers were able to obtain an excellent 
view, by standing on the end platform of the 
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