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flow, we were unable to track him further. We 
saw several other antelopes, but were unable to 
get within range, so finally returned to Hsia-pu-na 
without having secured one. 
It was still early in the day, so we decided to 
continue our journey for another half stage. 
Twenty li more of the plain, and we reached a deep 
and winding gorge in the mountains, up which we 
travelled till we reached a small village named 
Yang-p’o-yao-tzi. Here we put up for the night. 
Up to this point the sides of the ravine were of 
basalt, showing the characteristic columnar cleav- 
age, but from Yang-p’o-yao-tzii westward we 
travelled, next day, through a deep and narrow 
ravine in rugged mountains of granite. At noon, 
after crossing a high pass, we stopped at a large 
village named Ning-yiian, which contains about 
one thousand inhabitants, and is the seat of a 
small country official. 
After leaving Ning-yiian and following the 
vaHey to its head, we crossed a second rather low 
pass and once more descended into the T’ai Hai 
basin, putting up for the night at a Catholic village 
named Hsiang-ho-ti, on the western shore of the 
lake. Here we met several of the Catholic priests, 
who, as usual, were very kind and courteous, 
giving us all the information we ne about 
the district. 
The following day, June 4, we skirted the southern 
shore of the lake, which extends in this direction 
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