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wounded another, but the best efforts of our 
ponies failed to run him down. He led us into 
the hills, where we saw several small herds, which, 
however, we were unable to approach. We de- 
cided to camp in the vicinity, so pitched our tents 
beside a small encampment named Borlien, and 
spent the next two days hunting antelopes. 
We met with only moderate success, Warrington 
securing two antelopes. On one of our rambles, 
while we were sitting on the hillside, two wolves 
sprang up from the long grass below us. We tried 
several shots, but failed to bring. one down. As 
in the mountains west of K’uei-hua-ch’éng, we 
found the distances very deceptive, objects always 
appearing much nearer than they really were. 
We might have secured some more good heads in 
this district if we had known more about the habits 
of our quarry. As it was, during the two days we 
spent here we saw numerous small herds, which, 
however, we found the greatest difficulty in ap- 
proaching. 
Leaving Borlien on July 23 we continued in 
a north-easterly direction up a long, narrow 
valley, in which were large herds of.camels, fatten- 
ing up on the luxurious grass for their winter’s 
work. The bellies of some of these were enor- 
mously distended, and the humps of all of them 
were erect and full, showing a good store of nutri- 
ment already laid by. By noon we reached a 
small river, crossing which, we soon came upon 
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