SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
a vast herd of antelopes, numbering several 
hundreds. We could not get nearer than about 
four hundred yards, so we tried several long 
shots. In this way I succeeded in securing one 
antelope—my first. Warrington shot another a 
little later. It was a wonderful sight to see so 
many antelopes, all tearing across the rolling 
prairies. Our firimg made them split up into small 
herds, usually led by large does, and soon they 
were scattered for miles in every direction. 
That night we reached Chinese settled country 
once more, putting up at an inn named Ha-pa- 
ch’iao. Here our road joined the main Kalgan- 
Lama Miao road, which we had left soon after 
leaving Huang-hua-p’ing, at the edge of the Mon- 
golian Plateau. We had followed what: is com- 
monly known as the Mongol road, which lies to 
the north and west of the other, and has for its 
chief attraction the fact that there are fewer 
Chinese settlers, so that one can see more of the 
Mongols in their native haunts. 
From Ha-pa-ch’iao to Pei-sui Nor, our next 
day s journey, the road lay all the way through 
Chinese farms. 
On July 25 we reached Lama Miao, after a short 
run from Pei-sui Nor of not more than twenty- 
five li. We pitched our tents on an open grassy 
stretch between the town and the two great 
temples, from which the place gets its name. 
Lama Miao Ting, or Dolon Nor, is an extensive 
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