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CONTENTS
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THE SECOND VOLUME.
RETURN TO KALGAN.
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Departure from Din-yuan-ing — Illness of Pyltseff — Salt lake-bed of Djaratai-dabas — Mode of obtaining salt — Kara-narin-ula mountains — Route through the Urute country — Ascent of plateau — Excessive cold; snow-storm — Sufferings of animals — Descent to the Hoang-ho — Incursions of Dungans — Hostility of Chinese officials — Chinese soldiers — Old river bed — Wintering birds; pheasants — Tea-drinking — Border range — Rejoin outward track — Buying argols — Temperature inside tent — Shireti-tsu — Loss of all our camels — Awkward predicament — Buy fresh camels — Trading caravans — Epidemic among dzerens — Argali — Arrival at Kalgan |
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RETURN TO ALA-SHAN.
Start for Peking — Packing collections — New outfit; rifles; revolvers — Merchandise — Fresh Cossacks — Trial of guns — Effect on the inhabitants — Mongol dog 'Karza' — Water barrels — Departure from Kalgan — Late spring — Migration of birds — To the Munni-ula — Spring vegetation — Leave for the Hoang-ho — Rice fields — Shooting carp — Unattractive valley — Sandy borders of Ala-shan and its vegetation — Inanimate nature — Envoys from the prince — Arrival at Din-yuan-ing — The Czar's officer — |
