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Across Mongolian Plains
A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'
INDEX
Aëroplanes, 182
Altai Mountains, 182
American Museum of Natural History, Asiatic Explorations of, vii;
trustees of, viii, ix.
Anderson, Dr. J. G., Mining Adviser to Chinese Republic, ix, 39
Anderson, Meyer and Co., assistance rendered to expedition by, ix, 82,
138, 173
Andrews, Yvette B., extract from "Journal" of, 46, 47
Anser fabalis, 95
Antelope, description of hunt for, 15, 107; speed of, 23, 44, 97,
106, 118
Anthropoides virgo, 11, 42, 55, 88, 91, 93
Argali, 174, 186, 197, 201, 210, 212
Argul, desert fuel, 11, 24, 34
Asia, viii
Asia Magazine, ix
Asian plateau, viii
Asiatic mammals, viii
Asiatic zoölogical explorations, vii
Asses, wild (Equus hemionus), 88
Atunzi, 169
Avocets, 42
Baikal Lake, 25
Barker, Major Austin, 213, 215, 217
Beach, Rex, quoted, 186
Bear, 67
Bennett, C. B., ix
Bernheimer, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L., viii
Bighorn sheep (Argali), 87, 174, 186
Boar, 67, 171
Bogdo-ol (God's Mountain), 62, 67, 88, 99, 142, 151
Bolsheviki, 25, 82
Bolshevism, xii
Buriats, xiii
Burma, vii, 2
Bustard, 23, 61, 95
Caldwell, Rev. Harry R., 186, 191, 195, 203, 212, 216, 225, 232, 242
Canadian Pacific Ocean Service, transportation to America, of
collections by, x
Capreolus bedfordi, 232
Caravans, camel, 13, 27, 62, 66, 91
Casarca casarca, 94
Castle, Rev. H., x
Cathay, 1, 64
Cervus hortulorum, 263
Cheetah, 130
Che-kiang, Province of, x, 38
Chen, Chinese taxidermist, 39, 164
Chinese, xi, 8, 63, 75, 79
Chinese Turkestan, 182
Chou, Duke, 257
Citellus mongolicus umbratus, 42
Coltman, Charles L., Mr. and Mrs., ix, 2, 14, 25, 31, 47, 60, 150, 185
Cranes, 61;
demoiselle, 11, 42, 55, 88, 91, 93
Cricetulus, 131
Cunningham, Hon. E. S., American Consul General, x
Cygnopsis cygnoides, 94
Czechs, 26, 32
Dane, Sir Richard, 185
Da Wat Mountain, camped at foot of, 144
Delco Electric lighting plant, 39, 60
De Tarascon, Tartarin, 47
Dogs, 9, 76
Dorchy, Tserin, 144, 146, 149, 151, 153, 155, 161, 163, 165, 170, 172
Ducks, mallard, 11, 42, 95;
ducks, shoveler, 42, 95
Eagles, 11
Elk, 67, 238
Equus hemionus, 88
Equus prjevalski, 87
Eulabeia indica, 95
Fauna, Mongolian, vii
Faxon, H. C, ix
Feng-chen, 187, 181
Fuel, 11
Gazella gutturosa, 127;
Gazella prjevalski, 127;
Gazella subgutturosa, 127
Gazelles, 47, 48, 127
Genghis Khan, xi, 3, 71, 84
Gillis, I. V., ix
Gobi Desert, 1, 15, 27, 43, 62, 77, 128, 175, 181
God's Mountain (Bogdo-ol), 62, 67, 151
Goose, bar-headed, 95;
bean, 95
Gophers (Citellus mongolicus umbratus), 42, 99
Goral, 194, 231, 234, 266
Great Wall of China, 2, 4, 8
Grouse, sand, 23
Guptil, A. M., ix, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 37, 173
Hami, 182
Hamster, desert (Cricetulus), 131
Hares, 61
Harper's Magazine, ix
Hei-ma-hou, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 33, 39
Holcomb, Captain Thomas, 220
Honan, 38
Horses, wild (Equus prjevalski), 87
Ho-shun, 243
Hsi Ling, 257
Hsu Shu-tseng, General, xiii, 141
Hupeh, 38
Hutchins, C. T., Naval Attaché, American Legation, ix, 213
Hutukhtu, the Living Buddha, xii, xiii, 3, 60, 67, 68, 71
Ibex, 87
Irkutsk, 25, 29, 32
Jackson, G. M., General Passenger Agent, Canadian Pacific Ocean Service,
appreciation for assistance in transportation of collections by, x
Jardine, Matheson and Co,, of Shanghai, 44
Kalgan, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 15, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 39, 44, 99, 127, 142,
176, 182, 183
Kang, Chinese taxidermist, 39
Kang Hsi, Emperor, xiii
Kao-chia-chuang, 243, 246
Kendrick, J., ix
Khans, 63
Kiakhta, xiv, 179, 183
Kobdo, 182
Korostovetz, M., xii
Kublai Khan, xi, 1, 7, 71, 160
Kwei-hua-cheng, 183, 193, 203
Lake Baikal, 25
Lama church, 71
Lama City, 76, 79
Lamaism, xi, 71
Lamas, 14, 24, 62;
monastery of, 14
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), 94
Lapwings, 11
Larsen, F, A., ix, 9, 81, 118, 141, 176
"Little Hsu," xiii
Loo-Choo Islands, 31
Lucander, Mr. and Mrs., 3, 5, 18, 69, 79
Lucas, Dr. F. A., acknowledgment to, viii
Lü, cook for expedition, 39, 85, 117
Lung, Ch'ien, Emperor, tomb of, 260
MacCallie, Mr. and Mrs. E. L., x, 39, 43, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 67, 61,
75, 103, 164, 173
Magyars, 25, 32
Mai-ma-cheng, 62, 141, 173
Mallards, 192
Ma-lin-yü, residence of Duke Chou, 259
Ma-lu, 223, 225
Mamen, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar, x, 3, 25, 28, 61, 69, 103, 173
Mammals, Asiatic, viii
Manchu, xi;
dynasty of, xiv
Manchus, 8
Mannlicher, 173, 239
Marmota robusta, 101
Marmot, 25, 52, 61, 88, 99, 100;
Mongols' method of capturing, 103, 174, 178
Mauser, 16
Meadow mice (Microtus), 93
Memorial addressed to President of Chinese Republic, xiii
Microtus, 93, 100, 181
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ix
Mongolia, fauna of, vii;
religion of, 71
Mongolian Trading Company, 25
Mongols, 8, 22, 41, 43;
dislike for the body of the dead, 74;
dress of, 21, 64, 65;
food of, 78;
manner of riding of, 21;
manner of catching trout by, 164;
morals of, 78;
Southern, 10
Motion picture photography, 47, 50, 136
Motor cars, 2, 3, 43, 50, 58, 62, 66, 84, 134, 174, 182;
Ford, 28;
hunting from, 109;
troubles with, 13, 27, 150
Musk deer, 169, 170
Mustela, 110
Naha, 31
Na-mon-gin, Mongol hunter, 195, 196, 205, 210, 213, 232, 236
Nankou Pass, 2
Natural History, ix
Nemorhædus caudatus, 234
Nemorhædus griseus, 234
Olufsen, E. V., ix, 82, 138, 142
Omsk, 32
Orlow, A., Russian Diplomatic Agent, x, 88
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, viii, 18
Outer Mongolia, xii, 41
Ovis commosa, 186
Ovis jubata, 186
Owen, 39, 50
Panj-kiang, telegraph station at, 14, 22, 31, 44, 54, 128
Pan-yang wild sheep, 176, 180, 194, 201, 214
Peck, Willys, ix
Peking, 1, 26, 29, 37, 173, 178, 183
Peking-Hankow Railroad, 242
Peking Press, quoted from, xiii-xv
Peking-Suiyuan Railway, 44;
motor service of, 180
Perry, Commodore, 31
Pheasant, Reeves's (Syrmaticus reevesi), 263
Photography, motion picture, 47, 50, 136
Ping-ting-cho, 242
Plover, 11, 45, 95
Pluvialis dominicus fulvus, 45
Polecat (Mustela), 110
Polo, Marco, 12
Prayer wheels, 73, 80
President, Chinese Republic, Memorial addressed to, xiii
Price, Ernest B., ix, 25, 33
Prisons, description of, 80
Pucrasia, 267
Rat, kangaroo (Alactaga mongolica?), 132
Ravens, 11
Red Army, xiv
Redheads, 95
Reinsch, Paul S., ix
Rifles used on expedition;
Mannlicher, 173, 234;
Savage, 16
Rockefeller Foundation, 100
Roebuck, 67, 154, 163, 194, 231, 243
Rupicaprinæ, 234
Russia, xii, xiv
Russian Consulate, 63
Russians, xii, 13, 67
Russo-Chinese, xii
Sain Noin Khan, 87, 88, 97
Savage rifle, 16
Serow, 38, 234
Shanghai, 183
Shansi Mountains, 5
Shantung, 38
Sheep, bighorn, 205
Sheldrake (Casarca casarca), 42, 94
Shensi, 182
Sherwood, George H., assistance rendered to expedition by, viii
Shing Lung-shan, 261
Shuri, Palace, 32
Sian-fu, 182
Siberian frontier, 179
Sika deer (Cervus hortulorum), 263
Skylarks, 93
Smith, E. G., ix, 242, 244, 246, 250, 253, 256
Stefansson, 87
Swan geese (Cygnopsis cygnoides), 94
Syrmaticus reevesi, 263
Tabool, 9, 10
Tai Hai, 191
Tai-yuan-fu, 243
Takin, 234
Tanu Ulianghai, xiv
Tao Kwang, Emperor, xiii
Teal, 11, 42
Telegraph poles, method of protection of, 11
Tenney, Dr. C. D., ix
Tent, American wall, 90;
Mongol, 85, 90
Terelche region, 172
Terelche River, 143, 147
Terelche Valley, 157
Tibet, vii, 106
Tientsin, 178, 183
Tola River, 25, 28, 62, 68, 70, 88, 91, 99, 158, 161, 164
Tola Valley, 67
Tombs, 257
Trans-Pacific Magazine, ix
Trans-Siberian Railroad, 183
Trout, manner of catching by Mongols, 164
Tsai Tse, Duke, visit to palace of, 256
Tung-cho, 258
Tung Ling, 257;
pheasants and deer found at, 263
Turin, 29, 81, 61, 104, 176, 180;
lamasery at, 23
Tziloa, pigs found at, 245
Tz'u-hsi, Dowager Empress, funeral of, 258
Ude, telegraph station, 22, 31, 55
Uliassutai, 178, 182
Urga, important fur market, 173, 178, 182
Urumchi, 182
Verkhin Udinsk, 183
Vole, meadow (Microtus), 100, 131
Wai Chiao Pu, (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), ix
Wapiti, 164, 168, 172, 228, 231
Warner, Langdon, 31, 32
Weatherall, M. E., ix
Weinz, Father, Belgian priest, 35
Wells, description of, 13
White Army, xiv
Wilder, Dr. George D., ix, 256
Wireless station in course of erection, 182
Wolf, 51, 67
Wu Liang Tajen Hutung, 38, 257
Wu-shi-tu, 234
Wu-tai-hai, 219, 221, 235
Yangsen, Loobitsan, Duke, 137, 140, 144, 152
Yero mines, gold found at, 179
Yün-nan, vii, 2, 106
Yurt, Mongol house, description of, 10, 57, 63
Altai Mountains, 182
American Museum of Natural History, Asiatic Explorations of, vii;
trustees of, viii, ix.
Anderson, Dr. J. G., Mining Adviser to Chinese Republic, ix, 39
Anderson, Meyer and Co., assistance rendered to expedition by, ix, 82,
138, 173
Andrews, Yvette B., extract from "Journal" of, 46, 47
Anser fabalis, 95
Antelope, description of hunt for, 15, 107; speed of, 23, 44, 97,
106, 118
Anthropoides virgo, 11, 42, 55, 88, 91, 93
Argali, 174, 186, 197, 201, 210, 212
Argul, desert fuel, 11, 24, 34
Asia, viii
Asia Magazine, ix
Asian plateau, viii
Asiatic mammals, viii
Asiatic zoölogical explorations, vii
Asses, wild (Equus hemionus), 88
Atunzi, 169
Avocets, 42
Baikal Lake, 25
Barker, Major Austin, 213, 215, 217
Beach, Rex, quoted, 186
Bear, 67
Bennett, C. B., ix
Bernheimer, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L., viii
Bighorn sheep (Argali), 87, 174, 186
Boar, 67, 171
Bogdo-ol (God's Mountain), 62, 67, 88, 99, 142, 151
Bolsheviki, 25, 82
Bolshevism, xii
Buriats, xiii
Burma, vii, 2
Bustard, 23, 61, 95
Caldwell, Rev. Harry R., 186, 191, 195, 203, 212, 216, 225, 232, 242
Canadian Pacific Ocean Service, transportation to America, of
collections by, x
Capreolus bedfordi, 232
Caravans, camel, 13, 27, 62, 66, 91
Casarca casarca, 94
Castle, Rev. H., x
Cathay, 1, 64
Cervus hortulorum, 263
Cheetah, 130
Che-kiang, Province of, x, 38
Chen, Chinese taxidermist, 39, 164
Chinese, xi, 8, 63, 75, 79
Chinese Turkestan, 182
Chou, Duke, 257
Citellus mongolicus umbratus, 42
Coltman, Charles L., Mr. and Mrs., ix, 2, 14, 25, 31, 47, 60, 150, 185
Cranes, 61;
demoiselle, 11, 42, 55, 88, 91, 93
Cricetulus, 131
Cunningham, Hon. E. S., American Consul General, x
Cygnopsis cygnoides, 94
Czechs, 26, 32
Dane, Sir Richard, 185
Da Wat Mountain, camped at foot of, 144
Delco Electric lighting plant, 39, 60
De Tarascon, Tartarin, 47
Dogs, 9, 76
Dorchy, Tserin, 144, 146, 149, 151, 153, 155, 161, 163, 165, 170, 172
Ducks, mallard, 11, 42, 95;
ducks, shoveler, 42, 95
Eagles, 11
Elk, 67, 238
Equus hemionus, 88
Equus prjevalski, 87
Eulabeia indica, 95
Fauna, Mongolian, vii
Faxon, H. C, ix
Feng-chen, 187, 181
Fuel, 11
Gazella gutturosa, 127;
Gazella prjevalski, 127;
Gazella subgutturosa, 127
Gazelles, 47, 48, 127
Genghis Khan, xi, 3, 71, 84
Gillis, I. V., ix
Gobi Desert, 1, 15, 27, 43, 62, 77, 128, 175, 181
God's Mountain (Bogdo-ol), 62, 67, 151
Goose, bar-headed, 95;
bean, 95
Gophers (Citellus mongolicus umbratus), 42, 99
Goral, 194, 231, 234, 266
Great Wall of China, 2, 4, 8
Grouse, sand, 23
Guptil, A. M., ix, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 37, 173
Hami, 182
Hamster, desert (Cricetulus), 131
Hares, 61
Harper's Magazine, ix
Hei-ma-hou, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 33, 39
Holcomb, Captain Thomas, 220
Honan, 38
Horses, wild (Equus prjevalski), 87
Ho-shun, 243
Hsi Ling, 257
Hsu Shu-tseng, General, xiii, 141
Hupeh, 38
Hutchins, C. T., Naval Attaché, American Legation, ix, 213
Hutukhtu, the Living Buddha, xii, xiii, 3, 60, 67, 68, 71
Ibex, 87
Irkutsk, 25, 29, 32
Jackson, G. M., General Passenger Agent, Canadian Pacific Ocean Service,
appreciation for assistance in transportation of collections by, x
Jardine, Matheson and Co,, of Shanghai, 44
Kalgan, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 15, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 39, 44, 99, 127, 142,
176, 182, 183
Kang, Chinese taxidermist, 39
Kang Hsi, Emperor, xiii
Kao-chia-chuang, 243, 246
Kendrick, J., ix
Khans, 63
Kiakhta, xiv, 179, 183
Kobdo, 182
Korostovetz, M., xii
Kublai Khan, xi, 1, 7, 71, 160
Kwei-hua-cheng, 183, 193, 203
Lake Baikal, 25
Lama church, 71
Lama City, 76, 79
Lamaism, xi, 71
Lamas, 14, 24, 62;
monastery of, 14
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), 94
Lapwings, 11
Larsen, F, A., ix, 9, 81, 118, 141, 176
"Little Hsu," xiii
Loo-Choo Islands, 31
Lucander, Mr. and Mrs., 3, 5, 18, 69, 79
Lucas, Dr. F. A., acknowledgment to, viii
Lü, cook for expedition, 39, 85, 117
Lung, Ch'ien, Emperor, tomb of, 260
MacCallie, Mr. and Mrs. E. L., x, 39, 43, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 67, 61,
75, 103, 164, 173
Magyars, 25, 32
Mai-ma-cheng, 62, 141, 173
Mallards, 192
Ma-lin-yü, residence of Duke Chou, 259
Ma-lu, 223, 225
Mamen, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar, x, 3, 25, 28, 61, 69, 103, 173
Mammals, Asiatic, viii
Manchu, xi;
dynasty of, xiv
Manchus, 8
Mannlicher, 173, 239
Marmota robusta, 101
Marmot, 25, 52, 61, 88, 99, 100;
Mongols' method of capturing, 103, 174, 178
Mauser, 16
Meadow mice (Microtus), 93
Memorial addressed to President of Chinese Republic, xiii
Microtus, 93, 100, 181
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ix
Mongolia, fauna of, vii;
religion of, 71
Mongolian Trading Company, 25
Mongols, 8, 22, 41, 43;
dislike for the body of the dead, 74;
dress of, 21, 64, 65;
food of, 78;
manner of riding of, 21;
manner of catching trout by, 164;
morals of, 78;
Southern, 10
Motion picture photography, 47, 50, 136
Motor cars, 2, 3, 43, 50, 58, 62, 66, 84, 134, 174, 182;
Ford, 28;
hunting from, 109;
troubles with, 13, 27, 150
Musk deer, 169, 170
Mustela, 110
Naha, 31
Na-mon-gin, Mongol hunter, 195, 196, 205, 210, 213, 232, 236
Nankou Pass, 2
Natural History, ix
Nemorhædus caudatus, 234
Nemorhædus griseus, 234
Olufsen, E. V., ix, 82, 138, 142
Omsk, 32
Orlow, A., Russian Diplomatic Agent, x, 88
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, viii, 18
Outer Mongolia, xii, 41
Ovis commosa, 186
Ovis jubata, 186
Owen, 39, 50
Panj-kiang, telegraph station at, 14, 22, 31, 44, 54, 128
Pan-yang wild sheep, 176, 180, 194, 201, 214
Peck, Willys, ix
Peking, 1, 26, 29, 37, 173, 178, 183
Peking-Hankow Railroad, 242
Peking Press, quoted from, xiii-xv
Peking-Suiyuan Railway, 44;
motor service of, 180
Perry, Commodore, 31
Pheasant, Reeves's (Syrmaticus reevesi), 263
Photography, motion picture, 47, 50, 136
Ping-ting-cho, 242
Plover, 11, 45, 95
Pluvialis dominicus fulvus, 45
Polecat (Mustela), 110
Polo, Marco, 12
Prayer wheels, 73, 80
President, Chinese Republic, Memorial addressed to, xiii
Price, Ernest B., ix, 25, 33
Prisons, description of, 80
Pucrasia, 267
Rat, kangaroo (Alactaga mongolica?), 132
Ravens, 11
Red Army, xiv
Redheads, 95
Reinsch, Paul S., ix
Rifles used on expedition;
Mannlicher, 173, 234;
Savage, 16
Rockefeller Foundation, 100
Roebuck, 67, 154, 163, 194, 231, 243
Rupicaprinæ, 234
Russia, xii, xiv
Russian Consulate, 63
Russians, xii, 13, 67
Russo-Chinese, xii
Sain Noin Khan, 87, 88, 97
Savage rifle, 16
Serow, 38, 234
Shanghai, 183
Shansi Mountains, 5
Shantung, 38
Sheep, bighorn, 205
Sheldrake (Casarca casarca), 42, 94
Shensi, 182
Sherwood, George H., assistance rendered to expedition by, viii
Shing Lung-shan, 261
Shuri, Palace, 32
Sian-fu, 182
Siberian frontier, 179
Sika deer (Cervus hortulorum), 263
Skylarks, 93
Smith, E. G., ix, 242, 244, 246, 250, 253, 256
Stefansson, 87
Swan geese (Cygnopsis cygnoides), 94
Syrmaticus reevesi, 263
Tabool, 9, 10
Tai Hai, 191
Tai-yuan-fu, 243
Takin, 234
Tanu Ulianghai, xiv
Tao Kwang, Emperor, xiii
Teal, 11, 42
Telegraph poles, method of protection of, 11
Tenney, Dr. C. D., ix
Tent, American wall, 90;
Mongol, 85, 90
Terelche region, 172
Terelche River, 143, 147
Terelche Valley, 157
Tibet, vii, 106
Tientsin, 178, 183
Tola River, 25, 28, 62, 68, 70, 88, 91, 99, 158, 161, 164
Tola Valley, 67
Tombs, 257
Trans-Pacific Magazine, ix
Trans-Siberian Railroad, 183
Trout, manner of catching by Mongols, 164
Tsai Tse, Duke, visit to palace of, 256
Tung-cho, 258
Tung Ling, 257;
pheasants and deer found at, 263
Turin, 29, 81, 61, 104, 176, 180;
lamasery at, 23
Tziloa, pigs found at, 245
Tz'u-hsi, Dowager Empress, funeral of, 258
Ude, telegraph station, 22, 31, 55
Uliassutai, 178, 182
Urga, important fur market, 173, 178, 182
Urumchi, 182
Verkhin Udinsk, 183
Vole, meadow (Microtus), 100, 131
Wai Chiao Pu, (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), ix
Wapiti, 164, 168, 172, 228, 231
Warner, Langdon, 31, 32
Weatherall, M. E., ix
Weinz, Father, Belgian priest, 35
Wells, description of, 13
White Army, xiv
Wilder, Dr. George D., ix, 256
Wireless station in course of erection, 182
Wolf, 51, 67
Wu Liang Tajen Hutung, 38, 257
Wu-shi-tu, 234
Wu-tai-hai, 219, 221, 235
Yangsen, Loobitsan, Duke, 137, 140, 144, 152
Yero mines, gold found at, 179
Yün-nan, vii, 2, 106
Yurt, Mongol house, description of, 10, 57, 63