Across Mongolian Plains

By: Andrews, Roy Chapman

Book ExcerptEmpress Dowager and Ch'ien Lung--The "hinterland"--An area of desolation--Our camp in the forest--Reeves's pheasant--The most beautiful Chinese deer--"Blood horns" as medicine--Goral--Animals and birds of the Tung Ling--A new method of catching trout--A forest fire--Native stupidity--Wanton destruction--China's great opportunityINDEXILLUSTRATIONSA Nomad of the Mongolian Plains (Frontispiece)Roy Chapman Andrews on "Kublai Khan"Yvette Borup Andrews, Photographer of the ExpeditionAt the End of the Long Trail from Outer MongoliaWomen of Southern MongoliaThe Middle Ages and the Twentieth CenturyA Mongolian Antelope Killed from Our Motor CarWatering Camels at a Well in the Gobi DesertThe Water Carrier for a CaravanA Thirty-five Pound BustardYoung MongoliaMongol Horsemen on the Streets of UrgaThe Prison at UrgaA Criminal in a Coffin with Hands ManacledThe Great Temple at URead More

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798707147746
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"