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History of the Expedition in Asia, 1927-1935 : vol.1

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0012 [Photo] Sven Hedin
0051 [Figure] Fig. 1. Professor Amadeus Grabau
0055 [Photo] PLATE 1 Chi-nien-tien, a part of The Temple of Heaven, Peking
0056 [Photo] PLATE 2 Outside one of the smaller city gates of Peking
0067 [Figure] Fig. 2. Professor Liu Fu
0073 [Photo] PLATE 3 The north-western corner of the wall of the Chinese City, Peking
0074 [Photo] PLATE 4 The Jade Fountain in The Western Hills outside Peking
0091 [Photo] PLATE 5 From the Tai-miao, the ancestral temple of the Manchu emperors in Peking
0092 [Photo] PLATE 6 The marble stupa in the grounds of The Yellow Temple, Peking, built by Ch'ien Lung to commemorate the third Tashi Lama
0109 [Photo] PLATE 7~t Street-life in Pao-t'ou
0109 [Photo] PLATE 7~b Our camels passing through the gate of our Pao-t'ou headquarters
0110 [Photo] PLATE 8~t Larson
0110 [Photo] PLATE 8~b Manufacture of camel chests at our Pao-t'ou headquarters
0123 [Photo] PLATE 9~l Barun Sunit Wang (Teh Wang) in 1927.
0123 [Photo] PLATE 9~r The consort of Barun Sunit Wang
0124 [Photo] PLATE 10~t A Mongol sacrificing at the obo on top of the Bayan-bogdo
0124 [Photo] PLATE10~b The huge painting with Maydar's image hung up in front of the main temple at Batu-khalagh-sume.
0133 [Photo] PLATE 11~t Mongolian ponies cooling off in the Khujirtu-gol
0133 [Photo] PLATE11~b Hami and the young antelope Dicky
0134 [Photo] PLATE 12 Cart with fuel (dry cattle-dung) for the lamas at Batu-khalagh-sume
0143 [Photo] PLATE 13~t From the Maydar festival at Batu-khalagh-sume
0143 [Photo] PLATE 13~b The Mongol prince Darkhan Beile attending the Maydar festival at Batu-khalagh-sume
0144 [Photo] PLATE 14 Jolros Lama, the Living God at Batu-khalagh-sume
0149 [Photo] PLATE 15 Camels being saddled in Camp Khujirtu-gol
0150 [Photo] PLATE 16~t Haude sending up a pilot-balloon. From the left: Ts'ui, Li, Walz, Haude, Muhlenweg, the anthor
0150 [Photo] PLATE 16~b Our Chinese students. From the left: Ts'ui, Liu, Ma, Li
0156 [Figure] Fig. 3. the head of our Mongol camel-men, looked like an Indian chief
0163 [Figure] Fig. 4. Young Mongol
0163 [Figure] Fig. 5. Mongol Lama
0167 [Photo] PLATE 17~t A beautiful Mongolian pony on the steppe
0167 [Photo] PLATE 17~t Mongolian ponies in shaggy winter-coat
0168 [Photo] PLATE 18 Camp XIII on the Hailutain-gol
0181 [Photo] PLATE 19 The suburgas at Bayan-shandai-sume (Shande-miao)
0182 [Photo] PLATE 20~t Our camp in front of the temple-town of Shande-miao
0182 [Photo] PLATE 20~b Two high lamas in their quarters, Shande-miao
0187 [Photo] PLATE 21~t Zimmermann on the slope of a sand-dune in the Lang-shan
0187 [Photo] PLATE 21~b The crossing of a canal near San-tao-chiao
0188 [Photo] PLATE 22 The Dobechyn Gegen, a Living God from Tibet
0193 [Photo] PLATE 23 The Hempel-Zimmermann caravan in the Lang-shan
0194 [Photo] PLATE 24 A camping place in the Lang-shan
0199 [Figure] Fig. 6. Camels among saxaules
0203 [Photo] PLATE 25~t Haslund on his swift camel
0203 [Photo] PLATE 25~b Wool buyers at a Chinese trading post
0204 [Photo] PLATE 26~t Our lonely desert camp at Ukh-tokhoi
0204 [Photo] PLATE 26~b Approaching the high sand-dunes
0209 [Photo] PLATE 27~t Arshan-obo with its health spring
0209 [Photo] PLATE 27~b On the slope of a sand-dune
0210 [Photo] PLATE 28 Winding our way between the high sand-dunes of Alakshan
0215 [Figure] Fig. 7. Tamarisks at the Edsen-gol
0219 [Photo] PLATE 29 Four of our Mongols scouting from the crest of a sand-dune
0220 [Photo] PLATE30~t Group at Tsondol on the occasion of the Double Tenth Festival
0220 [Photo] PLATE30~b Boat-building at Tsondol
0221 [Figure] Fig. 8. Young Edsen-gol Torgut, the son of Targhan Tserchi
0222 [Figure] Fig. 9. Mongol woman at Tsondol
0224 [Figure] Fig. 10. The river immediately below Tsondol
0228 [Figure] Fig. 11. Our first camp on the boat-journey
0229 [Figure] Fig. 12. Camp on the Dunda-gol
0231 [Figure] Fig. 13. Camp on the lower Dunda-gol
0233 [Photo] PLATE 31 The enchanted wood on the Dunda-gol
0234 [Photo] PLATE 32~t The ruler of the Edsen-gol Torguts and the author
0234 [Photo] PLATE 32~b Larson hauls the 'boat' ashore after our crossing of Sogho-nor
0236 [Figure] Fig. 14. Surroundings of the camp on October 19th
0244 [Figure] Fig. 16. Manega, the old Mongol lady at Tsondol
0247 [Photo] PLATE 33~t Professor Siu Ping-ch'ang
0247 [Photo] PLATE 33~b The author drawing a portrait of a Mongol woman
0248 [Photo] PLATE 34~l A Mongol greeting — exchange of snuff-bottles between Mate. Lama and Tserchi
0248 [Photo] PLATE 34~r A free-born Mongol from Mu-mingghan — pride and power in repose
0250 [Figure] Fig. 17. Torgut woman, 52 years old, the wife of Targhan Tserchi
0253 [Figure] Fig. 18. The meteorological station at Tsondol
0256 [Figure] Fig. 19. The southernmost tent in the camp at Tsondol
0260 [Figure] Fig. 20. Erecting my yurt
0261 [Figure] Fig. 21. Erecting my yurt
0269 [Photo] PLATE 35 Our camp in the valley-bottom at Tsaghan-burgasun
0270 [Photo] PLATE 36 The big merchant-caravan setting out from Tsaghan-burgasun over the moon-landscape of the Black Gobi
0272 [Figure] Fig. 22. The Tsaghan-burgasun oasis.
0279 [Photo] PLATE 37~t Sandstorm in the Black Gobi
0279 [Photo] PLATE 37~b The author carried on a stretcher
0280 [Photo] PLATE 38~t The Christmas camp at Sebestei
0280 [Photo] PLATE 38~b The author, Hummel and Norin in the Christmas camp at Sebestei
0285 [Figure] Fig. 23. Camp Sebestei
0289 [Figure] Fig. 24. My camel-borne sedan-chair
0296 [Figure] Fig. 25. Yaltsang, a lama from Alakshan who served as guide for Norin's column
0301 [Photo] PLATE 39~t Winter camp in the Gobi, December 28th
0301 [Photo] PLATE 39~b Reaching the foot-hills of the eastern Oarliq-tagh
0302 [Photo] PLATE 40~t Our caravan reaching the city-gate of Hami
0302 [Photo] PLATE 40~b A yard inside the walls of Hami
0307 [Photo] PLATE 41~t A minaret in Hami
0307 [Photo] PLATE 41~b Escort of the Sengtsen Gegen in our courtyard in Hami
0308 [Photo] PLATE 42~t Slicing a Hami melon
0308 [Photo] PLATE 42~b Our Mongols making purchases in Hami. From the left: Mentu, Mate Lama, the Chinese dealer, Batu and Bongkh
0313 [Photo] PLATE 43 Altunluq-mazar, the grave-yard of the kings of Oomul
0314 [Photo] PLATE 44~t The niazar at Tung-yen-chih in the T'ien-shan
0314 [Photo] PLATE 44~b A »cascade » of once molten stone at Toquz-davan in the T'ien-shan
0319 [Photo] PLATE 45~t The covered bazaar of Pichan
0319 [Photo] PLATE 45~b Mohammedan street-kitchen
0320 [Photo] PLATE 46 The Toyuq valley
0325 [Photo] PLATE 47~t Our arabas at the foot of the passes near Davan-ch'eng
0325 [Photo] PLATE 47~b Negotiation of the southern pass near Davan-ch'eng
0326 [Photo] PLATE 48~l The Turki baker sells his excellent white bread in the street
0326 [Photo] PLATE 48~r A singing dervish in the street
0331 [Photo] PLATE 49 Yang Tseng-hsin, the mighty Governor-General of all Sinkiang
0332 [Photo] PLATE 50~t A Peking cart in the dirty main street of Yang-hang, Urumchi
0332 [Photo] PLATE 50~b Araba in one of the flooded main streets of Urumchi
0341 [Photo] PLATE 51 Lively traffic in a market-place
0342 [Photo] PLATE 52~t The snowy alps of the Bogdo-ula
0342 [Photo] PLATE 52~b The street outside our headquarters in Urumchi
0346 [Figure] Fig. 26. Malo-krasnoyarsk on the Irtish
0347 [Figure] Fig. 27. On the Irtish, May 26th
0349 [Figure] Map1. Map of the region to the north-west of Urumchi, not included in the big map, showing the following routes taken in 1928:
0349 [Figure] Map1. 1) from Urumchi to Chuguchaq, Zaisang-nor and down the Irtish to Omsk, see Part I, pp. 254-58,
0349 [Figure] Map1. 2) from Semipalatinsk to Chuguchaq and Urumchi, see Part II, pp. 7-22,
0349 [Figure] Map1. 3) from Urumchi via Chuguchaq to Sergiopol, see Part II, pp. 40-45