Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930
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animals and the single spring mouse the rules. I was prospecting about what I was resetting the traps and discovered six baby marsupials playing in the grass on top of a mound. Unfortunately I had not brought my gun so could not get them, so we went out to breakfast. Then Kang had caught two mice and a beautiful kangaroo rat. The last The animal had a 7 1/2 inch tail rising in a tuft of black hairs like the feathers on an arrow. His enormous ears and long legs with the tiny front legs gave him an extraordinary appearance, exactly like that of a diminutive kangaroo. The grey fur is long & exceedingly soft while the belly is pure white. Some nights told us that they were making up their mammals near the temple. After breakfast I, we took out several more traps and found another male marsupial. I also saw the young again and shot one with the gun. Six little fellows were playing about like kittens on top of a grassy mound about the level. They looked like little balls of yellow fur & were too cunning for words as they darted in the green grass. It took considerable nerve to stop their play but I had hardened my heart & fire at two fox