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having & again our cars, we photographed
the old man this family which pleased them
immensely, and made off camping with
us several pieces of cheese which the men had
had presented us. It was hardly edible,
however, to people nothing nicer than ice cream
I see threw it away as soon as we were
out of sight of the camp.
The day of travelling was extremely
disappointing for we half hoped
an antelope would caught sight of me.
The reason was apparent for there were
numerous gazelles along the way &
many herds of sheep & horses. When there
are many wilds one can be sure that
there will not be antelopes. All day we
kept along the hills, through beautiful rolling
country but gameless save for 3 rabbits.
We camped at night not far from
three or four yards where one of the Chinese
motor companies kept a supply of gasoline
for their cars.
Friday
June 27
During the A.M. the country continued
gameless but shortly after supper we
found a well near its road where we
had camped the last night on our
way to Mogu, About three miles beyond
I saw a single antelope in the plain &
tried unsuccessfully to stalk it. Seeing that
it was well fed I decided to fall off
after it and get it across my mind.