Across Mongolian Plains / A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Chapter 2: ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS

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The narrative recounts a year of field exploration across the Mongolian plains and northern China, combining travelogue, natural history observation, and practical expedition detail. It follows journeys by caravan and motor, daily camp life, and the methods and results of zoological collecting, accompanied by descriptive photography. Vivid landscape sketches alternate with encounters with nomadic communities and logistical and diplomatic challenges, while recurring concerns about wildlife conservation, the changing human use of the land, and the urgency of scientific documentation ground the account.

ACROSS MONGOLIAN PLAINS

A NATURALIST'S ACCOUNT OF CHINA'S "GREAT NORTHWEST"

ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS

ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF MAMMALS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL
HISTORY, AND LEADER OF THE MUSEUM'S SECOND ASIATIC EXPEDITION.
AUTHOR OF "WHALE HUNTING WITH GUN AND CAMERA,"
"CAMPS AND TRAILS IN CHINA," ETC.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY

YVETTE BORUP ANDREWS

Photographer of the
Second Asiatic Expedition

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK: LONDON: MCMXXI

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO

Dr. J. A. ALLEN

WHO, THROUGH HIS PROFOUND KNOWLEDGE, UNSELFISH
DEVOTION TO SCIENCE, AND NEVER-FAILING SYMPATHY
WITH YOUNGER STUDENTS OF ZOÖLOGY HAS
BEEN AN EXAMPLE AND AN INSPIRATION DURING
THE YEARS I HAVE WORKED AT HIS SIDE.