. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. CHAPTER XX. From Wong to the Kesil Bach Lake. Wong—two marches to the west of the Kesil Bach Lake—is the principal settlement and residence of the chief of this part of Western Mongolia. The latter is a young man of 24, living in a hut of wood and plaster. Mongolia forms part of the Chinese Empire and is bounded on the east by Manchuria, on the south by
. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. CHAPTER XX. From Wong to the Kesil Bach Lake. Wong—two marches to the west of the Kesil Bach Lake—is the principal settlement and residence of the chief of this part of Western Mongolia. The latter is a young man of 24, living in a hut of wood and plaster. Mongolia forms part of the Chinese Empire and is bounded on the east by Manchuria, on the south by Chinese Turkistan. LAMAS AT WONG WHO CAME OUT TO MEET THE EXPEDITION. and China proper, and on the west and north by Siberia. Its area exceeds 1,250,000 square miles, the greater part com- prising barren and sterile land, of which the desert of Gobi or Shamo is the best known. 357. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Etherton, P. T. (Percy Thomas), b. 1879. London, Constable and Company, Ltd.
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