Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . rt beo 0^ C^ lU 0 ^ CC N U iO 28 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION the altitude of 15,300 feet. There were plenty of tracks of wild ani-mals, but hunters had recently been there, and no wild animals wereto be seen. However, I secured some rare butterflies, flies, and beesat an altitude of 15,200 feet. During the next few days our foodsupply became very low, and we kept from the state of semistarvationby eating wild celery, three kinds of wild onions, wild cherries, wildstrav/berries, and wild pheasants. Near our camp was the smallest gla
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . rt beo 0^ C^ lU 0 ^ CC N U iO 28 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION the altitude of 15,300 feet. There were plenty of tracks of wild ani-mals, but hunters had recently been there, and no wild animals wereto be seen. However, I secured some rare butterflies, flies, and beesat an altitude of 15,200 feet. During the next few days our foodsupply became very low, and we kept from the state of semistarvationby eating wild celery, three kinds of wild onions, wild cherries, wildstrav/berries, and wild pheasants. Near our camp was the smallest glacier, and the lowest in alti-tude, that I have heard of in West China. Although the snow nevermelts away, its length is only a few hundred feet, and its altitude is13,500 feet above sea level. On the morning of August 17 I returned to O-Er, and that after-noon joined some natives in a bear hunt. A big black bear was ravag-ing the corn crops at night and hiding in a nearby forest during theday. A party of hunters surrounded the forest, and a few of theirnumber we
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