Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . SHOOTING THE BEI-KEM ON THE WATERSHED OF THE TANNU-OLA,Borashay Pass. 1781 THE CENTRAL BASIN AND THE KEMCH1K 179 the northern slopes, but on no portion of the hill-sidesfacing south were trees able to exist. On the lowerhills forest was entirely absent. With the change in flora came new types of faunaand new conditions of human life. We left behind usthe reindeer, the beaver, the moose, the wapiti, thecapercailzie, and the hazel-grouse ; these all were a partof the northern forests, and did no
Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . SHOOTING THE BEI-KEM ON THE WATERSHED OF THE TANNU-OLA,Borashay Pass. 1781 THE CENTRAL BASIN AND THE KEMCH1K 179 the northern slopes, but on no portion of the hill-sidesfacing south were trees able to exist. On the lowerhills forest was entirely absent. With the change in flora came new types of faunaand new conditions of human life. We left behind usthe reindeer, the beaver, the moose, the wapiti, thecapercailzie, and the hazel-grouse ; these all were a partof the northern forests, and did not extend south of theBei-Kem barrier. As we drifted into the neighbour-hood of the Ulu-Kem we saw the yurts, or felt-tentsof the nomadic Uriankhai, and noticed that the ownersthemselves differed essentially from their kinsmen of theupper basin. These Uriankhai kept herds of sheep andgoats, in place of the reindeer, cattle, and horses ownedby the tribes of the upper basin, and the first sight ofthe camel greatly astonished some of our Russians. We looked southwards with unbroken view acrossrolling steppes to the faint
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