Riddles of the Gobi Desert: With 24 Plates and a MapTranslated From The Swedish By Elizabeth Sprigge And Claude Napier |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
SEMIPALATINSK | 29 |
TO THE CHINESE FRONTIER | 37 |
WE ARE HELD UP AT CHUGUCHAK | 46 |
AMBOLTS ILLNESS | 52 |
THE MURDER OF GOVERNORGENERAL YANG | 60 |
LAST DAYS IN URUMCHI | 71 |
FROM URUMCHI TO PEKING | 76 |
OUR FAREWELL TO THE GREAT DESERT CARAVAN | 156 |
A MOTOR TOUR THROUGH INNER MONGOLIA | 175 |
HEADQUARTERS IN KALGAN | 197 |
WORK AND ADVENTURE BY ETSINGOL | 205 |
MA AND HIS TRAGIC FATE | 222 |
A SWEDES ADVENTURES IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO | 240 |
NORINS RESEARCHES | 252 |
AMBOLTS DIARY | 268 |
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