Preface ......................................................... 9
List of illustrations .......................................... 13
Foreword by J.F. Rock .......................................... 25
The Min Shan ................................................... 27
The valleys of the northern slopes of the Kan-su Min
Shan ..................................................... 28
The northern affluents of the T'ao River ................. 29
The valleys skirting the southern slopes of the Kan-su
Min-shan ................................................. 30
The northern affluents of the Pai-lung or Pai-shui
Chiang ................................................... 31
The southern affluents of the Pai-lung Chiang ............ 32
The T'ao River valley and its vegetation .................... 32
The vegetation along the T'ao River bank west of
Cho-ni ................................................... 34
Meadow-flora of the T'ao River valley .................... 35
The mountain flora of the T'ao Valley .................... 39
The K'a-cha kou or K'a-cha valley and its flora .......... 42
The flora in Upper К'a-cha kou ........................... 45
Upper or Shang T'ieh-pu Land, its flora and its people ...... 52
Drag-gam-na .............................................. 52
The great Rock Gate or Shih-men of the Min Shan ............. 56
The Tsha-lu Valley (Tsha-lu Nang) ........................ 56
The approach to the Shih-men ............................. 57
From Kuang-k'e Pass to Ch'e-pa kou (valley) ................. 60
The smaller valleys of the Northern slopes of the Min
Shan ........................................................ 63
Ma-erh kou (alley) ....................................... 63
La-li kou (valley) and the intervening spurs of the Min
Shan ........................................................ 65
Shao-ni kou  (valley) ............................. 66
Po-yü kou  (valley) ............................... 67
Ta-yü kou  (valley) ............................... 68
Eastern Min Shan ............................................... 70
The mountains west of A-chüeh ............................ 70
Hsiao Kou  or Small Valley .......................... 72
Tsa-ri Khi-kha, the last pass over the eastern end of the
Min Shan in Cho-ni territory ................................ 75
The valley of the Pai-lung Chiang  and the southern
slopes of the Kan-su Min Shan ............................... 76
The Upper T'ieh-pu Country ............................... 77
The valley of Yi-wa - Dro-tshu ........................... 77
From Wa-pa kou to Pe-zhu on the Pai-lung Chiang .......... 70
The vegetation between Wa-pa Kou and Pe-zhu .............. 80
The forests of Ngo-ngo ................................... 80
From Ngo-ngo to Pe-zhu ................................... 81
The Lower T'ieh-pu Land or Hsia T'ieh-pu  ............ 83
From Pe-zhu to Wang-tsang ................................ 83
Wang-tsang Valley and its forests ........................ 85
From Wang-tsang to Ma-ya kou  ..................... 88
The valleys of Ts'ao-shih, A-hsia and To-erh ............. 89
The valley of Ts'ao-shih (kou)  and
its flora ................................................ 90
A-hsia kou and To-erh kou ................................ 91
From Wang-tsang to San-pa kou  ..................... 93
Ni-pa kou  and Ma-ya kou  .................. 94
From San-pa kou to Tsa-ri Khi-kha ........................ 97
The Yor-wu-drag-kar Gorge ................................ 97
Do-ya-ya Gorge ........................................... 98
Yen-chhen-rün-go (gYen-chhen-run-sgo), the Yellow
River - Yangtze divide ................................... 99
Lien-hua Shan  or the Lotus Mountain ................ 100
Vegetation along water courses and especially in the Hai
kou or Hai valley on the southwest slopes of Lien-hua
Shan ....................................................... 105
The province of Ch'ing-hai .................................... 106
Present extent .......................................... 106
Historical sketch ....................................... 107
Present day borders ..................................... 107
Present political divisions ............................. 108
The mountains of Ch'ing-hai ............................. 110
Products ................................................ 111
Communication ........................................... 111
Population .............................................. 111
The region of the Koko Nor (Lake) .......................... 113
The region between Hsi-ning and Huang-yüan .............. 114
From Huang-yüan across the La-la ta-pan to the Koko
Nor ..................................................... 116
The region east of the Koko Nor ......................... 120
The vegetation of Râ-hu nang or Ra-k'o Gorge ............ 121
The forests of Kuo-mang Ssu  ........................ 123
The region between Kuo-mang Ssu and O-po  .............. 125
The region of O-po ...................................... 129
The Nan Shan shan-mo  or the mountain system of
the Nan Shan (South Mountain) .............................. 129
The forests of the Nan Shan or Richthofen Range ............ 131
The district of Pa-pao or Ch'i-lien ..................... 131
The forest of Niu-hsin Shan ............................. 133
Across the Nan Shan to Kan-chou  or Chang-yeh 
in Kan-su Province ...................................... 134
The region between Hsi-ning and Hsün-hua ................... 138
The region between Hsün-hua and La-brang ................ 140
The Yellow River ........................................... 141
The Great Loop of the Yellow River ......................... 144
The Am-nye rMa-chhen Range .................................... 146
The name of the range ................................... 146
Location of the range on existing maps .................. 148
Description of the range ................................ 150
The pilgrims trail around the Am-nye Ma-chhen ........... 151
Journey to the Am-nye Ma-chhen from Cho-ni via bLa-brang
(Hsia-ho hsien) and Ra-rgya dgon-pa (T'ung-te Hsien) ....... 153
The region between Cho-ni and La-brang or Hsia-ho
Hsien ................................................... 153
Hsia-ho Hsien or La-pu-lang Ssu ......................... 156
The region between La-brang and Ra-rgya dgon-pa or Ra-gya
Lamasery ................................................... 156
The journey to Ra-rgya .................................. 157
The gorges of the Yellow River south of Tsang-gar ....... 165
From Tsang-gar to Ra-gya Gom-pa ......................... 166
Ra-gya gom-pa and T'ung-te Hsien ........................... 168
Ra-gya dgon-pa (Ra-gya gom-pa) and its neighborhood ..... 168
The mountains around Ra-gya ............................. 171
The gorges of the Yellow River North of Ra-gya and South
of the (Gyü-par) Jü-par Range .............................. 175
Tag-so Nang and its flora ............................... 179
Upper Tag-so valley and the grassy plateau and passes
east of it .............................................. 182
The brGyud-par (Gyü-par) Range ............................. 184
From brGyud-par to the hBah (Bâ) Valley ................. 189
The Bâ Valley ........................................... 189
The Gyü-par Range .......................................... 192
Gyü-par Tshar-gen the highest peak of the Gyü-par Range .... 197
From the Gyü-par Range to Ragya via the Tho-thug
Nye-ra and the Ho-tog Nye-ra ............................ 199
The Am-nye Ma-chhen Pom-ra (Am-nye rMa-chhen sPom-ra) ...... 201
The Go-log tribes ....................................... 201
Start for the Am-nye Ma-chhen ........................... 207
The summer flora of the grasslands between Ra-gya and
La-brang ................................................ 214
Index of personal and ethnic names ............................ 221
Index of zoological names ..................................... 225
Index of botanical names ...................................... 227
List of Rock numbers .......................................... 247
Index of geographical names ................................... 249
Plates ........................................................ 269
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