Weichow. Our dinner being sacrificed.

Out into the desert beyond the Great Wall. The pathless desert.

Weichow. Three generations.

Out into the desert beyond the Great Wall. Leaving Sz Tsui Shan. Northern end of Ningsia Plain.

Out into the desert beyond the Great Wall. This canal is 300 li long.

Out into the desert beyond the Great Wall. The north end of Alashan Mts. Great Wall runs along top.

On the border of the Odos Desert. Salt incrusted earth.

On the border of the Odos Desert. We had a call from a deaf ahung friend at Pe T'u Kang Tsz.

On the border of the Odos Desert. Main street - Hui An Pao. Central tower ahead.

Crossing an arm of the Gobi, the Alashan Desert. Pure sand.

On the border of the Odos Desert.

Crossing an arm of the Gobi, the Alashan Desert. Hard work.

Wu Chung Pao Plain. Main street, Wu Chung Pao.

Wu Chung Pao Plain. Division of a canal.

Northern Ningsia. All desert is not sand. Yin Mountains in background.

Northern Ningsia. The Mongolian Plain begins.

Wu Chung Pao Plain. Two canals one from Ch'in Sz Huang Ti's time.

Wu Chung Pao Plain. Through the market of Wu Chung Pao.

Crossing an arm of the Gobi, the Alashan Desert. We take turns riding.

Crossing an arm of the Gobi, the Alashan Desert. A camel caravan camp.

Wu Chung Pao Plain. A canal crossing a bitter river.

Wu Chung Pao Plain. The beginning of the canals.

Crossing an arm of the Gobi, the Alashan Desert. Sometimes the sand is not so pure.

Crossing an arm of the Gobi, the Alashan Desert. The Yin Mountains of the Odos Desert across the Yellow River from us.

On the border of the Odos Desert. The sands of time.

On the border of the Odos Desert. The inn at Pe T'a Suei.

Crossing an arm of the Gobi, the Alashan Desert. We passed one inn only in all day travel.

Crossing an arm of the Gobi, the Alashan Desert. The struggle goes on.

On the Wu Chung Pao Plain. Wang Chia Hsiao Mosque.

Wu Chung Pao Plain. The Drum Tower.

Northern Ningsia. A good Baptist approaches San Sen Kung. A See Fort City of the Bishop of the Roman Church.

Northern Ningsia. A particularly long and hard stretch.

Northern Ningsia. Shy.

Northern Ningsia. The real border of Suiyuan and Ningsia.

Dong Fuxiang (董福祥 / 星五 / Tung Fu-hsiang)

Kinki Hsien, Ningsia. Cemetery of Ma Hua-lung.

Kinki Hsien, Ningsia. Ma Hua-lung's grave.

On the Wu Chung Pao Plain. Again the trio.

On the Wu Chung Pao Plain. From a Wu Chung Pao inn.

Western Suiyuan. A bridge to take the place of ferry.

On the Wu Chung Pao Plain. One of the flat roofed mosques.

On the Wu Chung Pao Plain. The tribe of Taylor.

Northern Ningsia. Marks of navigation on the northern end of the Yellow River.

On the Wu Chung Pao Plain. Moslem girls at Kinki.

On the Wu Chung Pao Plain. The prize Taylor.

Northern Ningsia. Canals are cleaned every year before the water is allowed in.

Kinki Hsien, Ningsia. Fort of Tung Fu-Hsiang.

Kinki Hsien, Ningsia. [Fort of Tung Fu-Hsiang.] One of many carved doors inside.

Kinki Hsien, Ningsia. [Cemetery of Ma Hua-lung.] Grave enclosure and prayer shelter.

Hung Lo Fu, home of Ma Tsen-wu, & Pan Ch'iao, home of Ma Chin-hsi. Courtyard of Pan Ch'iao.

Hung Lo Fu, home of Ma Tsen-wu, & Pan Ch'iao, home of Ma Chin-hsi. Grave of Ahung - teacher of Ma Min-hsin.

Hung Lo Fu, home of Ma Tsen-wu, & Pan Ch'iao, home of Ma Chin-hsi. L.C. Wood coming from a beehive kumpei.

Hung Lo Fu, home of Ma Tsen-wu, & Pan Ch'iao, home of Ma Chin-hsi. Entrance to Pan Ch'iao.

Hung Lo Fu, home of Ma Tsen-wu, & Pan Ch'iao, home of Ma Chin-hsi. Ahung at Hung Lo Fu.

Hung Lo Fu, home of Ma Tsen-wu, & Pan Ch'iao, home of Ma Chin-hsi. Beehive kumpei.

Kinki Hsien, Ningsia. [Fort of Tung Fu-Hsiang.] Main courtyard.

Wang Chia T'ai Tsz, Ningsia. C.L.P., L.C. Wood, Bill Taylor, Contento.

Wang Chia T'ai Tsz, Ningsia. From the west.

Wang Chia T'ai Tsz, Ningsia. Another view.

Wang Chia T'ai Tsz, Ningsia. The mosque from the east.