h Bolsheviki along the way, and I did not
see him again until last March (1920), when he came to my office in
the American Museum just after we had returned to New York.

When we reached Panj-kiang we felt that our motor troubles were at
an end, but ten miles beyond the station my car refused to pull
through a sand pit and we found that there was trouble with the
differential. It was necessary to dismantle the rear end of the car,
and Coltman and Gup were well-nigh discouraged. The delay was a
serious matter for I had urgent business in Japan, and it was
imperative that I reach Peking as soon as possible. Charles finally
decided to send me, together with Price, the Czech, and the Cossack,
in his car, while he and Gup remained with the two ladies to repair
mine.

Price and I drove back to Panj-kiang to obtain extra food and water
for the working party and to telegraph Kalgan for assistance. We
took only a little tea, macaroni, and two tins of sausage, for we
expected to reach the mission station at Hei-ma-hou early the next
morning.

We were hardly five miles from the broken car when we discovered
that there was no more oil for our motor. It was impossible to go
much farther and we decided that the only alternative was to wait
until the relief party, for which we had wired, arrived from Kalgan.
Just then the car swung over the summit of a rise, and we saw the
white tent and grazing camels of an enormous caravan. Of course,
Mongols would have mutton fat and why not use that for oil! The
caravan leader assured us that he had fat in plenty and in ten
minutes a great pot of it was warming over the fire.

We poured it into the motor and proceeded merrily on our way. But
there was one serious obstacle to our enjoyment of that ride. Events
had been moving so rapidly that we had eaten nothing since
breakfast, and when a delicious odor of roast lamb began to arise
from the motor, we realized that we were all very hungry. Dry
macaroni would hardly do and the sausage must be saved for dinner.
All the afternoon that tantalizing odor hovered in the air and I
began to imagine that I could even smell mint sauce.

At six o'clock we saw the first _yurt_ and purchased a supply of
_argul_ so that we could save time in making camp. The lamps of the
car were _hors de combat_ and a watery moon did not give us
sufficient light by which to drive in safety, so we stopped on a
hilltop shortly after dark. In the morning when the motor was c