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[[underline]] Chapter VII. [[/underline]] 136. Mongolia", in [[underline]] Amer. Anthrop. [[/underline]], 1928, page 702. It is only fair to say, on the other hand, that Chavannes, [[underline]] Méms. hist. [[/underline]], vol. I, Introd., page lxv, says "Les Hiong-nou n'avaient point l'habitude d'élever des tumulus sur les sépultures". --------------------------------- to me, in view of the non-Chinese style of the carvings which we saw, that some sort of connection might perhaps exist between them and those crude representations of human figures known as ^[[k]]ámennya Báby, apparently funerary in character, that are found throughout the steppe region, from northern China to southeastern Russia. The thought further suggested itself that with a few excpetions [[superscript]] (130) [[/superscript]] the animals about the mound were ------------------------- [[superscript]] (130) [[/superscript]] Thus the two fish which we saw (page 132) obviously recall the sign Pisces in the Occidental zodiac but do not occur in the Chinese cycle, although they form an ancient Chinese design. --------------------------------- members of the well known Chinese Duodenary Cycle. This, according to Chavannes, [[superscript]] (131) [[/superscript]] was introduced into China, probably as the result of cul- ------------------------- [[superscript]] (131) [[/superscript]] See the [[underline]] T'oung pao [[/underline]], 1906: Chavannes, "Le cycle turc des ^[[d]]ouze animaux", page 84. --------------------------------- ture-borrowing from the Hsiung-nu, not earlier than the 2nd or 1st centuries before our Era---about the period, that is, of Ho Ch'ü-ping. In view of the latter's contacts with the nomads of the northern steppes, such points as the above are perhaps worth noting; although in the light of our present knowledge, little if anything can be built upon them. [[underline]] Return to Hsi-an Fu. [[/underline]] From the village where we had seen the stone figure of the rat or pig we rode eastward for a mile or so across the plateau, past numerous grave-mounds, none of them remarkable for size or any other quality. One to which Mr. Li drew our attention was, he told us, regarded locally as the real tomb of the brother of Ho Ch'ü-ping. We then turned south
