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In my collection there is only a skin bought from a Laos 

 hunter, who had shot the bear near the village of Muang 

 Long. The dried skin measures 1010 mm. from nose to root 

 of tail. 



34. Melursus ursmus Show. — According to a state- 

 ment of my friend Doctor Högbom the Sloth Bear also occurs 

 in Siarn. 



When Högbom was travelJing from the town of Utaradit 

 towards the Mekong river (henee in North-eastern Siarn) he 

 was informed by the natives that a big bear with a very 

 thick fur and a long snout had been observed several times 

 in the vicinity of a neighbouring village. A mistake with 

 the Malayan Honey Bear (Helarctos malayanus Raffles) is 

 not possible, because this is a well-known species among 

 the Siamese and Laos. Doctor Högbom also had with him 

 two small cubs of this Bear which were shown to the natives 

 who at once answered that it was quite another species 

 they had seen. 



35. Elephas maximus L. — Great herds of wild Ele- 

 phants are still to be found in many parts of Siarn, especially 

 in the uninhabited districts in the north and east. The 

 Chantabon province is a very good refuge for the Elephants 

 with its väste almost impenetrable jungles. In Siarn every 

 wild Elephant belongs to the King and therefore they are 

 strictly forbidden to be shot without a special license from 

 the Government. 



As the wild Elephants mostly keep in very thick jung- 

 les they are seldom observed by the European travellers. I 

 only once got the opportunity of observing a small herd of 

 six animals and among these was an old bull with very fine 

 tusks. The Indian species does not seem to break down 

 trees as often as the African Elephant, and I only once 

 remember having seen trees broken down by Elephants 

 though I several times followed their tracks through the 

 jungles. 



36. Rhinoceros sumatrensis Cuv. — Rhinos are only 

 to be found in the most northern parts of Upper Siarn, but 

 here they seemed to be not uncommon according to a sta- 



