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stand why I went to all the trouble of having all 

 the wood ready for cages and nothing to put in 

 them. Their idea was to get the animals first and 

 then cage them. I pointed out that an animal in 

 a net was sure to injure itself in its struggle to 

 escape and the sooner it was in a cage and free 

 from the nets, the safer it would be, for if they 

 were injured in any way, they were useless. We 

 stayed four days at this camp, arranging the nets 

 and digging a few pits after caching stores in the 

 trees. Before starting on the first drive I explained 

 to the Tungku what I considered the most difficult 

 problem of the expedition, namely a clear road to 

 the river and to the coast, as all cages would have 

 to be drawn to the river on runners or sleds, and 

 the jungle paths would have to be cleared of fallen 

 trees and undergrowth. I told him he had better 

 send four or five men to clear and widen the path 

 to the next kampong and the headman there to do 

 the same on to the next, and so on to the river, the 

 headman at the river to gather bamboo and logs for 

 making of rafts. For the drive itself and the work 

 pertaining to it, fifty men would answer. We would 

 be away from the kampong about one week and at 

 the farthest one half day's journey. Should occa- 

 sion arise, I would send back for bullocks to bring 

 in the cages. Everything being arranged to my 

 satisfaction as to the transportation, we started of! 

 the next morning and arrived at the clearing where 

 the leopard and boar had battled, and started 



