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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 off 
the next morning and arrived at the clearing where 
the leopard and boar had battled, and started 
