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At Chieng Mai I arranged for my long trip to the most northern pari 3 <>l Siarn and 

 hcrc a Haw oaravan was engaged. The caravan consisted of 20 horses and mules which 

 togcthcr with 5 earricrs was enough to carry my luggage. 



As already mentioned transports are very difficult during the rainy season and 

 travelling is sometimes almost impossible owing to the miserable state of the roads to- 

 gether with the difficulties of crossing the numerous rivers and creeks \\ hich are swollen 

 by the heavy rains. In tropical countries as a rule very little collecting has been done 

 during the wet season, and it therefore was my special plan to make a long journey t hal 

 timc of the year in order to make collections of higher vertebrates. 



On the 21st of June everything was ready, and I was able to leave Chieng Mai for 

 the North. I then went in an almost northern direction with the intention of marching 



Fig. 2. Bamboo-jungle near Doi Par Sakeng. 



up to Doi Par Sakeng, a small place situated some distance south of Muang Fång which 

 is a small and unimportant town in Northwestern Siam near the boundary to Karennee. 

 After about a weeks härd travelling I arrived at Doi Par Sakeng where I intended to take 

 my headquarter for some time. During my journey I had met with several adventures 

 when crossing the numerous rivers, of which the Meh Teng was the largest and deepest. 

 The path along which we were travelling followed for several miles the valley of the 

 Meh Ping which we also had to cross at Ping Kong. The upper course of the Meh Ping 

 runs through a very beautiful country and the scenery was most splendid. We also had 

 to pass quite close to the gigantic and imposing Doi Chieng Dao, which probably is one 

 of the highest mountains of Siam. I stopped one day at the foot of the Chieng Dao where 

 I had some collecting, though no species of special interest were met with. During the 

 whole journey up to Doi Par Sakeng the rain was pouring down and the so-called roads 

 were very slippery and muddy. I had lots of trouble with my mules but no real damage 

 was done. 



