parties, a funeral rites return was also encountered. It was one of the poorer cases, the party walking + the widow crying+ struggling in a most awful stage of grief which is typically Chinese. At Azias Kheam we encountered crowded streets + had to edge our way thru. We reached the town at 3:30 + camped in a old field on its lower edge on the south side of the river. The funeral boat was visited as soon as we made camp. On one shop or hotel storehouse one found 4 tiger skins from Sanbaan, one of which A. bought while I bought a large spotted leopard skin for $100. The tiger was $35.00 which is not high the price here ranging from $25 - $35.00 We saw quite a number of Tibetans nearly Bunt shirts + bare legged with their very dark faces with a Tea cancum from Sanbaan. Azias-Kheam is a very busy place + much trade is done here in opium, salt, tea + grain hides. The nights very windy.