HAWLIEHKOR (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A south-facing, 6 m by 2 m large cave entrance hidden by vegetation (Boycott, Antony 'Tony' 2004.02.28 Mss: Krem Haliewkor) gives access to the -Cave of the White Coloured Public Resting-Place Built of Stones on Both Sides of a Path-. It is an insurgence cave that was choked in February 2004 with mud 34 m in but Bikin Paslein, then the Samasi Village Headman (phone 215621), said it used to be open in the past so it should be checked every once in a while to watch sedimentation and de-sedimentation developing. ETYMOLOGY: The Khasi interogation -haw- means why not? —which is irrelevant here as the adjectiv -haw- means publicly (SINGH, N 1906: 81) and the adjectiv -lieh- means white (SINGH, N 1906: 117) while the Khasi noun -ka kor- is 1) a resting place built from stones on both sides of a path and 2) an engine, machine while -u kor- is a 1) mole cricket; 2) a kind of reed and the adverb -kor- means valuable, precious (SINGH, N 1906: 45). SITUATION: Boycott, Antony 'Tony' (2004.2.28 Mss: Krem Haliewkor) provides an apparently excellent cave access description, complete with fragments of GPS positions that had been read at a selection of waypoints. To retrace these directions, however, will be difficult because the provided GPS position result in a madly zigzagging tour: Upon leaving From Samasi IB (N25°24'01.6”: E092°32°57.4” unspecified precision error, WGS84, Boycott, Antony 'Tony' undated 2004.02) turn left [note 1] on road past playing fields [without GPS position] with church [without GPS position] on left. At point N25° [without N-minutes, perhaps: 24'?] 11.0”: E092°33'00.8” turn right [note 2] along track past house [without GPS position]. Turn left [sic!] immediately down valley to Shaktiman track past house [without GPS position]. Turn right [sic!] and follow ridge track [in an unspecified direction] to point N25°24'13.8”: E092°33'16.0” in clearing. Head down valley past paddy fields on right [sic!], turn right [sic! without GPS positin] at major path, past (N25°24'17.8”: E092°33'19.6”). At fork [without GPS position] turn left [sic!] downslope. Turn left [sic!] at cowshed [without GPS position] across paddy fields towards nearby hillock bearing 350° for 350 m. [the] Cave entrance [of Krem –>Hawliehkor] is 6 m + 2 m hidden by vegetation. Walk clockwise around hillock to reach Krem Sapiang, Krem Siej and Krem Tyngheng. CAVE DESCRIPTION (Boycott, Antony 'Tony' 2004.02.28 Mss: Krem Haliewkor): Flood sink [sic! more likely: spate sink]. Passage 6 m by 2 m ends in mud choke after 34 m, bearing 351°. Low passage to left 290° crawl over mud to low draughting duck after 20 m. PROSPECTS: Boycott, Antony 'Tony' (2004.02.28 Mss: Krem Haliewkor) reckons Krem Hawliehkor is probably an inlet to the entrance series of Krem Tyngheng.n] at major path, past (N25°24'17.8”: E092°33'19.6”). At fork [without GPS position] turn left [sic!] downslope. Turn left [sic!] at cowshed [without GPS position] across paddy fields towards nearby hillock bearing 350° for 350 m. [the] Cave entrance [of Krem –>Hawliehkor] is 6 m + 2 m hidden by vegetation. Walk clockwise around hillock to reach Krem Sapiang, Krem Siej and Krem Tyngheng. CAVE DESCRIPTION (Boycott, Antony 'Tony' 2004.02.28 Mss: Krem Haliewkor): Flood sink [sic! more likely: spate sink]. Passage 6 m by 2 m ends in mud choke after 34 m, bearing 351°. Low passage to left 290° crawl over mud to low draughting duck after 20 m. PROSPECTS: Boycott, Antony 'Tony' (2004.02.28 Mss: Krem Haliewkor) reckons Krem Hawliehkor is probably an inlet to the entrance series of Krem Tyngheng.