MYRSIANG (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

No cave name, which would be known to anybody familiar with the area, has been identified for a shaft which Mark W. Brown (2005.02.11 Mss -Krem Myrsiang 1- dated 11/02/05) recorded — as if there would exist two or more caves of this name — under the title Krem Myrsiang 1 (field name) local [note 1] called the area Myrsiang, meaning jackal. ETYMOLOGY: SINGH, N (1906: 136) translates -u myrsiang- into a jackal, a fox while SINGH, N (1920: 191) translates -fox- into u myrsiang, u ksar, u 'riewsianti and SINGH, N (1920: 275) -jackal- into u myrsiang. BLAH (1966 edited 2007: 110) translates -fox- into u myrsiang; u riew bun buit (literaly: the very clever chap) and BLAH (1966 edited 2007: 156) translates -jackal- into u myrsiang; u phyrbew while SINGH, N (1906: 159) translates -u phyrbew- into a solitary jackal with a peculiar howl. SITUATION 1 (Brown 2005.02.11 Mss): As for Krem poh Lum Shyrngan. [deleted: ###### position E. From a bearing] From pines continue to N25°21'25.9” E092°30$$38.1” (±4-7). This is a point adjacent to a shakehole. Bearing 300° leads into banana plant full doline. N25°21'27.7” E092°30'35.6”. Bearing 120° 'up valley' and bearing left N25°21'26.0” E092°30'35.4” - a pothole beneath a Diengsohskuiñ Tree (note 2). SITUATION 2 (Anthony 'Tony' R Jarratt 2005.03.06 Mss: Cave Log, vol. XII, 11/2/05): In the banana plantation doline. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1: Brown (2005.02.11 Mss: Krem Myrsiang 1) refers to a bogus cave survey (not existing) and misleads with recommending to See cave plan (note 3) after explaining, literally quoted: From GPS point (above) point a 4 m wide, 10 m long shaft (065° long axis). An 18 m pitch off tree leads ono mud floor with no way on. CAVE DESCRIPTION 2 (Jarratt, Anthony 'Tony' R 2005.03.06 Mss: Cave Log, vol. XII, 11/2/05): An 18 m pot with no way on where one can take a few photographs. CAVE DESCRIPTION 3 (Brooks 2005.10.05 Mss): 18.00. CULTURAL HISTORY - cave legend: RAFY (1920, xxvii: 123-127) recalls tory narrating How the fox got his white breast (xxvii), which starts with … a fox, whose name was U Myrsiang, lived in a cave near the residence of a Siem (Chief). This fox was a very shameless marauder, and had the impudence to conduct his raids right into the Siem's private barn-yard, and to devour the best of his flocks, causing him much annoyance and loss. TACKLE (Brown 2005.02.11 Mss: Krem Myrsiang 1): To rig a traverse line to tree then down via one rebelay: 30 m rope, long sling, one hanger, maillons, etc.tory narrating How the fox got his white breast (xxvii), which starts with … a fox, whose name was U Myrsiang, lived in a cave near the residence of a Siem (Chief). This fox was a very shameless marauder, and had the impudence to conduct his raids right into the Siem's private barn-yard, and to devour the best of his flocks, causing him much annoyance and loss. TACKLE (Brown 2005.02.11 Mss: Krem Myrsiang 1): To rig a traverse line to tree then down via one rebelay: 30 m rope, long sling, one hanger, maillons, etc.