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Various. Siam and Laos, as Seen by Our American Missionaries
Siam and Laos, as Seen by Our American Missionaries
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
SIAM AND LAOS
CHAPTER I
THE INDO-CHINESE PENINSULA
CHAPTER II
SIGHT-SEEING IN BANGKOK
CHAPTER III
TOURING IN SIAM
CHAPTER IV
IN AND ABOUT PETCHABUREE
CHAPTER V
THE ANIMALS OF SIAM
CHAPTER VI
THE CHINESE IN SIAM
PART II
CHAPTER VII
A SIAMESE WEDDING
CHAPTER VIII
HOUSEKEEPING IN SIAM
CHAPTER IX
CHILD-LIFE IN SIAM
CHAPTER X
FIRST HAIR-CUTTING OF A YOUNG SIAMESE
CHAPTER XI
THE SCHOOLS OF SIAM
CHAPTER XII
HOLIDAYS IN SIAM
CHAPTER XIII
VISIT TO A GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT
CHAPTER XIV
SIAMESE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
CHAPTER XV
CHOLERA-TIMES IN BANGKOK
CHAPTER XVI
SIAMESE CUSTOMS FOR THE DYING AND DEAD
CHAPTER XVII
THE WATS OF SIAM
PART III
CHAPTER XVIII
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SIAM
CHAPTER XIX
MISSIONARY LADIES IN THE KING’s PALACE
CHAPTER XX
CORONATION OF HIS MAJESTY THE SUPREME KING OF SIAM
CHAPTER XXI
HISTORY OF THE MISSIONS IN SIAM AND LAOS
PART IV
CHAPTER XXII
LAOS LAND AND LIFE
CHAPTER XXIII
FROM BANGKOK TO CHEUNG MAI
CHAPTER XXIV
RECOLLECTIONS OF CHEUNG MAI
CHAPTER XXV
A DAY AT CHEUNG MAI
CHAPTER XXVI
A LAOS CABIN
CHAPTER XXVII
SUPERSTITIONS OF THE LAOS
CHAPTER XXVIII
TREATMENT OF THE SICK
CHAPTER XXIX
A TOUR IN THE LAOS COUNTRY
CHAPTER XXX
CHINA TO BRITISH INDIA, VIA CHEUNG MAI
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Published by Good Press, 2021
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Kabin is the entrepôt of trade with the far interior. Chinese merchants here waylay the elephant-trains from Battabong and Laos, exchanging salt and Chinese or European wares for horns, hides, silk, oil and cardamoms. Mines near Kabin are said to furnish the most ductile gold in the world.
Leaving our boats, elephants and a buffalo-cart are engaged. We step from the veranda of the hut perched on poles to the elephant’s head and into the howdah. The driver sits astride his neck, guiding when needful with an iron-pointed staff. A military road from Kabin leads to the borders of Cochin-China. Sesupon, the first Cambodian town, on the frontier of provinces wrested by Siam from Cambodia a century ago, is first reached. Some of the people, including the Siamese governor and officials, speak both languages.
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