Chapter XXX

CHINA TO BRITISH INDIA, VIA CHEUNG MAI.
_M. A. Cheek, M. D., Cheung Mai._ 543

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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HIS SUPREME MAJESTY, CHULALANGKORN I., KING OF SIAM. _Frontispiece._
BURMESE TEMPLE 23
RUINS OF A PAGODA AT AYUTHIA 29
SIAMESE GENTLEMAN IN MODERN COURT-DRESS 32
SIAMESE LADY IN MODERN COURT-DRESS 33
VIEW OF PAKNAM, ON THE MENAM 37
PORT OF CHANTABOON 41
LION ROCK, AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PORT OF CHANTABOON 44
TYPES OF WOMEN OF FARTHER INDIA 57
SCENE ON AN ORIENTAL RIVER 65
THE BREAD-FRUIT 72
THE LOTUS 74
BIRD OF PARADISE 77
MONKEYS PLAYING WITH A CROCODILE 79
BANGKOK, ON THE MENAM 83
HOUSE-SPARROW 84
FLOATING STORES AT BANGKOK 89
MISSIONARY-BOAT FOR TOURING IN SIAM 97
PRABAT 103
HOUSE AT PETCHABUREE 113
VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS OF PETCHABUREE 116
MONKEYS 121
JAVA SPARROWS 122
THE COBRA 123
HUNTING THE CROCODILE 127
ELEPHANTS AT HOME 129
AN ELEPHANT PLOUGHING 131
THE WHITE ELEPHANT 141
HOME OF RICH CHINAMAN 146
CHINESE BOAT-PEOPLE 151
CHINESE CEMETERY 152
PAPER PRAYERS 155
PARLOR OF CHINESE HOUSE 156
MISSION-HOUSE 171
SIAMESE LADIES DINING 179
A YOUNG SIAMESE PRINCE 189
A CHINESE STREET-SHOW 191
REMOVAL OF THE TUFT OF A YOUNG SIAMESE 195
A SCHOOL IN SIAM 215
A FEW OF THE CHILDREN OF THE LATE FIRST KING OF SIAM 223
CARRYING THE KING TO THE TEMPLE 231
SIAMESE ACTRESS 234
CREMATION TEMPLE: A TEMPORARY BUILDING 251
TOMB OF A BONZE 263
BANYAN TREE 270
SIAMESE TEMPLE 271
TEMPLE AT AYUTHIA 275
MONASTERY OF WAT SISAKET 277
BRASS IDOL IN A TEMPLE AT BANGKOK 279
THE GREAT TOWER OF THE PAGODA WAT CHEUG 283
BUDDHIST PRIEST 285
BUDDHIST PRIESTS GATHERING FOOD 295
RUINS OF A TEMPLE AND STATUE AT AYUTHIA 303
ATTACHÉ OF SIAMESE EMBASSY: COURT-COSTUME IN 1883 313
THE LATE FIRST KING AND QUEEN 323
SOMDETCH CHOWFA CHULALANGKORN 339
HALL OF AUDIENCE, PALACE OF BANGKOK 341
BRAHMAN AT WORSHIP 345
CORONATION OF A LAOS KING 421
A LAOS FUNERAL 429
TAPPING THE BORASSUS PALM 449
A LAOS HOME 499
CAMPING IN A LAOS FOREST 529

SIAM AND LAOS.