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MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR 19

CHAPTER I.

THE VOYAGE--FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SIAM; AND OF BANGKOK, ITS
CAPITAL--RECEPTION IN THE PALACE--THE TWO KINGS OF SIAM 37

CHAPTER II.

GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF SIAM 54

CHAPTER III.

VOYAGE UP THE MENAM TO AYUTHIA THE ANCIENT CAPITAL--THE
RUINS--EXCURSION TO MOUNT PHRABAT--ITS TEMPLE--ITS SACRED AND
GEOLOGICAL FOOTSTEPS--SARABURI AND PATAVI 106

CHAPTER IV.

CHANTABOUN--ITS PRODUCTS AND COMMERCE--APPEARANCE OF THE COUNTRY--
THE ISLES OF KO-MAN--ISLES OF PATATES--THE ISLAND OF KO-KRAM--PAKNAM
VEN--MANNER IN WHICH THE APES PLAY WITH THE CROCODILES 141

CHAPTER V.

LIFE IN THE HILL-COUNTRY--MOUNT SABAT--HUNTING--TIGERS--SERPENTS--
RICH VEGETATION OF CHANTABURI 155

CHAPTER VI.

RETURN TO CHANTABOUN--EXCURSION TO BATTAMBONG--THE ISLANDS OF
KOH KONG--ISLAND OF PHU QUOC--BEAUTIFUL PROSPECT IN THE GULF OF
KOMPUT--CAMBODIA--COMMERCE OF THESE COUNTRIES--MISERABLE STATE
OF THE PEOPLE--VISIT TO THE KING OF CAMBODIA 174

CHAPTER VII.

DETAILS RESPECTING CAMBODIA--UDONG, ITS PRESENT
CAPITAL--INTERVIEWS WITH THE SECOND KING 192

CHAPTER VIII.

DEPARTURE FROM UDONG--TRAIN OF ELEPHANTS--PINHALU--KIND
TREATMENT BY THE MISSIONARIES--THE GREAT LAKE OF
CAMBODIA--TOULI-SAP--THE THIÂMES--SPECULATIONS AS TO THEIR
ORIGIN--ANCIENT KINGDOM OF TSIAMPA--ISRAELITE TRADITIONS OF THE
THIÂMES OR TSIAMPOIS 213

CHAPTER IX.

THE GREAT BAZAAR OF CAMBODIA, PENOM-PEUH--THE RIVER MÉKON--THE
ISLAND KO-SUTIN--PEMPTIÉLAN--PUMP-KA-DAYE, ON THE BORDERS
OF CAMBODIA--SOME FURTHER NOTES ON THE COUNTRY--FATHER
GUILLOUX--JOURNEY TO BRELUM AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY
INHABITED BY THE SAVAGE STIENS 226

CHAPTER X.

SOJOURN OF THREE MONTHS AMONG THE SAVAGE STIENS--MANNERS OF THIS
TRIBE--PRODUCTS OF THE COUNTRY--FAUNA--MANNERS OF THE ANNAMITES 240

CHAPTER XI.

RETURN TO PINHALU AND UDONG--THE GREAT LAKE TOULI-SAP--MEETING
WITH NINE ELEPHANTS--RECENT ACTS OF OPPRESSION TOWARDS THE
PEOPLE--ON THE EVENTUAL REGENERATION OF THE PEOPLE--THE PROVINCE
OF BATTAMBOURG--GRAND RUINS 265