A SIAMESE T EMPL E A T BANGKOK.
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JOURNAL OP AN EMBASSY
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T H E C O U R T S OF S I A M
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C O C H I N C H I N A .
C H A P T E R I.
Physical form.—Siamese notions of beauty.—Dress.—Various
customs and usages.—Funerals.—Progress in the useful arts.
Architecture.— Progress in higher branches of knowledge.—
Kalendar.—Arithmetic, weights, measures, and coins.—Geography
and navigation.— Music.— Alphabet.—Language.—
Siamese literature.—Bali or sacred literature.—Education.—
General observations on the nations and tribes between India
and China. General estimate of the character of the Siamese,
I n the remaining chapters of this work, I shall
lay before the reader such information respecting
the people whom I visited, and their country, as
was collected by myself, or others, during our
voyage, and which could not be included in the
Journal without frequently interrupting the narrative,
and thus impairing the interest which
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