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BUKMA. SIAM. CAMBODIA. AND COCHIN-CHINA (1871-2) By FRANK VINCENT, Jun. With an lntrodu~zion and Notcs by John Villie-rs White Imtus Co. ,Ltd. .Ban~kok. ?'hailand 1988
Publishers White Lotus Co.. Ltd. P.O. Box 1141 Bangkok. Thailand Production by Siripat Co. .Ltd. 19% Whitc Lotus Co., Ltd. Printed in ?'hailand ISBN 974-8495-264 Dust- jacket illustration : F2re dans utre pugode de ~C;'ong Kay, from Francis Garnier. 1873.
Page 1 and 2: THE LAND OF THE W'TE ELEPHANT
Page 6 and 7: CONTENTS Introduction to the 1988 e
Page 8 and 9: Between 1873 and 1H95 Vincent publi
Page 10 and 11: chapter to the outward voyage; and
Page 12 and 13: eforc writing The Land of the White
Page 15: THE LAND WHITE ELEPHANT A PERSONA14
Page 18 and 19: PREFACE JTr~~rl rs the pat- five ye
Page 20 and 21: CONTENTS BURMA RANGOON Stramer 'Ori
Page 22 and 23: BHAYO AH0 IUE OLD TRADE ROUTE Ia~in
Page 24 and 25: I'h~a K i ; or, Tcmple of thp- Fmcd
Page 26 and 27: Me-hw thr BOnndnry of Siam and Camb
Page 28 and 29: LIST OF ILLTiSTItdTIONS FULL-PAGE E
Page 30 and 31: sls 5. Elrphmt cmployd in e Timh-PI
Page 32 and 33: iver, in north-eastern Burma. The r
Page 34 and 35: in the ri\-er madc a v e considerab
Page 36 and 37: aiid Inortar, ptwwics ktweca lorlg
Page 38 and 39: the standing ones RANGOON 7 much aa
Page 40 and 41: IICL~I~I ai t11e ~~io~~ui~i(?~~t of
Page 42 and 43: BURMKSE MASHEM .X%D CL-STOMS IT is
Page 44 and 45: one 1q ; but this exhibition, bcing
Page 46 and 47: tlic ~)oIicy of a c~rt;~in quccn, w
Page 48 and 49: BURMESF: htQNN?3RS AND CUSTOm 17 pr
Page 50 and 51: Tbc rernacuIar toncue of tllc Busmc
Page 52 and 53: OWIKG t~, the shallow water we coul
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UI' TTE IRRi4\V-4DDH 23 Rhmlo, a tl
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sened t-t number of small ~~icl~es
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oats and rafts are often homes of l
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pagodas a1n1 tc~~iples, t.llick gro
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PAW AW- OLD GAPITAM 31 PAGUAN AND T
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P,4GIt%N Ah?) TIIE OL1) CAPITAIS 33
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Ianecs, including the ground plan o
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PAGIFAK ANX) THE OLD CAMTALS 37 Ava
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a Europcau, who bears the proud tit
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Hill,' covered wid1 monasteries anc
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from the sun by a bmd-brimmed and p
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an immense dah, an i~lvtrumcnt shap
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solriie; who had bcen out. a-t targ
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the Government 06&dsy with all of w
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Pantheon, and here he took the degr
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peculiar style of damtion ; thua th
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AUDIENCE WITR 'ITHE KING OF AVA 55
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AUUUNCE WITH THE KIKG OF AF'n 57 us
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have a better chance,' was returned
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AUDIENCE WITIT THE KING OF AVA 61 s
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ministers receive no salary at all
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!WIE WHITE ELEPHANT ELAVIXQ put on
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part of his kingdome than not. to c
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migrating THE ~ ~ EI,EI'H,K~NT r n
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selves. Instearl of steeping the le
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fid gold, surmounted by the ke, or
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l3FL;IHO AND TiTE OLD TRADE ROIJTE
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Government is acknors-ledger1 as ac
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DIIAMO AXD THE OLD n4DE ROUTE 79 th
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BTIA!HO -=D THE OLD TRBDE ROUTE 81
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BHABX~ AND THE OLD T-IUE. ROUTE 83
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I'KOIU ;HAI!LYAIX AX n J'ESA ?;ti 5
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elephant gcmd. It ustially rcquims
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-J;~~EA JO ~ULET R jpq nnyt? ny p39
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mould remain thirty hours, thus giv
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' John,' ' Spose no hab got eyes, h
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cool watcr to Pcnamg, far away ofT
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cating it the rind is broken with t
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THE town of AhIa~~a, foutlderl in t
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which tire low, cnrvecl with Chinex
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aud n miding-room, wliem DUC will i
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distribution the staple products of
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for its immensc cupola it \\-onlrl
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the roofs welu: onlnmcntml with lit
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way about. twenty feet apart, and a
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111311. kmc shrubs4 specits of box
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c- XI. AT Sipore I parted from my E
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mst was the first land of Sim-the c
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HIS JI?rJESTT T111: RlSf; OF F2AU
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distance back from the river. ' FaI
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principal ca~d~. The situation of B
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124 TTlE LAND OF TIM WXlTE EI;ETIIA
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136 THE LAXD OF TRE WEUTE ELEPHANT
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front, both Grting cross-lezgecl, a
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otle sick :ifid :I Ic;trlcn mottkcy
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with its widesprcacling branchcs of
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etains. Mr. Chn~~riler's L~mily con
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approxiinates more in apppamnce and
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At three o'clock wc arrival at Pech
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-from Pennsylvania, US.--has lived
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t-he one, t.11e ' Keccpt-ion of the
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144 TIE LAND OF THE WIIITE ELEPWT g
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146 TITE I.hND OF !CHI3 ELEPHANT pt
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Consul, lbuo~ -, a diort gcutlcrlla
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English literatme, and possesses al
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nrclcrs \~l~ich ITP m:ln. heart1 mc
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fish, vegetables, fruit, cakes, kc.
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156 TIIE J.:\\sn (W TTlE l%'IILTR R
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158 TIIF: L_=D OF TIIK IIITE ELEPHA
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CK4M'E-R. XIV. A DAY IS THE l'A[.A(
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cmamt.ion from tile Deity, must nec
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hut I did not learn that his dignit
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as might et~hancc to the utmost ima
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journey to Angkor and the return to
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also pro@ to eke out our preperved,
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accompany him, are Americans, three
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But I am anticipating, for we are o
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176 THE LAND OF TnE \VHITE ELEI'IIA
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178 THE Ml) OF TIIE WHITE ELEPTTANT
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180 THE LWD OF THE WmTE ELEPTIAXT e
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cart at the front end, where sits t
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ward. We saw the priliricg~ss and w
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166 THE IAKD OF THE WIIITE FLEP1I;l
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the tracks of elephant-s and panthe
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190 THE LANll OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT
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Watchrncn are appointed, e~rh 'boy'
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or American set-tles might do well
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196 THE LAND OF THE WIIITE ELEl'ILA
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prt to our attendants, who, it is a
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onc or two plms quite large trees h
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Siamese (though wrved in European s
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204 mil3 IANL) OF TEE WHWE ELEPUT a
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the lorct~ part- of the lehw u~cl h
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t.he remainder-2 15 miIe6-was perfo
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in this distant pal$- of Siim-think
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imagh~tion somewhat in forming a pr
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hken from IIi utlon m;rtholo~-fmm t
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2x6 THE I..lXD OF TFU RWE ELEPTK-=T
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215 THE LIND OF TIIE ?THITE ELEPHAN
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headed gals, the Indian Vishnu, god
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every dilwtion, triumphs in all, an
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such people among the surrounding n
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is huartl. Christovnl tie Jaquc, a
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&her in YO neat R manner that no tm
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MI-. tht: h~:~cric:;~i~ Coosud r~is
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for eximplr:, if liken~wl to tllc I
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nativc noblcmen io anoint their lip
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with covers upon them, which latter
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TElE BUIRS OF AKGKOR-THE CITY A?m I
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curls of most Budhas. Onc of the fa
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at lmst to hare completed, the b~ii
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The old ciq besides, s has aldy men
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I~L'TKS OF AS~KOR-TIFE crry asn i.:
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What is this,' j~~stly d s finep ('
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the path ; and rrcxt. we pass a s~n
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ecourse to pxntomime on tllis jonrn
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THE DAY was psed in busy preparatio
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ecognised many which had been taken
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oom with two small winciolvs, about
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are not very luxurious feeders, a l
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storms arc sometimes experienced, b
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the equally intclligiblc blowin3 of
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above the water, must have containe
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TIIE general appearance of the ~ lo
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Lilutlirlg 1w.w the bai~ac-ks, I wc
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their manukture of silk. The popula
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He was an old gentleman, well prewm
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then in proms of construction in fr
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The dining-room coutaind Mack walnu
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QCEEX OF C.4IIBODlA ASD ROYAL CHILI
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284 TIIE 1.ANL) OF TIIE WILlTE RLE;
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286 TilR LAND OF TlJE WHITE E1;EPHA
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y a Frcnch officer, but be having h
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liouscs, small temples, and tombs.
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~mintcd scene at one end, though it
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isoned and covered with Ids, amblin
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298 THE L:Nn OF TILE WIIITE EJ,EPIL
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P.hYGMPIX TO SAICOS WE Illad fiiirl
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of the Makong, and also upon a smal
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crotvded with hnts of every rfecrip
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towed all day through a narrow cree
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few iditmy storehouses, and then so
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lxsidcs thme, there are usually t~v
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111 oiir pnrt nf Sfii~on .- is 3 ls
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tlmugl~t gun-tmnts (for rircr ptard
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listrictu of southurn China, .uiG S
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the shore. The Saigon river remaill
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THE LAND OF THE MTHITE ELEPHANT TRA
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SUPPLEMENT THA' LAVD OF THB WHITB E
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ch=, cock - fig11 t-ing, bxing n re
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overharing. In tlicse cases a husba
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the aspect of tlie angust Qneen of
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mo~~arch rrlm is 'X:rster of T,iEc
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philtres. As fatalists they rival t
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with bxnlbooi, palms, and tamarinds
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discovered, but always in combinati
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tllcir char-. The parer and si~blim
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oanded by dl tlic splendol~r of ido
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alvt-isire I):ittlt! for tllc dotni
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Foreign Missions, seconded by the c
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have come and gone, haw converted -
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I~onsc. In 1%;-7,583 ships, with a
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eve^ male inhabitant fmm tllc agc o
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ever,comr? of aLw until 1373. lfeii
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To indemnify thc slave-110ltIers fo
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goda. It is studded with immense di
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fi$ns, Engliliehmcn, Germans, and F
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and reigned wit-h skill many years.
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tcctl~ral mmains nhid~ are fo~ind n
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similar to i110sc upon Sagkon TSTat
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fwt to 1)c dL;li~~e:it(l [!c~~iId h
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wanls Eudl~iste, as prob~1)ly w-ere
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fri;~~ t111: X:i1i1~ or Chinex tonp
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pulrlishcd s few nlontl~s since at
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mtly from the jungle - fowl of the
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fend;ll a~~bjct~tioa to tl~c Etnpcr
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This ardnons daily st-mslle htacen
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A. INDEX I Admiral and Mm Re>-nolds
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Cmr-rop~ 111. Lblossal Rudha: 113.
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31~1nawltP crstl~mc, a. 3si#, 2.5 1
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Epulations on the origin of Nagkon
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(1857-85). The British always rcfcr
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CHAPTER I1 Page 12, line 16. Engie.
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CHAPTEK 1V Pagc 31, lines 2 and 3.
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Page 46, line 19. Hlot-ahw. Hlutdaw
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ited by the Shans, a Thai people cl
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Page 87, line 18. Junk Ceylon. Phuk
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Page IM, line 9. St. Paul. A church
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Page 110, line 17. Dr. Little. Dr.
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forms its western side. Wat Cfrorn
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Pagc 144, line 9. Xiengmai. Chiangm
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thc minister for war. who was also
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Page 182, line 15. Chantakun. 60 kr
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von Peking zur Mongolfichen Grenze
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Dau Mot, to the northwest of Ho Chi
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Page 229. line 24. Nagn. The mythic
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pigment and medicinally as a purgat
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Supplement: "The Land of the White
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100 carry or about 133 M 1 bs. (Mal
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(see note on page 363, line 30, bel
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