Category: History - Other
In giving these pages to the public the author has no ambition to make a book. Having been invited by the Principal of Milnwood Academy, at Shade Gap, Pa., to deliver in that Institution a series of lectures, or talks, on Siam, its government, manners, customs, &c., a few frie...
In giving these pages to the public the author has no ambition to make a book. Having been invited by the Principal of Milnwood Academy, at Shade Gap, Pa., to deliver in that In...
2. CHAPTER I.On my "overland" journey from Siam to the United States, through France and England, many persons were accustomed to accost me saying, "Pardon me, Sir, but what nationality is t...
3. CHAPTER II.Siam proper is divided into fifty-eight provinces, which are each presided over by a Governor appointed by the Central Government at Bangkok. There are also several Malay states...
4. CHAPTER III.The religion of Siam is Budhism. It would however be impossible on an occasion of this kind to give any extended outline of Budhism, and besides this the principal works on that...
5. CHAPTER IV.The education of the Siamese is necessarily limited and the standard low, when compared with that of European countries. The temples or monasteries are the common schools of the...
6. CHAPTER V.The principle clothing of the Siamese consists of a waist-cloth called a _"pa nung,"_ corresponding to the _sarang_ of India. It is about two-and-one-half yards long, and one ya...
7. CHAPTER VI.It has long been the custom amongst the Siamese to ascribe honor and glory to their princes and lords, in proportion to the number of wives they have, and can maintain.
8. CHAPTER VII.The Siamese dispose of their dead by cremation. When a prince of rank is found to be near death, the relatives suspend every other care, and assist in giving the departing spiri...
9. CHAPTER VIII.When we consider that amidst all the light which the latter half of the nineteenth century sheds upon the subject, the theory and practice of medicine amongst western nations ar...
10. CHAPTER IX.The staple of the country is rice. Their farming operations are simple in the extreme, and as the soil is very fertile, I know of no place where the husbandman is so abundantly...
11. CHAPTER X.The twenty-fours of the day are divided into two equal parts. The day is called _Wán_, and the night _Kún_. The former begins at 6 A.M., and the latter at 6 P.M. The hours of th...
12. CHAPTER XI.It would be unjust to close without at least some reference to the efforts of missionaries to evangelize Siam, It is also just to state that there is scarcely any other field, i...