The Mission to Siam, and Hué, the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2
CHAPTER IV.
White Elephants and White Monkies.--Taste of the Siamese.--Brahmans and Hinduism in Siam.--Library of the Temple.--Enormous Guns.--Trade of Siam a Royal Monopoly.--Chinese Emigrants.--Sugar.--Siamese Policy respecting Trade.--Policy of the Ultra Gangetic Nations.--An Embassy arrives from Cochin China.--Procession of Royal Barges of Siam to receive it.--Siamese Music.--Reflections on the Result of the Mission 150