CHAPTER XVIII.

THE EAST OF LOUANG PRABANG--NOTES OF TRAVELS--OBSERVATIONS FROM BANGKOK TO LAOS--END OF THE JOURNAL--DEATH OF THE TRAVELLER 144

APPENDIX.

NEW SPECIES OF MAMMALS, REPTILES, FRESH-WATER FISHES, INSECTS, AND SHELLS, DISCOVERED BY M. MOUHOT 165

ATMOSPHERICAL OBSERVATIONS 187

TRANSLATIONS OF CHINESE TALES AND FABLES 190

THE DAMIER, OR CAPE PIGEON 200

THE ALBATROSS 204

CAMBODIAN VOCABULARY 207

LETTERS FROM M. MOUHOT 241

LETTERS ADDRESSED TO M. MOUHOT 278

LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE FAMILY OF M. MOUHOT 290

PAPER READ AT THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 296

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II.

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VIEW IN THE GULF OF SIAM 42

CEREMONY, ON A YOUNG SIAMESE COMING OF AGE, OF THE REMOVAL OF THE TUFT _To face_ 44

VIEW OF THE PORT AND DOCKS OF BANGKOK 47

PORTRAIT OF KHROM LUANG, BROTHER OF THE KING OF SIAM 49

HALL OF AUDIENCE, PALACE OF BANGKOK 52

GROTTO AT PECHABURI 55

VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS OF PECHABURI 59

PAVILION CONTAINING THE ASHES OF THE LATE KING OF SIAM IN THE GARDENS ATTACHED TO THE PALACE AT BANGKOK _To face_ 61

THE BAR OF THE RIVER MENAM 63

CLOCK TOWER AT BANGKOK 65

SCENE ON THE RIVER MENAM, NEAR BANGKOK 67

A PRIEST IN HIS BOAT 69

THE NEW PALACE OF THE KING OF SIAM, BANGKOK 71

KUN MOTTE, A SIAMESE NOBLE AND SAVANT 74

BUILDING FOR THE INCREMATION OF THE QUEEN OF SIAM 76

SAYA VISAT, HEAD OF CHRISTIANS AT BANGKOK 78

PORTICO OF THE AUDIENCE-HALL AT BANGKOK 81

LAOTIAN HOUSE 92

M. MOUHOT AND HIS SERVANTS SURPRISED BY A LEOPARD 98

CEMETERY AT BANGKOK 103

BUILDING ERECTED AT THE FUNERAL OF THE QUEEN OF SIAM 107

BIVOUAC OF M. MOUHOT IN THE FORESTS OF LAOS _To face_ 112

RUINS AT PAN BRANG, CHAIAPUME 117

ELEPHANTS BATHING 124

CARAVAN OF ELEPHANTS CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS OF LAOS 127

“PARK” OF ELEPHANTS, EXTERNAL VIEW 131

LAOTIAN GIRLS _To face_ 134

RECEPTION OF M. MOUHOT BY THE KINGS OF LAOS _To face_ 143

LAOTIAN WOMAN 145

A CHIEF ATTACKING A RHINOCEROS IN THE FOREST OF LAOS 149

SIAMESE MONEY 161

NEW CARABUS (_Mouhotia gloriosa_) 183

LAND SHELL (_Helix cambojiensis_) 184

UNDESCRIBED LAND SHELLS _To face_ 186

MAP _At the end._

TRAVELS IN INDO-CHINA,

ETC.