CHAPTER XII.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE OF ONGCOR--OBSERVATIONS ON THESE RUINS, AND ON OTHERS IN THE PROVINCES OF ONGCOR AND BATTAMBONG 278
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I.
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THE KING AND QUEEN OF SIAM _Frontispiece._
ONE OF THE SONS OF THE KING OF SIAM 10
PORTRAIT OF M. HENRI MOUHOT 18
THE RIVER MENAM 36
VIEW IN THE GULF OF SIAM 39
GENERAL VIEW OF BANGKOK 43
THE SECOND KING OF SIAM 47
TWO OF THE WIVES OF THE KING OF SIAM 51
PAGODA AT AYUTHIA 57
SIAMESE WOMEN _To face_ 60
PERFORATED ROCK IN THE ISLE OF EBOULON, GULF OF SIAM 63
RUINS OF A TEMPLE AND STATUE OF BUDDHA AT AYUTHIA 67
THE PAGODA OF AYUTHIA, FROM THE RIVER 71
VIEW TAKEN FROM THE CANAL OF AYUTHIA 75
RUINS OF A PAGODA AT AYUTHIA 79
THE GREAT TOWER OF THE PAGODA WAT-CHING AT BANGKOK _To face_ 82
PRIEST’S HOUSE NEAR AYUTHIA 87
DETAILS OF THE PAGODA WAT-CHANG AT BANGKOK _To face_ 90
RUINS AT AYUTHIA 93
SIAMESE LADIES AT DINNER _To face_ 98
SIAMESE ROPE-DANCER 101
INUNDATION OF THE MENAM 107
RUINS OF A PAGODA AT AYUTHIA 112
ELEPHANTS IN AN ENCLOSURE OR “PARK” AT AYUTHIA _To face_ 114
ROCK AT THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT PHRABAT 117
RELICS FOUND ON MOUNT PHRABAT 119
PAGODA AT MOUNT PHRABAT, WHERE IS PRESERVED THE FOOTPRINT OF BUDDHA _To face_ 120
VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS OF KORAT, TAKEN FROM PATAWI 123
A LAOTIAN 129
SIAMESE NURSE AND BABY 133
PORT OF CHANTABOUN _To face_ 136
THE LION ROCK AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PORT OF CHANTABOUN 139
CHAPEL OF THE MISSION, CHANTABOUN 145
VIEW OF PAKNAM, ON THE MENAM 150
MONKEYS PLAYING WITH A CROCODILE _To face_ 152
SIAMESE ACTORS 170
VIEW OF BATTAMBONG _To face_ 174
LEECH-FISHERS ON THE ISLE OF SAMET 177
FAVOURITE WIFE OF THE KING OF CAMBODIA 185
PORTRAIT OF THE SECOND KING OF CAMBODIA (NOW THE FIRST KING) 198
CAMBODIAN CART 200
A PAGE OF THE KING OF CAMBODIA 207
A NATIVE ACTRESS 211
A SIAMESE OF THE LOWER CLASS 215
CHINESE MONUMENT AT BANGKOK 219
THE RIVER MEKON AT PENOM-PEUH 229
CAMBODIAN HUT AT PEMPTIELAN, ON THE MEKON 233
CAMBODIAN HOUSE 238
A SAVAGE STIEN 242
ANOTHER SAVAGE STIEN 244
SAVAGE STIENS SOWING RICE 247
AMAZON OF THE KING’S FEMALE GUARDS 257
SCENE IN THE JUNGLE BETWEEN BATTAMBONG AND BANGKOK 261
HALT OF THE CARAVAN IN THE JUNGLE BETWEEN BATTAMBONG AND BANGKOK 267
TOWER AT BANOME, NEAR BATTAMBONG 273
FAÇADE OF THE TEMPLE OF ONGCOR-WAT _To face_ 279
STATUE OF THE LEPROUS KING 281
PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE OF THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ONGCOR-WAT 284
TEMPLE OF ONGCOR-WAT, NORTH SIDE 288
CARVINGS OF ARMS, UTENSILS, AND ORNAMENTS AT ONGCOR-WAT 292
PAVILION IN THE INTERIOR OF THE TEMPLE OF ONGCOR-WAT 297
CENTRAL PORTICO OF THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ONGCOR-WAT _To face_ 298
TRAVELS IN INDO-CHINA, ETC.