, 1875-02-15
Some Account of the Kinrt1om
Of Siam.
lis Ancient llnf1ls--.kts Modern Cir
ilizatiOn---fts Future
Promise.
The City OF Women and Children.
The Religion Of Duddha as Held BY Four
Hundred Million People.

oAa1'', of' ~ u l6 CALICO ny its people, Wann
Thai, The Kingdom OF rho F,ee,-i. narro,
"Trip of country in tho extreme south Of ABia, o.
about l.21D miles in length, and 9sO In nstrnm
width. 1t Inns for tho nhat fow years cJaimes
mich mefitcd attention, from tie rapid stride
it haa made towards tho civilized customs OF ou
| moro enlightened land. Tie first treaties will
Great britain and tho United statcs wcso uopo
tiated, mud tho Kingdom thrown orcn tt
tho commerce and osplol atlp1s Ut lie Wess =,
late ns 1866. during ths reign OF the two prole
coHHorh 10 tho present rHlo--tho Government oJ
Siam maintaining alaays two Kings, styled Era
King, and Second Cor subordinato} King, who
occupies the place Of First Couusulo7. Al.
though the
ANnALs OF THE sIAMERE
begin five centuties belurc CHRIST, nothing au.
thontic is known Of tic country befole tho mid
lfo or last Of the fourteenth coutury. Lycu NJ
recent aa 1864, when Madame Loonoweng
entered first upon her 3uties a. Ooyencss
to tho Heir Apparent, NOW Hing OF siarn,
tholr only map represented bian by a
large patch Of rcd EAlut, on wlicu
was pasted human figure, nearly covering tho
cntira pntch, intending to represent the ling
aud Indicating hts raBt strength and power,
which, 10 Like mapnor, exteuded the o,,tirc
length aud breadth OF his donluion A
very small patch Of grocn paint represented
Dirmah On which waB d1ninnt.vo figure auI
nutltudes Of smaller oneR, implying t!.o insgnif-
icanca Of tho Hing Of this country anil tho dir
ttrbed state Of lis Empire. To the north OF
this was painted Luga Inglishnan, claspins ip
his arms Hllat waB supposed to represent o vast
tract OF laud. Just what this map taught did
nos Pup'lb kao" OF tno geography OF oar
country. anil no moro. Birmah On tho no,lh,
Slan, on the south, and tho sca ali around. was
tho world to them. To-day ,hc Etnc,a ,,,I.., H.
1,,r,,,o,, ..he '1'aso ~
$50 ~" F"aso y! auotHlHA III ea1-
pouA' oo1h contain lpraElos filled with maps,
Charts, anil books on NIL general literature in
bot!, tin English and French languages. va re,
tnarkatls las beer, t,,cir nrorreu.
a. " s"s" tos 'ens.
,.! nt1h ~ ASsuAlLs INUNDATED
" the lAYor atonlam, which il tho Nile Of
this country. 1t commences in June. ua,,n1lv
continuing until Nove,nhor causing tho ,s.tnr
n,,,tt =, I,. a.. -. -, '"o '3''l
en' =" ~ .u0 Ano'' 'o'e's u lno year. curing
th's Outflow tho Numerous towns and yillagea 70
Hemblo 30 many littla islands, aud arc
connected by draw. .bridcea. wl,lo ioata mas tn
and r., w;t,n,t ;,,,-1 20 IL, i'1I ~
uo,,h p,as..,ta..e w s'e s'opn ns"' t'as w,
.Sa.a. Liantatiohs spread on either sldo thd
- .a ~; W .as aa sne eyo eau Teaen l1ntnenso Held:
y. itso' hna1e su5a1'cauct eoHee, cotton, AMI
tY.
i,.ane,lat ,. eiols: 1nora y IN siam alone no leHs
aann !oIty sailet!es OF flce Sweet potatoes aro
oi ooiuo'naSs H. lasea hofe ana arc OF pure white
.o!ua' ,,s", IHe , saEo PAIN Also grows In various
IM1ts u lnnla, very largely III borneo and Coy
ion, lioni Hncn eoqntties tho prepared sagn is
.atsey imported. Iho Bago "o buy 10 tho plth.
a ~ Wy 'a4'.. OF INC sago PAIN. It bears but
'. ouco ~ nItoeh years. and is then cut down, tho
1le!s e"t ilsto iehethe Hpiit open and the nth
.s .t oa.. nl1es removing tue lures u is pressed
u%o I4tstcS+ pGll1d III IoaEee AElu bltpred to tho
Iactory. ExacttY what process is used by tho
,aeNea l9 Mephflng It fof tic market III 's1-
auo"h 70 LuIoi'cans. Northern Siam il mouh-
'ai''o"s' LUX tho hlnsdonl proper ls
x,.,. ONE yhsr rLAlN,
run ~ an area of upwards OF ~, 00o square miles,
nc ietil!ty of winch IL not exceeded III any other
lua1ter o. LUG Gloho: There are trees in tito III
eIl1r o. Siam over you leet high, rory straight,
lo. 1fanch1h* ui'tli h'Eh above tho ground.
AmonE tho animals Of S'atn tho must famoln
tho elephant. and aFe very nu,norous in tho
ofeafa, It Is against tho law Of Siam to kill
ne!f. thog being considered tho property Of tho
A1nG although many ara killed yearly for tLo!r
nHks, which often sell for enormous priccs,-a |
lpgo tusk sometimes being valued at S50,UUY. |
,,-, the WHITE ELEPHANT
! held In tho highest yeueration, Efe in sun-
0EGI tn UtiDU +t,,,