, 1880-12-25
SCENES IN SLAM.

SCENEo IN SlA1L
PropitiatlnE tho spirit of tho River
conrrs,yIs.iop. rsGsM sno 10
tic King. -
Correspondence ptt,,bu,g Commercial. .Ga.tf,t.
BANGKOK, Oct. ga-UurInR tie rast week
the na:'ve Formulation Of the ely has been
kept OIL the anl slye BY the ceremonies OF
giving offerings to propi,iate tho Spirit Of The
River. On these occasions tho King takes
Par. TN N e ,a eGf1u rm at4nn.a 'v VI liz so nnti @
~, ~ LhS 1"3"' p,'' So ".to'su ~ 't' w"
The display OF fireworks IL very me, anu uie
scene III MI Its features Is 80 peculiar to this
nation that venture to send you descr1p-
no.i - ~ s.mS,s sa.ts. .''ns ~ "'o W
ihE 10 your many lsaoess. .
,e en- qtp q s si fhe ea s s MS w wsfe aere1 ehs on
lust opposit t),o ftoynl Palace. It was N1uid-
,,tn,,t rr' ~, :. tr,.,1 u,nn',,rnt ,,,,ht srho
I"s 9, ~" 1r"ea. H., 'ou,ai ,s.t,, t. ,ns
low. RADIANCE, throwing into sharp rcllcf the
shadows Of tic vessels on tie water, Swiftly
mn, silently the cannes NJ the nnttves kent
n..suI",, ,'f,ra' ,,,r ",..,s ~ .,.o ,v,toL,a to
p.so'"t pelose oat cses ~ NJ MnteHc.. u'e
othef shore Tor the appearance oi INC Royal
| party. Suddenly the sharpclang OF tho gong
rtyrs lin sxjInI tint tho kim f1as nrriycl Mt
th Itt.. .,n h, 49,, H. un.I ,.a.h+
ehc la'un's, t!e paIu vi tae ltoS"I 3aeht
st1akes hp tho olahaese national arr anotner
band on shorg joins III. III an 1nStant t!io
river, which before was llla1ntiiatet Ulily by
the moon, WIS nbln5e with thousands 0f
cnllar feature Of the pceAst1st. The farther
side OF the river had been kept Tree frun
bnats by ropes stretched between vessels
ylnS Enar % aehGr ry lensF as G ofh wit S'Fetsn
tending so'io distaHce,, alollg tile bank,
Az ,sooil us tio Royal barge l!al
left the landing as!u moved to Its hppolnted
cratedd d viii iisitc! candles, wefe isi Ioose 1t
tic Upper rfld ot the 1i'closeu sgnce, aflu
iloated swiftly tlowi' the stream, disappear
!l.E trom view around tug benti ot tlia s! ryer:
Of the Menaw, partly III grateful acknowl-
ptiEient Vt tie AIlhual lflnnsiatiosl, upon
Which tue harvest depends. 9i'd part!y 70 se-
! cure the goud VI! 0f the spirit a1it prevent n
recurrence Ut fioDd ike that Ut last year,
when many OF tl9 ihnntnt!ons were de-
vastatett by the overflow, For nearly ~ linur
we watched thls prucession nf brilliantly
igsd n's Ell,s 1ass H. ~ while ngc rqsk
bulls ssoaretl Al'it ani burst ~ every d!rec-
tioll. VllH ln,1s!c Gt tne nallsl' solienet 10
sweet melody W the distance, came 1iuatinF
TO- " @ oygr % tile %water, anu recalled l.oi'sfel"
| lows Well-kn0Wh lines:
And tho lights ssntl be ed With muaIc.
AMI the cures that infest thu day
shuIl fal ,hur tents Ike tho Arabs.
nut nt i..,,rth 1ettk ti,ere wns ~ moments hus,,
n,iI there wis heard aKuIl, the l,nIf-plaiutiyr
sn,,nI NJ th. Snlinnai mtr nn,,nl,,irlJ,v tfn
IoM ~ ~ III, IL i.,, ~ III ti.n ..n f. III
uepMttu" ~ 4tMe9ss '1 . mta eosG "; ,i, y! i,,o
ceremony: oooli tae ihutps we're r. eStlli-
1usd ulcG more the moonlight reig!leu STU
prene over tho gloomy lnlks Ut tic shipping
a,nl the swiftly-tioWtng current.
ma ~ &mt,,r in rnn,nrknhiv trnnI tnste fnr M
asat 10 " "ts,,,,tr,. ."s t',n i,t,u"tr, ~ atn.
l!o~ers lnsteM1 III ,Nals. 4Hese 1tsMeis nte
uf 4 beautiful pink eDlnr anu Mtlout elEht
Inches III diameter. Enrlter i'll the hight for
several huurs one cultId SUE them tfontng
everywhere, eAcll with n tiny candle placed
III tic centre As they sparlifcd aild danced
~ ~ NY srM.', Yarn @ na,niv I'm "irrfn,s II ',nr
!u. mGt M.,G . ttT''. w. H., -, ~
reopic Nno GoMIu Hot MUM h1e eAPe''se VI
tttlni. out larR feSsel.
0M tAe occnsion of hls Ma1esty's b,rthtlny,