The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-25
THE KINGDOM OF SIAM.
E.ots About the Country Which
LAS Stirred the World.

HAS SlJII ON VIZ W
-om thess. LOUIS Republic.
'v Tine Kingdom If Siam has an area
4 oarlv three times that of the state
- Missouri, and corresponds in lat.
I'd. to that of Central America aud
.uthern Mexico. Stated in figures
Ihs ar, is about 100000 'quare
niles, reaching from ~ to 20 de-
rees north latitude, and from % to
Io6 degrees east longitude. North
y il lie the Laos provinces; on tire
last Anam aud Cambodia; On the
ou,h Cambodis, the Gulf of Siam
md the Malay an States, and on he
Eest Buruah and the Bay Of Ben
AL, The population is estimated
from 900 900 to 1000, 200,
|bich would make the ratio to the
tes about the same as in Miss uri.
q reliable and accurate census Of
lam has ever been made, however.
A number of rivers thread their
sy thru ugh the Kingd' m, and
bese form the main arter es OF trade
bd travel. There are no raj. ays,
est bllsh ed lines of stag s, no
hblic highways worthy the name
inside the vicinity of the towns.
s one leaves Bapgk' k the roads
kcome mere elephant trails or
idle paths through the jungles
be principal river is the M. X ng,
Cambodia, which rises in China
ID flows southeas erly through
hstern Sam and Car bodia and
pp,es IL to the China Sea through
veral mouths between the ninth
d tenth degrees Of Latitude.
here are numerous towns along is
INKS, and it is navigab e for the
tgest ships for some distance above
mouth.
The Menam, which rises in the
treme north CT Siam and hpws
most directly south through the
stern por ion of the Kingdom AMI
% the Gulf of Siam, is second in
IT, 1t is near the mouth of this
Ter that Bangkok, the capital,
rated. The Mel am is called by
natives the Chow Pay h. The
ne is common one for ali rivers
me" means mother and nam"
tiers.
The SCENERY of Siam is by 70
has grand. Around Ranek k
he is dead level of rice fields
fruit gardens. Along the
thern coast the surface is little
re rugged, while off the North,
lr Laos, it is still more diversified.
the vers tlov through broad,
el vall,y vs. and overflow Their
ks in the rainy season These
Dual oveiflows irrigate ard enrich
psands of square miles, making
soil so produ ctive as to rival the
1t fertile regions of the earth.
tropical fruits and plants grow
in richest profu-ion, and food
heap and abul dant. The heavi-
rainfall is in September, and
ig the next two months the
lie country near the coast pre-
s an appearance not very d fer
from that along this backs of
Mississippi during a period IF
wat err like that Of year ago
spring. Trees, houses and ten-
project from the water every
Re. The people fish from Their
les and travel every where IL
spita of its location in the
id zone and Of the annual over
of its rivers, S am is tolerably
thy country. From November
'bruary the weather s eight
and the Thermometer is seldom
" GA degrees. Ma ch anu
u are the hottest months T e
est recorded temperature If 97.5
lees The nights are cool and
Portable. Diphtheria, pnea-
pa, yellow fever and scarlet
are said never to be found in
alms are to be seen every here.
skirt the river and canals
ngh all the waterways, and Oh
NJ Kong river is p ace called
CITY of Twenty Thousand
ns." The Palmy a, beteI, cocoa
and attap are the con m On varle