The Mission to Siam, and Hué, the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2

by George Finlayson

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THE
MISSION
TO
SIAM, AND HUÉ
THE
CAPITAL OF COCHIN CHINA,
IN
THE YEARS 1821-2.

FROM THE JOURNAL OF
THE LATE GEORGE FINLAYSON, Esq.
ASSISTANT SURGEON OF HIS MAJESTY’S
8TH LIGHT DRAGOONS,
SURGEON AND NATURALIST TO THE MISSION.

WITH A
MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR,
BY
SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES, F.R.S.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
MDCCCXXVI.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES,
Northumberland-court.

DEDICATED
(BY PERMISSION)
TO THE
HONOURABLE THE COURT OF DIRECTORS
OF
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY;
THROUGH WHOSE LIBERALITY THE MISSION WAS PROVIDED
WITH THE MEANS OF PROSECUTING
OBJECTS OF SCIENCE,
BY THEIR MOST OBEDIENT
HUMBLE SERVANT,
THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES.