INDEX.

Agar-agar, [84]
Agila wood, or lignum aloës. See [Aquillaria agallocha].
Albino quadrupeds frequent in Siam, [262]
Alcedo, [21]
Alcyonium, [51]
Animal food used by the Siamese, [216]
Apocyneæ, [273]
Aquillaria agallocha, [94], [258]
Archipelago of Siam, [42]
Areca, [310]
Catechu, [25]
Argus pheasant, [32]
Asteria, [52], [94]
Astrology, addiction of Siamese to, [237]
Attap, [113]
Audience of the king at Bankok, [145], [164]
Hall of audience, [142]
Balachang, a Siamese condiment, [215]
Bambus verticillata, [11]
Bankok, arrival at, [114]
Of modern date, [209]
Floating bazar, [115]
Port of, regulations respecting English ships, [208]
Few roads in its vicinity, [212]
Manufactures, [214]
Palaces and temples, [156], [216], [219]
Various tribes inhabit, [223]
Barkalan, or Pra Klang, [164]
Barometer, [4], [82], [388]
Bauddhic and Egyptian religion, coincidences between, [221]
Prayers, [187]
Bay of Cocoa-nuts, [295]
Bazars of India and Cochin China, [311]
Of Kandyu, [301]
Of Saigon, [317]. Of Hue, [369], [371]
Bingeh city, [312]
Birds, [21], [77], [114], [261], [275], [285], [287], [296], [408]
Boats, royal of Siam, [181], [107], [116], [134]
Procession of, [182]
Of Cochin China, [326]
Boats Chinese, [116]
Boletus, [1]
Bombasoi mountain, [257]
Borassus flabelliformis, [8], [25]
Caudata, [11]
Gomutus, [25]
Borneo, [81]
Brahmans in Siam, [159], [187]
Bromelia ananas, or pine-apple, species of, [30]
Buceros, [21]
Buddha, names of, [252]
Commands of, [253]
Of Siam and Ceylon contrasted [110], [111]
Images of, [218], [220]
Buggis, improve in naval architecture, [69]
Calampac, or Colambac, [260]
Calamus, [1], [30]
Calendar of the Siamese, [249], [250], [251]
Canal in Cochin China, beautiful scenery on, [404]
Cape St. James, singularity of ebb tide near, [294]
Cargariau, Captain, French envoy, [371]
Carimon, the little, [42]
Casuarina equisetifolia, [99]
Catechu or Gambir, [56]
Cerealia, [27]
Ceremonies at the public audience, negotiations respecting, [130]
Mode adopted, [133]
Certhia, [21]
Chantibond, a valuable province of Siam, [255]
Its products, [256]
Population, [257]
Amount of pepper produced, [257]
Cardamoms, [257]
Chatt, a Siamese ornament, [144]
Chau Pha, the prince, put to death by his uncle, [246]
Chinese have not the usual Asiatic air, [13]
Valuable settlers, [14], [115]
Soon acquire wealth under British government, [14]
Their houses, [62], [115]
Compared with those of the Malabar settlers, [16]
Addicted to gross feeding, [17], [63], [215]
Their activity, [61]
Its motive, [65]
Traits of character, [64]
Mental capacity, [66]
Comparative numbers, [67], [212]
Their emigration temporary, [67]
Insolence towards Europeans, [95]
Privileges of in Siam, [166], [168], [245]
Instance of the hospitality of, [315]
Chinese junks, [68]
Have no charts, [69]
Chinese symbolic characters a means of communication among tribes using different languages, [94]
Cholera morbus, a case of in Siam, [197]
Christians native, [257]
Chuliahs, or Malabar Moslems, [13]
Chroma Chit engrosses the administration of affairs, [128]
Interviews with, [127], [194]
Is desirous of introducing vaccination, [197]
Not the heir to the throne, but obtains it, [200]
Clove tree, [29]
Cochin China, Agricultural products, [310]
Manufactures, [311]
Paucity of Inhabitants seen, [350]
Beauty of its scenery, [408], [411]
Cochin Chinese, politics of, [179]
Respecting foreigners, [320]
Physiological appearance and national affinity, [298], [305]
Character and manners, [299]
Houses, [300]
Very attentive to dress, [301]
Boats, [302]
Troops, artillery, &c., [343], [365]
Fort, [340]
Are remarkably small, [305]
Females, [309]
Singular moral discriminations respecting females, [310], [384]
Promiscuous feeders, [310]
Poverty of the country, [312]
Contemptible spirit of the Cochin Chinese Court, [400]
Regulations affecting British commerce, [394]
Cochin Chinese ambassador received with honours at Bankok, [177], [182], [185]
Cocoa nut, [24]
Coffee tree, [29]
Columba, [21], [285]
Commerce of Siam a royal monopoly, [166]
European valuable to the Siamese, [169]
Concessions of Cochin China in favour of, [370]
Regulations respecting, [394]
Contortæ, [26]
Convolvulus pes capræ, [11]
Species [17]
Corals, [51]
Costume of Siam, [109]
Of Cochin China, [296], [300], [378]
Military, [302]
Of the rainy season, [389]
Cow and Calf Island, [2]
Crinum, [35]
Cycas revoluta, [80]
Circinalis, [25]
Dagoba, or Bauddhic monumental fane, comparison of, with Pyramids, [221]
Form of, [156]
Despotic government of the Siamese, [127]
Baleful effects of, [265], [381]
Dead, treatment of in Siam, [231]
A singular custom, [232]
Siamese mode of embalming, [233]
Diard, Mr., [307]
His discoveries in natural history, [308], [313]
Dioscorea, or Yam, [87]
Luxuriancy of its habit, [270]
Dugong, or Halicora, [52]
Duties, a reduction promised, [205]
Eggs rotten, a Chinese delicacy, [396]
Elate silvestris, [11]
Elephant, albino, [151], [261]
A spotted, [153]
Exhibition of elephants, [323]
Emblems religious, perpetual recurrence of, [305]
English factory, ruins of an old, [290]
Epidendrum, a gigantic species, [35]
Species, [26]
Equatorial regions, salubrity of, [47]
Erythrina indica, [28]
Etiquette of the court of Siam respecting shoes, [150]
Of Cochin China respecting letters, [319]
A pretext, [391]
Euphorbia, [11]
European manufactures scarcely to be met with in Cochin China, [311]
Felis, [20]
Factions or parties in the ministry of Siam, [203]
Females the labourers in Siam, [314]
Fern, [26]
Fever, intermittent, unknown at Singapore, [60]
Fish abundant, [269]
Flying, Siamese notions respecting the art of, [238]
French influence in Cochin China, [367], [395]
Mandarins, [353], [403]
Funeral pile, [111]
Obsequies of the Siamese, [235]
Fucus, a remarkable species of, [55]
Fu kok, or Pau kok Island, [92], [97]
Inhabitants, [98]
Plants, [98], [99]
Isles in its vicinity, [100]
Furs procurable at Bankok for the China market, [215]
Galeopithecus variegatus, [19]
Gambir, or Terra Japonica, [56]
Geology, [6], [36], [37], [42], [44], [79], [89], [275], [289], [295]
George Town, Penang, [15]
Population, [15]
Houses, [15]
Gold mines of Chantibond, [256]
Of Tonquin, [387]
Governor-general’s letter, [118]
Gramineæ, singular paucity of, [288]
Guns, enormous, [160]
Grapes, [294]
Hair, festival of cutting the lock of, [160], [186]
Halicora Dugong, [52]
Haya, a new genus of plants, [98]
Hot winds of India, the effects of, [48]
Hué, fort of, [351]
Canal of, [348]
River of, the most beautiful in Asia, [349]
Indian, a race resembling the Indians met with in the Peninsula of Malacca, [226]
Inn, or stage-house, in Cochin China, [407]
Intertropical winter, [21]
Its effect on plants, [22]
Islands, groups of, [89], [91]
Jasminum, [11]
Justicia, [11]
Kabouc, [37]
Kandyu and its governor, [297]
King of Siam is importunate for the presents sent by the Governor-general, [122], [123]
His name, [166]
Funeral obsequies, [240]
Idol formed from his ashes, [241]
Khon chook, ceremony of, [185]
Kochai Sahac, Malay interpreter, [122]
His character too late detected, [202]
Lacerta, [275]
Lake or bay, [405]
Languages, comparison of the inland, or aboriginal, recommended, [226]
Laurus, [1]
Laws of Siam respecting adultery, [242]
Theft and debt, [243]
Leather dye, [214]
Leopard, black, [32]
Letter to Governor-general of British India, notice respecting, [206]
From Governor-general to King of Cochin China, [313]
To Governor-general from Cochin China, [392], [399], [402]
Leyden, Dr., valuable comparison of languages by, [226]
Life savage and refined contrasted by exemplars, [270]
Luong Pra, the Barma monarch, [244]
Macassar soldiers murder an English garrison, [290]
Madrepore, [51]
Malacca contrasted with Penang, [39]
Nearly deserted, [39]
Its fruit and fish, [39]
Vicinity, [38]
Malay, or Mopla, interpreter.
See Kochai Sahac.
Malay Peninsula, western coast has numerous islands, [4]
Mountain ridges, [5]
Malays, [71]
Physiological aspect, [227]
Fishermen, or orang laut, [73]
Mammalia, [261], [274], [285]
Mandarins, their retinues numerous, [314]
An official visit from, [306]
Mandarin of Han, [397]
Mangroves, [58]
Utility of, [60]
Manufactures of Europe scarce at Saigon, [311]
Melastoma, [11]
Menam river, [102]
Plains on the banks, [113]
Depth, [114]
At Bankok, [116]
Mines of precious stones, [256]
Mission British arrives in Siam, [101]
Bad auguries from verbal communications, [104]
Visited only by people of low rank, [104], [201]
Visit the chief of Packnam, [105]
Restrictions on, [124]
Procession of, to the palace, [137]
Treated with disrespect by the crowd, [161]
Inhospitality towards, [163]
Received as a deputation from a province, [165]
Lodged in an outhouse belonging to the minister, [119]
Reflections thereon, [120]
Its affairs consigned by the court of Siam to low intriguers, [201]
Its reception contrasted with that of an embassy from Cochin China, [180], &c.
Arrives in Cochin China, [295]
Visited by the chief of Kandyu, [297]
Arrive at Saigon, [303]
Conferences with Mandarins, [306], [313]
Audience of the Governor, [317]
Arrive in the bay of Turon, [328]
Limited number allowed to visit Hué, [335]
Strictly watched by armed men, [343], [404]
Arrive at Hué, [351]
Conference with the mandarin of elephants, [353]
With the mandarin of strangers, [389], [399]
Molluscæ, [51]
Monastery, a Siamese, [110]
Mongol race, physiology of, [227]
Monkies, white, [154]
Monopoly. See Commerce.
Morals and Religion, [379]
Morinda citrifolia, [28]
Motacilla, [11]
Mount Palmer, [33]
Mountains, isolated pyramidal, [281]
Musa paradisiaca, [30]
Mussænda frondosa, [26]
Music, royal band, [142]
Cultivated in Siam, [188]
Of Pegu, reported excellence of, [189]
Mya shell tablet, [389]
Mythology, Hindu, in Siam, [217]
Narcondam Island, [3]
Natunas Islands, [81]
Navigation of the Chinese, [70]
Necromancers of Siam, [239]
Negrais Cape, [2]
Neptunian goblet, [51]
Nipa fruticans, [25], [30]
Numerals, Siamese, [249]
Nutmeg-trees, [28]
Orang laut, or men of the sea, [74], [225]
Their physiological appearance, [75]
Packnam, meaning of the term, [266]
Painting, art of, in Siam, [218]
Palace at Bankok, [137], [138], [141]
Palanquin, a Siamese, [137]
Cochin Chin se and bearers, [408]
Palm-tree, proof of an intertropical climate, [8]
Varieties, [8], [11], [17], [23], [24], [35], [88], [285]
Geographical distribution, [24]
Pandanus, [8], [88]
Fibre used for cordage, [29]
Papra Straits, [10]
Botanical observations, [11]
Passer, [2], [21]
Patella, [8]
Peat, [31]
Pelican, [21]
Penang Shipping, [12]
Population, [13], [15]
Botany, [17]
Luxuriant vegetation, reflections, [18]
Highest altitude, [23]
Agricultural products, [27]
Pepper, [28]
Quantity capable of being furnished by Siam, [132]
Physiognomy of Ultra Gangetic nations, [229]
Physical exterior of the Cochin Chinese, [374]
Cranium, [376]
Physiological comparison of the Siamese, &c., [224]
Of the Malays, &c., [225]
Phœnix brig, [170]
Pia tac, or Pe ye tac, the Chinese King of Siam, [209]
Founds Bankok, [210]
History of, [244]
Pigeon, [88]
Plantain wild, [86]
Its seeds described, [87]
Supposed to be the original species, [87]
Plants, [8], [11], [24], [26], [54], [55], [80], [86], [98], [113], [270], [285], [288], [289], [290], [296], [330], [333], [349], [405]
Physiology of, [22], [50], [91]
A new and very singular genus producing enormous tubers, [271]
Players, [401]
Pneumonia, the author attacked by, [208]
Policy of Siam, [175]
Reflections of the author upon, as regards British interests, [176]
Population, [387]
Portuguese interpreter, [103]
Porpoise albino, [262], [275]
Prachadi, [210], [221]
Pra Klang, [164]
Preparis Island, [2]
Presents to the court of Siam, [165]
Misrepresentation of the term suspected, [165]
Of the Governor-general refused by the court of Cochin China, [369]
The king of Cochin China’s presents to Governor-general refused, [393], [402]
Pteromys petaurista, or flying squirrel, [54]
Pteropus edulis, [9]
Pyramid, a sepulchral shrine, [221]
Pya-pee-pat of Bankok, corresponds with the governor-general, [206]
Pulo Condore, [287]
Pulo Dinding, [35]
Pulo Panjang, [282]
Pulo Ubi, [82]
Qualla Muda, [30]
Queda shore, [30]
Interior unexplored, [32]
Rains, vehement profluency of, [388]
Ramayana, [159]
Ran-nan, a musical instrument, [191]
Ray, singular species of, [98]
Religion of the Siamese, [251]
None better than a false one, [381]
Reptilia, [261]
Revenue of Siam, [247]
Rhizophora, [59], [304]
Richardson, Capt. [78]
Disturbance with the Chinese, forbids the demands of the Chinese, and demands an apology, [79]
Roberts, Mr., Envoy to Cochin China, [359]
Saigon, [312]
River and town, [304], [315]
Interview with the governor of, [318]
Salam, mode of making, in India, [134]
Samrayot mountains, [281]
Sampan, [73]
Scævola lobelia, [11]
Scene of wonder and regret, [143]
Scitamineæ, [23], [24]
Sciurus, [20]
Sea, luminous appearance of, by night, [33]
Sea fowl, paucity of, [77]
Sechang, or Dutch Islands, [267]
Inhabited by an act of compulsion, [268]
Commodious bay, adapted for the formation of a depôt, [280]
Sema, the image, [235]
Sentry sticks used by Cochin Chinese, [345]
Servility of the Siamese etiquette, [126]
Seyer Islands, [5]
Remarkable silence and absence of birds, insects, &c. [6]
Siam, policy of, [164]
Modern history of, [244]
State of defence, [247]
Bay, west coast, [280]
Siamese houses, [108], [113], [117]
Description of, [108]
Court, inhospitality of, [124]
Conduct of, to the mission, [125]
Inferior to the inhabitants of Ceylon, [157]
National family of, [224]
A humane people, [243]
General character of, [265]
Those of rank arrogant and coarse in their manners, [265]
Silks, the chief material of clothing in Cochin China, [311]
Simia, [412]
Singapore, [45]
Commanding situation of, as an emporium, [46]
Perpetual tranquillity of the air and ocean, [46]
No monsoon, or rainy season, but frequent showers, [47]
Tides near, [47]
Capacity of the soil not fully ascertained, [57]
Situation, [75]
Intermittent fever unknown, [60]
Slaves at Malacca, [41]
Soldiers, Siamese, of the body guard, and their equipments, [40]
Squirrel, white species of, [274]
Sterna, [2]
Storm, Mr., [170]
Sugar, [132], [167]
Amount in tons, [168]
Suri Wong Montree, the Praklang, or Barcalan, [132], [200]
Anecdote of, [237]
Surya vangsa, or race of the sun, [129]
Syngenesiæ, [11]
Swallow, a species of, [282]
Tanjung api, [81]
Taste of the Siamese grotesque, [157]
Taxes of Siam, [247]
Teak, black, considered ornamental, [108]
Temperature of the sea, [4]
Effects of, on vegetation, [49]
On animal life, [50]
Thermometer, [22], [77], [82]
Tical, [187]
Tides, [99]
Tiger, [31]
Common in Siam, [263]
Their bones and skins an article of commerce, [263]
Black, [263]
Combat with elephants, [321]
Trade, British with Siam, regulations of, [170]
Treaty drawn up, [204]
Trepang, [94]
Tuan Kayn, [401]
Tuberous plant, discovery of probably the largest species, [272]
Tuk-kay, a musical instrument, [190]
Two Brother’s Islands, [287]
Vaccination, [197]
Vegetable Phenomenon, [43]
Vespertilio, [20]
Vine, [285]
Votive offerings, [85]
Vulture, [21]
Ultra Gangetic nations, their policy, and arrogance, [172]
Imbecility, [173]
Hints how to negotiate with, [203]
Tendency to obesity remarkable among, [228]
Urtica, [29]
Wāāt-thay-cham-ponn, [219]
Water affected by the soil, [31], [35]
Woolly-headed race in the peninsula of Malacca, [226]
Worship of imps and goblins common in Siam, [239]
Of ancestors practised by the Cochin Chinese, [384]
Yellow fever, actual causes doubtful if known, [60]
Yuthia captured by the Barmans, [244]
British not allowed to visit, [209]
Zoological subjects observed, [11], [20], [21], [261], [274], [289], [412]

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