SIAM:

ITS
GOVERNMENT, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, &c.

BY
Rev. N. A. McDONALD,
For ten years a Missionary in that country.

PHILADELPHIA:
ALFRED MARTIEN,
1214 CHESTNUT STREET.
1871.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
ALFRED MARTIEN,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

To the Memory
Of the Founder of Milnwood Academy,
REV. J. Y. McGINNES,

Who had the cause of Foreign Missions very much at heart;

AND TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN PUPILS OF THAT INSTITUTION, THIS LITTLE VOLUME

Is respectfully dedicated, by one of the earliest
Students of the Institution,

The Author.

[Illustration: The present King of Siam.]

Contents.

CHAPTER I. GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER II. THE GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER III. RELIGION
CHAPTER IV. EDUCATION AND LITERATURE
CHAPTER V. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
CHAPTER VI. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER VII. CEREMONIES FOR THE DYING AND DEAD
CHAPTER VIII. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
CHAPTER IX. FARMING AND PRODUCTS
CHAPTER X. MODE OF DIVIDING TIME
CHAPTER XI. MISSIONARY OPERATIONS