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I. A PEEP INTO SIAMESE HISTORY[1]
II. IN EASTERN VENICE[5]
III. DOWN THE RIVER[10]
IV. THE CHILDREN[15]
V. SCHOOLS[18]
VI. AMUSEMENTS[22]
VII. THE STORY OF BUDDHA[27]
VIII. THE MONKS[34]
IX. THE TEMPLES[39]
X. THE SHAVING OF THE TOP-KNOT[44]
XI. HOUSES[48]
XII. FOOD AND DRESS[55]
XIII. FISHING[56]
XIV. RICE[60]
XV. A PLOUGHING CEREMONY[65]
XVI. ELEPHANTS[69]
XVII. WHITE ELEPHANTS[75]
XVIII. TRIAL BY ORDEAL[79]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

By EDWIN A. NORBURY, R.C.A.

A TYPICAL CANAL SCENE[frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
A CORNER OF THE GRAND PALACE ENCLOSURE, BANGKOK[4]
THE RIVER MARKET, BANGKOK[9]
THE GULF OF SIAM—MOONLIGHT[16]
A BUFFALO CART[25]
A GROUP OF BUDDHIST MONKS[32]
THE TEMPLE OF WAT POH[41]
MOUNT PRABHAT[48]
A FISHING-BOAT NEAR THE ISLAND PAGODA, PAKNAM[57]
THE ANNUAL RICE-PLOUGHING FESTIVAL[64]
AN ELEPHANT HUNT AT AYUTHIA[73]
A RELIGIOUS WATER PROCESSION[80]

[Sketch-Map of Siam on p. viii.]