Contents

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I.The First Birthday[9]
II.Little Chie Lo[25]
III.Night on the River[36]
IV.Work and Play[47]
V.New Year's[55]
VI.White Elephants[61]
VII.In the Temple[67]
VIII.The Legend of the Peace-Offering[78]
IX.Queer Sights[87]
X.The Queen's City[98]
XI.The Monsoon[104]

List of Illustrations

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Chin[Frontispiece]
Chin's Home[29]
The Great Temple at Bangkok[40]
"They carried some of their flowers to the statue of Buddha"[57]
"'They would pick up the logs with their trunks'"[63]
Siamese Actors[92]