BY THE AUTHOR OF
“The Arctic World,” “The Mediterranean Illustrated,”
&c. &c.

WITH TWENTY-EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS.
EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK.
1879.

Contents.

I.THROUGH LAOS TO CHINA,[9]
II.EXPERIENCES AMONG THE CHINESE,[106]
III.RETURN TO SAIGON,[133]
IV.DR. MORICE AND THE MEKONG,[140]
V.M. MOUHOT IN CAMBODIA,[176]

List of Illustrations.

LAOTIAN BOAT DESCENDING A RAPID,[Frontispiece]
SCENE ON THE MEKONG,[13]
PEACOCK-HUNTING,[29]
MOUNTAIN-PEAK NEAR BASSAC,[33]
FUNERAL CEREMONY OF THE LAOTIANS,[37]
CORONATION OF THE KING OF OUBON,[45]
ANNAMITES AT LAKON,[51]
NATURAL PILLAR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKON,[55]
TAPPING THE BORASSUS PALM,[59]
BUDDHIST TAT AT NONG KAY,[63]
MONASTERY OF WAT SISAKET,[67]
PASSAGE OF A RAPID,[71]
RICE-FIELD AND PAGODA AT MUONG MAI,[75]
PAGODA AT PAK LAY,[79]
BAMBOO BRIDGE AT XIENG KHONG,[83]
FOREST ROAD NEAR MUONG LIM,[87]
A NIGHT HALT NEAR SIEM-LAP,[91]
TRAVELLING IN A RAVINE NEAR SOP YONG,[95]
INTERVIEW WITH THE KING OF MUONG YOU,[99]
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE AND RICE-FIELDS NEAR POU-EUL,[103]
VALLEY OF KON-TCHANG,[109]
CROSSING A RAVINE,[113]
MERCHANT TRAIN IN YUNNAN,[137]
ANNAMITE LADY AND HER SERVANT,[141]
CHINESE HOUSE AT KHOLEN,[151]
VINH-LONG,[163]
SCENE AT TAYNINH,[167]
CHINESE MERCHANTS OF SAIGON,[173]