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Chapter VIII.
W e started from Bangkok about 9 o'clock on the 13th of March, 1862, and arrived alongside of the steamer about 1 o'clock. Captain Ah Choon was up to all good things, for he had the cabin table spread with a grand collation, which we all enjoyed.
After doing full justice to the good things which Captain Ah Choon had provided, the cloth was removed. S. P. Goodale, the United States Consul, rose in his seat and proposed the name of our guest (the writer), to which Mr. C. G. Allen responded, eulogizing the writer in the highest degree. Then there were several other speeches from the Portugese, ex-American, Russian, British and the Hamburgh Consuls. All spoke in
