Peeps at Many Lands: Siam

by Ernest Young

PEEPS AT MANY LANDS

SIAM

 

PEEPS AT
MANY LANDS

 

SIAM

 

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Peeps at Many Lands
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Peeps at Many Lands

S i a m

by

Ernest Young, B.Sc.

head master of the lower school of john lyon, harrow

formerly of the education department, siam

author of "the kingdom of the yellow robe," etc.

With twelve full-page illustrations

in colour

by

Edwin A. Norbury, R.C.A.

London

Adam and Charles Black

1908

To
my child friend,
Sybil Marjorie Cooper,
I affectionately dedicate this, my first
book for children

Contents

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. Norburry, 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.

Sketch-map of Siam