Index:Siam (IA siampeepsatmany00youn).pdf

Title Peeps at Many Lands: Siam
Author Ernest Young
Illustrator Edwin Arthur Norbury
Year 1908
Publisher Adam and Charles Black
Location London
Source pdf
Progress Done—All pages of the work proper are validated
Transclusion Fully transcluded
Validated in June 2023
OCLC 1084953057

Contents

chapter
page
I.
A peep into Siamese history
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1
II.
In Eastern Venice
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5
III.
Down the river
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10
IV.
The children
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15
V.
Schools
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18
VI.
Amusements
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22
VII.
The story of Buddha
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27
VIII.
The monks
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34
IX.
The temples
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39
X.
The shaving of the top-knot
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44
XI.
Houses
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48
XII.
Food and dress
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55
XIII.
Fishing
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56
XIV.
Rice
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60
XV.
A ploughing ceremony
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65
XVI.
Elephants
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69
XVII.
White elephants
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75
XVIII.
Trial by ordeal
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79