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passed off in a manner worthy of an oriental King. The then young prince is now the reigning monarch of that Kingdom.
On my arrival in New York I called on John Anderson & Co., 114 Liberty street, who very readily said they would put up a dozen boxes or six gross of tobacco into very handsome boxes, and forward them free of charge, for the privilege of of advertising the order received from the King of Siam. I dictated the order to his agent, which made about one-fifth of a column in the daily papers. The tobacco was put up in grand style. First it was put into very handsome paper boxes, then into a perfectly beautiful mahogany case, with this inscription in gold letters: "For the first King of Siam and Sovereign of Laos." This case was on exhibition for some time. Then it was put into a strong pine box and shipped to Bangkok via Hong Kong, care Messrs. A. A. Low Bros., Chinese merchants; from Hong Kong Bangkok, care of the Rev. S. Matoon, of Presby-
