CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I A PEEP INTO SIAMESE HISTORY

CHAPTER II IN EASTERN VENICE

CHAPTER III DOWN THE RIVER

CHAPTER IV THE CHILDREN

CHAPTER V SCHOOLS

CHAPTER VI AMUSEMENTS

CHAPTER VII THE STORY OF BUDDHA

CHAPTER VIII THE MONKS

CHAPTER IX THE TEMPLES

CHAPTER X THE SHAVING OF THE TOP-KNOT

CHAPTER XI HOUSES

CHAPTER XII FOOD AND DRESS

CHAPTER XIII FISHING

CHAPTER XIV RICE

CHAPTER XV A PLOUGHING CEREMONY

CHAPTER XVI ELEPHANTS

CHAPTER XVII WHITE ELEPHANTS

CHAPTER XVIII TRIAL BY ORDEAL

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PEEPS AT
MANY LANDS

SIAM

A TYPICAL CANAL SCENE. Chapter II.

PEEPS AT MANY LANDS

SIAM

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