Travels in the central parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos : during the years 1858, 1859, and 1860 . me on, andI trust in the kind Providence which has watched over meuntil now. Only a few hours before my departure from Bangkok,the mail arrived, and I received news of my dearly lovedfamily, which consoled me for the misfortune I sustainedin the loss of my collections. Thanks, thanks, my goodfriends, for the pleasure you gave me before starting, bythe expression of your warm and constant affection; Ishall not forget you in my solitude. I shall continue during my journey to take notes
Travels in the central parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos : during the years 1858, 1859, and 1860 . me on, andI trust in the kind Providence which has watched over meuntil now. Only a few hours before my departure from Bangkok,the mail arrived, and I received news of my dearly lovedfamily, which consoled me for the misfortune I sustainedin the loss of my collections. Thanks, thanks, my goodfriends, for the pleasure you gave me before starting, bythe expression of your warm and constant affection; Ishall not forget you in my solitude. I shall continue during my journey to take notes of allmy little adventures, very rare, alas! for I am not oneof those travellers who kill a tiger and an elephant atone shot; the smallest unknown shell or insect is moreinteresting to me; however, on occasion, I do not objectto a meeting with the terrible inhabitants of the forest,and more than one have known the range of my rifle andthe calibre of my balls. Every evening, enclosed in my mosquito curtains,either in some cabin or at the foot of a tree, in the jungle 74 KINDNESS OF M. MALHERBES. Chap. Drawn by M. Rousseau, from a MOTTE, A SIAMESE NOBLE AND SAVANT. or by the river bank, I shall talk to you, my friends; youshall be the companions of my journey, and it will be mygreatest pleasure to confide to you my impressions andthoughts. Scarcely had my friend M. Malherbes left me, whenI discovered, in the bottom of my boat, a box, which hehad contrived to place, unknown to me, among mypackages; a fresh proof of his kindness, for he had alreadysent me three cases when I was at Pechaburi. I foundit to contain some dozens of Bordeaux, as much cognac,boxes of sardines, biscuits, and a number of other things,which would recall to me, were I ever likely to forget it,
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