Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . Kingthat the canals and rivershould be kept free fromtrading craft and othervessels at the hours set down in the programme for the officialvisits. As a consequence whenever we took to our boats wepulled along at a rapid pace with no chance of collision. Atthe same time the river life was so b
Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . Kingthat the canals and rivershould be kept free fromtrading craft and othervessels at the hours set down in the programme for the officialvisits. As a consequence whenever we took to our boats wepulled along at a rapid pace with no chance of collision. Atthe same time the river life was so bright and new and variedthat we should almost have preferred it, at the risk of a collision,to the silence which reigned over everything whenever we wentforth on the water. As our boat pulled up to the foot of the palace the ex-Regent, his breast bearing many orders, was waiting to receivethe General. He was accompanied by Mr. Chandler, anAmerican gentleman who has spent many years in Siam, andknows the language perfectly. The ex-Regent is a small, spareman, with a clean cut, well-shaped head, and a face remindingyou, in its outlines and the general set of the countenance, ofthe late M. Thiers. It lacked the vivacity which was the char-acteristic of M. Thiers, and was a grave and serious face. His. THE TOMBS OF WAT-CHANG. 232 S1AM. Highness advanced, shook hands with the General, and, takinghis hand, led him up stairs to the audience-room of the guard of honor presented arms, the band played the Star-Spangled Banner, which was the first time we had heard thatair in the East, all the other bands we had encountered labor-ing under the delusion that our national air was Hail Colum-bia. As the General does not know the one tune from theother, it never made much difference as far as he was concerned,and I attributed the better knowledge on the subject in Siam tothe prevalence of American ideas, which, thanks to our mis-sionary friends, and in spite of some wretched consuls
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