Jungle trails and jungle people : travel, adventure and abservation in the Far East . Al ONG I HE KL VWNG CANA1Fully half f the native house usually develops into A GAMBLINGJPLACE OFF THE SAMPENG IN BANGKOK. In the background a band is hard at work entertaining the ; OF SIAM !;; and no doubt yet another is to escape from thesnakes, loads, worms and multitude of other crawl-ing things which drag their length over the soil oflower Siam. Past the floating houses along the river, andamong the stilted houses through the klawngs,flows a scarcely ever ending procession of passen-ger boats,
Jungle trails and jungle people : travel, adventure and abservation in the Far East . Al ONG I HE KL VWNG CANA1Fully half f the native house usually develops into A GAMBLINGJPLACE OFF THE SAMPENG IN BANGKOK. In the background a band is hard at work entertaining the ; OF SIAM !;; and no doubt yet another is to escape from thesnakes, loads, worms and multitude of other crawl-ing things which drag their length over the soil oflower Siam. Past the floating houses along the river, andamong the stilted houses through the klawngs,flows a scarcely ever ending procession of passen-ger boats, house boats, freight boats and canoes ofall sizes, for in Siam may be seen the most remark-able variety of water craft in the world; and, Imay add, of the most graceful lines. Unless it bethe Burman, really of about the same stock, nobuilder anywhere compares with the Siamese, whomake their boats large and small of teak, and givethem lines unequalled. Here is one art at least inwhich the natives continue proficient. My travels have never brought me among a peo-ple seemingly more contented, more happy, thanthese Siamese. Their wants are few and easilysupplied: a sing
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