Travels in the central parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos : during the years 1858, 1859, and 1860 . ter. The natural philoso-pher who held up these little animals as examples of 58 THE LAOTIANS. Chap. XV, parental love was certainly not tormented as I havebeen. About ten miles from Pechaburi I found several villagesinhabited by Laotians, who have been settled there fortwo or three generations. Their costume consists of along shirt and black pantaloons, like those of the CochinChinese, and they have the Siamese tuft of hair. Thewomen wear the same head-dress as the
Travels in the central parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos : during the years 1858, 1859, and 1860 . ter. The natural philoso-pher who held up these little animals as examples of 58 THE LAOTIANS. Chap. XV, parental love was certainly not tormented as I havebeen. About ten miles from Pechaburi I found several villagesinhabited by Laotians, who have been settled there fortwo or three generations. Their costume consists of along shirt and black pantaloons, like those of the CochinChinese, and they have the Siamese tuft of hair. Thewomen wear the same head-dress as the songs, and their way of drinking through bamboopipes, from large jars, a fermented liquor made from riceand herbs, recalled to my mind what I had seen amongthe savage Stiens. I also found among them the samebaskets and instruments used by those tribes. The young girls are fair compared with the Siamese,and their features are pretty; but they soon grow coarse,and lose all their charms. Isolated in their villages,these Laotians have preserved their language and customs,and they never mingle with the
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