Our young folks [serial] . and enrapturedcrowd of mere bipeds, who bathe him, perfume him, fan him, feed him, andsing and play to him. His food consists of the finest herbs, the sweetestsugar-cane, and the brownest cakes of wheat served on huge trays of goldand silver, and his drink is perfumed. Thus, in more than princely state,he is floated down the river to a point within seventy miles of the capital,where the king and his court, all the chief personages of the kingdom, anda multitude of priests, accompanied by troops of players and musicians,come out to meet him. A great number of cords an
Our young folks [serial] . and enrapturedcrowd of mere bipeds, who bathe him, perfume him, fan him, feed him, andsing and play to him. His food consists of the finest herbs, the sweetestsugar-cane, and the brownest cakes of wheat served on huge trays of goldand silver, and his drink is perfumed. Thus, in more than princely state,he is floated down the river to a point within seventy miles of the capital,where the king and his court, all the chief personages of the kingdom, anda multitude of priests, accompanied by troops of players and musicians,come out to meet him. A great number of cords and ropes are attachedto the raft, those in the centre being of fine silk : these are for the king andhis noble retinue, who with their own hands make them fast to their gildedbarges, while the rest are secured to the great fleet of lesser boats. Andso, with shouts of joy, beating of drums, blare of trumpets, boom of cannon, * Pronounced Boodism ; Boodah. 1872.] Scenes in Siam. 7*9 IP ilKF iil TO IIff;. WKM ??L 1. 12 I11KN 411111. m\ mXytf&* 11 4 s®Lt «t .if11 IP :- i^. ! 1,1 - . mum. 1 ifi
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