Jungle trails and jungle people : travel, adventure and abservation in the Far East . mango, pineapple, banana, orange,bread fruit, and that most healthful of all Siamesefruits, the papaya, which grows back from thewater and is a greenish oval melon that suggestscantaloupe when opened. We did not get really outside of the Bangkokcity limits the first day of our up-river journey,as we spent the night at the home of one of Choo sadmiring friends, in the centre of a little floatingcommunity, where a poey was given in hishonor, Now a poey may take several differentdirections of hilarity, but is al
Jungle trails and jungle people : travel, adventure and abservation in the Far East . mango, pineapple, banana, orange,bread fruit, and that most healthful of all Siamesefruits, the papaya, which grows back from thewater and is a greenish oval melon that suggestscantaloupe when opened. We did not get really outside of the Bangkokcity limits the first day of our up-river journey,as we spent the night at the home of one of Choo sadmiring friends, in the centre of a little floatingcommunity, where a poey was given in hishonor, Now a poey may take several differentdirections of hilarity, but is always an excuse foreating and gambling. The poey in honor of Chooincluded about everything on the entertainmentcatalogue. First was a feast which overflowedfrom the house of Choos friend into adjoiningoiks, attended by two dozen men and women whosat in groups on the floors eating a loud smellingfish sauce with gusto—and with their fingers;neither wine nor spirits were in evidence—the Sia-mese as a rule drinking water. Then came ad-journment to the river bank, where on a raised. 2 THE KINGS MAHOUT L3 platform, roofed, bu1 open on Its four Bides, threegirls danced and p«>scd after the gracefully delib-erate Siamese fashion, accompanied by the melo-dious, always quick time, though dirge-like, musicof a small native orchestra. The dancing was ofthe usual Oriental character, not, as popularly sup-posed among Occidentals, of the couchee cou-chee Midway variety, but a posturing in whichhands and arms and shoulders played the promi-nent part. In a word it was a kind of slow walk-around to exhibit and emphasize the movements ofarms and hands, the supreme test of the dancerbeing suppleness of wrist and shoulder; some ofthe most expert could bend back their hands sothat the long finger nails almost touched the fore-arm. The band itself consisted of a group ofmetal cups, ranging in size from five to fourteeninches in diameter, a series of hollow bamboosticks, also arranged to scale,
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