Jungle trails and jungle people : travel, adventure and abservation in the Far East . ear single-roomveranda-like houses on stilts, six to eight feet abovethe water. The Siamese builds his house of onestory and on stilts for several reasons. The first,no doubt, is to avoid the unpardonable sin of livingon a lower story while an upper one is occupied byother human beings, especially women, who, inSiam, are not regarded as of much second, and I should say the most practical,if not the most aesthetic, reason is to have a wastegate of easy access for the continually flowing sa-liva
Jungle trails and jungle people : travel, adventure and abservation in the Far East . ear single-roomveranda-like houses on stilts, six to eight feet abovethe water. The Siamese builds his house of onestory and on stilts for several reasons. The first,no doubt, is to avoid the unpardonable sin of livingon a lower story while an upper one is occupied byother human beings, especially women, who, inSiam, are not regarded as of much second, and I should say the most practical,if not the most aesthetic, reason is to have a wastegate of easy access for the continually flowing sa-liva from betel-nut chewing, and household refuse,which may thus be easily disposed of through thecrevices of an openly constructed floor. And notthe least advantage of this style of house, is theopportunity its elevation affords dogs, pigs, crowsand other scavengers, whose immunity from deathat the hands of man is only another proof of manywhy Buddha should have given a religion to thispeople. A lesser reason is to secure a higher anda healthier floor to live upon above the damp soil;. Al ONG I HE KL VWNG CANA1Fully half f the native house usually develops into verandah.
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