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[A]"Chulakantamangala." Captain Gerini.[B]See Chapter X.[C]"The Wheel of the Law". Alabaster.[D]"Siam Repository."[E]"Siam." Miss Cort.[F]Lightning.[G]"Siam", Bowring.[H]See "Buddhism", Rhys Davids.[I]A Siamese "chang" or "catty" is equal to about 2-2/3 lbs. avoirdupois.[J]"Siam". Miss Cort.[K]"Light of Asia". Arnold.[L]"Light of Asia". Arnold.
[A]"Chulakantamangala." Captain Gerini.
[A]"Chulakantamangala." Captain Gerini.
[B]See Chapter X.
[B]See Chapter X.
[C]"The Wheel of the Law". Alabaster.
[C]"The Wheel of the Law". Alabaster.
[D]"Siam Repository."
[D]"Siam Repository."
[E]"Siam." Miss Cort.
[E]"Siam." Miss Cort.
[F]Lightning.
[F]Lightning.
[G]"Siam", Bowring.
[G]"Siam", Bowring.
[H]See "Buddhism", Rhys Davids.
[H]See "Buddhism", Rhys Davids.
[I]A Siamese "chang" or "catty" is equal to about 2-2/3 lbs. avoirdupois.
[I]A Siamese "chang" or "catty" is equal to about 2-2/3 lbs. avoirdupois.
[J]"Siam". Miss Cort.
[J]"Siam". Miss Cort.
[K]"Light of Asia". Arnold.
[K]"Light of Asia". Arnold.
[L]"Light of Asia". Arnold.
[L]"Light of Asia". Arnold.
Transcriber's NotesMinor punctuation errors have been silently corrected. Some hyphenation inconsistencies have been standardized.The two pages of ads at the beginning of the book have been moved to the ads section at the end of the book.LoI: Added Fishing Lugger, page 174.LoI: Changed "Klong" to "Khlong" to match illustration caption.(Orig: Klong near Petchaboorree.)Page2: Changed "suceess" to "success."(Orig: new sovereign owed much of his suceess.)Page18: "kharki" may be a typo for "khaki."(Orig: postmen in their yellow kharki uniforms)Page115: Deleted duplicate "of."(Orig: cut into rectangular pieces of of the same size)Page261: Changed "foo" to "food."(Orig: they must not partake of solid foo of any description.)Page268: Changed "obselete" to "obsolete."(Orig: these counsels are so many obselete laws,)Page270: Changed "he" to "be."(Orig: his mind should he well controlled.)Page325: Changed "carcases" to "carcasses."(Orig: better spent in burning dead dogs' carcases.)Page335: Changed "the" to "he."(Orig: With mingled joy and grief the parted with his long-loved)Page338: Changed "he" to "be."(Orig: Whatever he ordered to be done in his own provinces)Page358: Changed "estabished" to "established."(Orig: afterwards definitely estabished as annual occurrences)Page395: Changed "on" to "one."(Orig: On of them was)