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Siam: The Land of the White Elephant as It Was and Is was compiled and arranged by George B. Bacon and revised by Frederick Wells Williams. The reviser's note says the editor aimed to leave Mr. Bacon's compilation untouched so far as possible, omitting only portions that were inaccurate or obsolete. A description of the land says Siam is almost as much as Egypt a single river valley, upon whose alluvial deposits the welfare of millions depends. The text says the fertility of the soil is due to the annual inundation of the Meinam and its tributaries, and that forty-one political divisions make up Siam proper.
A narrator writes that, as he is informed, native singers are now practising with a view to sing to the white elephant at Chantaboun. The book describes children as merry and full of tricks, and says they wear a small vine-leaf, cut in the shape of a heart, and hung round the waist by a slight thread.
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