A relation of the late Embassy of Monsr. de Chaumont, Knt. to the Court of the King of Siam. : With an account of the government, state, manners, religion and commerce of the Kingdom.

  • Chaumont, Alexandre, chevalier de, -1710.
Date:
1687
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Credit: A relation of the late Embassy of Monsr. de Chaumont, Knt. to the Court of the King of Siam. : With an account of the government, state, manners, religion and commerce of the Kingdom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ~ . . 2 ptyinatil B50 3 4 a ee oe sa ee _ A ‘ oa + : - e ‘ ce z = as ~ = = — — . i | 26 A Voyage to Siam. furnified after the fame manner as the: |) preceding ones, where I was received! },. and treated by other AZandarins. |, The eleventh in the morning I par-- } ted thence, and went and dined im)};,, another Houfe, and. at night I lay andl}, was treated as before. F Onthe twelfth Tlodged two Leagues}, off of Siam, where I was again recei--}.,, ved by two Mandarins. The. princi--}y, pal Merchants of the Engli/h and Dutcbi};, Companies came to complement my/}, arrival in thofe parts, and as to thee}; French they attended me all the way..},, Here I remained till I made my en--}), trance. p The River of Siam called AZenon iss}, very large and commodious , beings}, adorned all along the-fides of it withi},’ pleafant Trees; but three or four; |) months in the Year all thefe places}, are overflowed with water, and there--}.° fore all the Houfes are built on a kind!| of fledges, and made all of Bamboos:.) .' This wood ferves the Siamoifes botth for the foundations and tops of thelist}. honfes, and for infinite purpofes be} fides, making ufe of ic as we deo} Flints i | yi | FSi 4 —— %, Bibie