Note 1150 — Chapter XLIII · “PLUS UN PAYS PRODUIT DES POISSONS, PLUS IL PRODUIT D’HOMMES”
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Though they and their subjects rejoiced greatly in cock and quail fighting, nature denied to them the “fighting fish,” which in Siam are the occasion of weekly contests, heavy wagering, and a fruitful source of revenue to the government from the sale of special licenses (cf. Wright, op. cit., 187-8).