INDEX.

Agar-agar, 84

Agila wood, or lignum aloës. See Aquillaria agallocha.

Albino quadrupeds frequent in Siam, 262

Alcedo, 21

Alcyonium, 51

Animal food used by the Siamese, 216

Apocyneæ, 273

Aquillaria agallocha, 94, 258

Archipelago of Siam, 42

Areca, 310

Catechu, 25

Argus pheasant, 32

Asteria, 52, 94

Astrology, addiction of Siamese to, 237

Attap, 113

Audience of the king at Bankok, 145, 164

Hall of audience, 142

Balachang, a Siamese condiment, 215

Bambus verticillata, 11

Bankok, arrival at, 114

Of modern date, 209

Floating bazar, 115

Port of, regulations respecting English ships, 208

Few roads in its vicinity, 212

Manufactures, 214

Palaces and temples, 156, 216, 219

Various tribes inhabit, 223

Barkalan, or Pra Klang, 164

Barometer, 4, 82, 388

Bauddhic and Egyptian religion, coincidences between, 221

Prayers, 187

Bay of Cocoa-nuts, 295

Bazars of India and Cochin China, 311

Of Kandyu, 301

Of Saigon, 317. Of Hue, 369, 371

Bingeh city, 312

Birds, 21, 77, 114, 261, 275, 285, 287, 296, 408

Boats, royal of Siam, 181, 107, 116, 134

Procession of, 182

Of Cochin China, 326

Boats Chinese, 116

Boletus, 1

Bombasoi mountain, 257

Borassus flabelliformis, 8, 25

Caudata, 11

Gomutus, 25

Borneo, 81

Brahmans in Siam, 159, 187

Bromelia ananas, or pine-apple, species of, 30

Buceros, 21

Buddha, names of, 252

Commands of, 253

Of Siam and Ceylon contrasted 110, 111

Images of, 218, 220

Buggis, improve in naval architecture, 69

Calampac, or Colambac, 260

Calamus, 1, 30

Calendar of the Siamese, 249, 250, 251

Canal in Cochin China, beautiful scenery on, 404

Cape St. James, singularity of ebb tide near, 294

Cargariau, Captain, French envoy, 371

Carimon, the little, 42

Casuarina equisetifolia, 99

Catechu or Gambir, 56

Cerealia, 27

Ceremonies at the public audience, negotiations respecting, 130

Mode adopted, 133

Certhia, 21

Chantibond, a valuable province of Siam, 255

Its products, 256

Population, 257

Amount of pepper produced, 257

Cardamoms, 257

Chatt, a Siamese ornament, 144

Chau Pha, the prince, put to death by his uncle, 246

Chinese have not the usual Asiatic air, 13

Valuable settlers, 14, 115

Soon acquire wealth under British government, 14

Their houses, 62, 115

Compared with those of the Malabar settlers, 16

Addicted to gross feeding, 17, 63, 215

Their activity, 61

Its motive, 65

Traits of character, 64

Mental capacity, 66

Comparative numbers, 67, 212

Their emigration temporary, 67

Insolence towards Europeans, 95

Privileges of in Siam, 166, 168, 245

Instance of the hospitality of, 315

Chinese junks, 68

Have no charts, 69

Chinese symbolic characters a means of communication among tribes using different languages, 94

Cholera morbus, a case of in Siam, 197

Christians native, 257

Chuliahs, or Malabar Moslems, 13

Chroma Chit engrosses the administration of affairs, 128

Interviews with, 127, 194

Is desirous of introducing vaccination, 197

Not the heir to the throne, but obtains it, 200

Clove tree, 29

Cochin China, Agricultural products, 310

Manufactures, 311

Paucity of Inhabitants seen, 350

Beauty of its scenery, 408, 411

Cochin Chinese, politics of, 179

Respecting foreigners, 320

Physiological appearance and national affinity, 298, 305

Character and manners, 299

Houses, 300

Very attentive to dress, 301

Boats, 302

Troops, artillery, &c., 343, 365

Fort, 340

Are remarkably small, 305

Females, 309

Singular moral discriminations respecting females, 310, 384

Promiscuous feeders, 310

Poverty of the country, 312

Contemptible spirit of the Cochin Chinese Court, 400

Regulations affecting British commerce, 394

Cochin Chinese ambassador received with honours at Bankok, 177, 182, 185

Cocoa nut, 24

Coffee tree, 29

Columba, 21, 285

Commerce of Siam a royal monopoly, 166

European valuable to the Siamese, 169

Concessions of Cochin China in favour of, 370

Regulations respecting, 394

Contortæ, 26

Convolvulus pes capræ, 11

Species 17

Corals, 51

Costume of Siam, 109

Of Cochin China, 296, 300, 378

Military, 302

Of the rainy season, 389

Cow and Calf Island, 2

Crinum, 35

Cycas revoluta, 80

Circinalis, 25

Dagoba, or Bauddhic monumental fane, comparison of, with Pyramids, 221

Form of, 156

Despotic government of the Siamese, 127

Baleful effects of, 265, 381

Dead, treatment of in Siam, 231

A singular custom, 232

Siamese mode of embalming, 233

Diard, Mr., 307

His discoveries in natural history, 308, 313

Dioscorea, or Yam, 87

Luxuriancy of its habit, 270

Dugong, or Halicora, 52

Duties, a reduction promised, 205

Eggs rotten, a Chinese delicacy, 396

Elate silvestris, 11

Elephant, albino, 151, 261

A spotted, 153

Exhibition of elephants, 323

Emblems religious, perpetual recurrence of, 305

English factory, ruins of an old, 290

Epidendrum, a gigantic species, 35

Species, 26

Equatorial regions, salubrity of, 47

Erythrina indica, 28

Etiquette of the court of Siam respecting shoes, 150

Of Cochin China respecting letters, 319

A pretext, 391

Euphorbia, 11

European manufactures scarcely to be met with in Cochin China, 311

Felis, 20

Factions or parties in the ministry of Siam, 203

Females the labourers in Siam, 314

Fern, 26

Fever, intermittent, unknown at Singapore, 60

Fish abundant, 269

Flying, Siamese notions respecting the art of, 238

French influence in Cochin China, 367, 395

Mandarins, 353, 403

Funeral pile, 111

Obsequies of the Siamese, 235

Fucus, a remarkable species of, 55

Fu kok, or Pau kok Island, 92, 97

Inhabitants, 98

Plants, 98, 99

Isles in its vicinity, 100

Furs procurable at Bankok for the China market, 215

Galeopithecus variegatus, 19

Gambir, or Terra Japonica, 56

Geology, 6, 36, 37, 42, 44, 79, 89, 275, 289, 295

George Town, Penang, 15

Population, 15

Houses, 15

Gold mines of Chantibond, 256

Of Tonquin, 387

Governor-general’s letter, 118

Gramineæ, singular paucity of, 288

Guns, enormous, 160

Grapes, 294

Hair, festival of cutting the lock of, 160, 186

Halicora Dugong, 52

Haya, a new genus of plants, 98

Hot winds of India, the effects of, 48

Hué, fort of, 351

Canal of, 348

River of, the most beautiful in Asia, 349

Indian, a race resembling the Indians met with in the Peninsula of Malacca, 226

Inn, or stage-house, in Cochin China, 407

Intertropical winter, 21

Its effect on plants, 22

Islands, groups of, 89, 91

Jasminum, 11

Justicia, 11

Kabouc, 37

Kandyu and its governor, 297

King of Siam is importunate for the presents sent by the Governor-general, 122, 123

His name, 166

Funeral obsequies, 240

Idol formed from his ashes, 241

Khon chook, ceremony of, 185

Kochai Sahac, Malay interpreter, 122

His character too late detected, 202

Lacerta, 275

Lake or bay, 405

Languages, comparison of the inland, or aboriginal, recommended, 226

Laurus, 1

Laws of Siam respecting adultery, 242

Theft and debt, 243

Leather dye, 214

Leopard, black, 32

Letter to Governor-general of British India, notice respecting, 206

From Governor-general to King of Cochin China, 313

To Governor-general from Cochin China, 392, 399, 402

Leyden, Dr., valuable comparison of languages by, 226

Life savage and refined contrasted by exemplars, 270

Luong Pra, the Barma monarch, 244

Macassar soldiers murder an English garrison, 290

Madrepore, 51

Malacca contrasted with Penang, 39

Nearly deserted, 39

Its fruit and fish, 39

Vicinity, 38

Malay, or Mopla, interpreter.

See Kochai Sahac.

Malay Peninsula, western coast has numerous islands, 4

Mountain ridges, 5

Malays, 71

Physiological aspect, 227

Fishermen, or orang laut, 73

Mammalia, 261, 274, 285

Mandarins, their retinues numerous, 314

An official visit from, 306

Mandarin of Han, 397

Mangroves, 58

Utility of, 60

Manufactures of Europe scarce at Saigon, 311

Melastoma, 11

Menam river, 102

Plains on the banks, 113

Depth, 114

At Bankok, 116

Mines of precious stones, 256

Mission British arrives in Siam, 101

Bad auguries from verbal communications, 104

Visited only by people of low rank, 104, 201

Visit the chief of Packnam, 105

Restrictions on, 124

Procession of, to the palace, 137

Treated with disrespect by the crowd, 161

Inhospitality towards, 163

Received as a deputation from a province, 165

Lodged in an outhouse belonging to the minister, 119

Reflections thereon, 120

Its affairs consigned by the court of Siam to low intriguers, 201

Its reception contrasted with that of an embassy from Cochin China, 180, &c.

Arrives in Cochin China, 295

Visited by the chief of Kandyu, 297

Arrive at Saigon, 303

Conferences with Mandarins, 306, 313

Audience of the Governor, 317

Arrive in the bay of Turon, 328

Limited number allowed to visit Hué, 335

Strictly watched by armed men, 343, 404

Arrive at Hué, 351

Conference with the mandarin of elephants, 353

With the mandarin of strangers, 389, 399

Molluscæ, 51

Monastery, a Siamese, 110

Mongol race, physiology of, 227

Monkies, white, 154

Monopoly. See Commerce.

Morals and Religion, 379

Morinda citrifolia, 28

Motacilla, 11

Mount Palmer, 33

Mountains, isolated pyramidal, 281

Musa paradisiaca, 30

Mussænda frondosa, 26

Music, royal band, 142

Cultivated in Siam, 188

Of Pegu, reported excellence of, 189

Mya shell tablet, 389

Mythology, Hindu, in Siam, 217

Narcondam Island, 3

Natunas Islands, 81

Navigation of the Chinese, 70

Necromancers of Siam, 239

Negrais Cape, 2

Neptunian goblet, 51

Nipa fruticans, 25, 30

Numerals, Siamese, 249

Nutmeg-trees, 28

Orang laut, or men of the sea, 74, 225

Their physiological appearance, 75

Packnam, meaning of the term, 266

Painting, art of, in Siam, 218

Palace at Bankok, 137, 138, 141

Palanquin, a Siamese, 137

Cochin Chin se and bearers, 408

Palm-tree, proof of an intertropical climate, 8

Varieties, 8, 11, 17, 23, 24, 35, 88, 285

Geographical distribution, 24

Pandanus, 8, 88

Fibre used for cordage, 29

Papra Straits, 10

Botanical observations, 11

Passer, 2, 21

Patella, 8

Peat, 31

Pelican, 21

Penang Shipping, 12

Population, 13, 15

Botany, 17

Luxuriant vegetation, reflections, 18

Highest altitude, 23

Agricultural products, 27

Pepper, 28

Quantity capable of being furnished by Siam, 132

Physiognomy of Ultra Gangetic nations, 229

Physical exterior of the Cochin Chinese, 374

Cranium, 376

Physiological comparison of the Siamese, &c., 224

Of the Malays, &c., 225

Phœnix brig, 170

Pia tac, or Pe ye tac, the Chinese King of Siam, 209

Founds Bankok, 210

History of, 244

Pigeon, 88

Plantain wild, 86

Its seeds described, 87

Supposed to be the original species, 87

Plants, 8, 11, 24, 26, 54, 55, 80, 86, 98, 113, 270, 285, 288, 289, 290, 296, 330, 333, 349, 405

Physiology of, 22, 50, 91

A new and very singular genus producing enormous tubers, 271

Players, 401

Pneumonia, the author attacked by, 208

Policy of Siam, 175

Reflections of the author upon, as regards British interests, 176

Population, 387

Portuguese interpreter, 103

Porpoise albino, 262, 275

Prachadi, 210, 221

Pra Klang, 164

Preparis Island, 2

Presents to the court of Siam, 165

Misrepresentation of the term suspected, 165

Of the Governor-general refused by the court of Cochin China, 369

The king of Cochin China’s presents to Governor-general refused, 393, 402

Pteromys petaurista, or flying squirrel, 54

Pteropus edulis, 9

Pyramid, a sepulchral shrine, 221

Pya-pee-pat of Bankok, corresponds with the governor-general, 206

Pulo Condore, 287

Pulo Dinding, 35

Pulo Panjang, 282

Pulo Ubi, 82

Qualla Muda, 30

Queda shore, 30

Interior unexplored, 32

Rains, vehement profluency of, 388

Ramayana, 159

Ran-nan, a musical instrument, 191

Ray, singular species of, 98

Religion of the Siamese, 251

None better than a false one, 381

Reptilia, 261

Revenue of Siam, 247

Rhizophora, 59, 304

Richardson, Capt. 78

Disturbance with the Chinese, forbids the demands of the Chinese, and demands an apology, 79

Roberts, Mr., Envoy to Cochin China, 359

Saigon, 312

River and town, 304, 315

Interview with the governor of, 318

Salam, mode of making, in India, 134

Samrayot mountains, 281

Sampan, 73

Scævola lobelia, 11

Scene of wonder and regret, 143

Scitamineæ, 23, 24

Sciurus, 20

Sea, luminous appearance of, by night, 33

Sea fowl, paucity of, 77

Sechang, or Dutch Islands, 267

Inhabited by an act of compulsion, 268

Commodious bay, adapted for the formation of a depôt, 280

Sema, the image, 235

Sentry sticks used by Cochin Chinese, 345

Servility of the Siamese etiquette, 126

Seyer Islands, 5

Remarkable silence and absence of birds, insects, &c. 6

Siam, policy of, 164

Modern history of, 244

State of defence, 247

Bay, west coast, 280

Siamese houses, 108, 113, 117

Description of, 108

Court, inhospitality of, 124

Conduct of, to the mission, 125

Inferior to the inhabitants of Ceylon, 157

National family of, 224

A humane people, 243

General character of, 265

Those of rank arrogant and coarse in their manners, 265

Silks, the chief material of clothing in Cochin China, 311

Simia, 412

Singapore, 45

Commanding situation of, as an emporium, 46

Perpetual tranquillity of the air and ocean, 46

No monsoon, or rainy season, but frequent showers, 47

Tides near, 47

Capacity of the soil not fully ascertained, 57

Situation, 75

Intermittent fever unknown, 60

Slaves at Malacca, 41

Soldiers, Siamese, of the body guard, and their equipments, 40

Squirrel, white species of, 274

Sterna, 2

Storm, Mr., 170

Sugar, 132, 167

Amount in tons, 168

Suri Wong Montree, the Praklang, or Barcalan, 132, 200

Anecdote of, 237

Surya vangsa, or race of the sun, 129

Syngenesiæ, 11

Swallow, a species of, 282

Tanjung api, 81

Taste of the Siamese grotesque, 157

Taxes of Siam, 247

Teak, black, considered ornamental, 108

Temperature of the sea, 4

Effects of, on vegetation, 49

On animal life, 50

Thermometer, 22, 77, 82

Tical, 187

Tides, 99

Tiger, 31

Common in Siam, 263

Their bones and skins an article of commerce, 263

Black, 263

Combat with elephants, 321

Trade, British with Siam, regulations of, 170

Treaty drawn up, 204

Trepang, 94

Tuan Kayn, 401

Tuberous plant, discovery of probably the largest species, 272

Tuk-kay, a musical instrument, 190

Two Brother’s Islands, 287

Vaccination, 197

Vegetable Phenomenon, 43

Vespertilio, 20

Vine, 285

Votive offerings, 85

Vulture, 21

Ultra Gangetic nations, their policy, and arrogance, 172

Imbecility, 173

Hints how to negotiate with, 203

Tendency to obesity remarkable among, 228

Urtica, 29

Wāāt-thay-cham-ponn, 219

Water affected by the soil, 31, 35

Woolly-headed race in the peninsula of Malacca, 226

Worship of imps and goblins common in Siam, 239

Of ancestors practised by the Cochin Chinese, 384

Yellow fever, actual causes doubtful if known, 60

Yuthia captured by the Barmans, 244

British not allowed to visit, 209

Zoological subjects observed, 11, 20, 21, 261, 274, 289, 412

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES, Northumberland Court.