THE

KINGDOM AND PEOPLE

OF

SIAM;

WITH

A NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION TO THAT COUNTRY
IN 1855.

BY SIR JOHN BOWRING, F.R.S.

HER MAJESTY'S PLENIPOTENTIARY IN CHINA.

[The Author of this Work reserves the right of Translation.]

LONDON:

SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

DIPLOMATIC AND COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF WESTERN

NATIONS WITH SIAM.

CHAPTER XVI.

56

PERSONAL JOURNAL OF SIR JOHN BOWRING'S VISIT TO SIAM. 248

APPENDIX A.

BRIEF NOTICES OF THE HISTORY OF SIAM.

341

APPENDIX B.

ACCOUNT, BY THE KING OF SIAM, OF THE ATTACK UPON THE

BURMESE CITY OF CHIANGTOONG, IN 1854.

APPENDIX C.

EDICT OF THE LATE KING OF SIAM AGAINST THE INTRO-

DUCTION AND SALE OF OPIUM WITHIN HIS DOMINIONS

APPENDIX D.

364

368

TRANSLATION, BY AN AMERICAN LADY, OF A SIAMESE STORY. 378