Transcriber's Note Bold text is indicated by =equals signs=, and italics by _underscores_. Page headers in the printed text are indicated by ~swung dashes~. IN THE FAR EAST. [Illustration: LAOTIAN BOAT DESCENDING A RAPID. Page 77. ] IN THE FAR EAST: A Narrative of Exploration and Adventure IN COCHIN-CHINA, CAMBODIA, LAOS, AND SIAM. _BY THE AUTHOR OF “The Arctic World,” “The Mediterranean Illustrated,” &c. &c._ WITH TWENTY-EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS. EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK. 1879. Contents. I. THROUGH LAOS TO CHINA, 9 II. EXPERIENCES AMONG THE CHINESE, 106 III. RETURN TO SAIGON, 133 IV. DR. MORICE AND THE MEKONG, 140 V. M. MOUHOT IN CAMBODIA, 176 List of Illustrations. LAOTIAN BOAT DESCENDING A RAPID, _Frontispiece_ SCENE ON THE MEKONG, 13 PEACOCK-HUNTING, 29 MOUNTAIN-PEAK NEAR BASSAC, 33 FUNERAL CEREMONY OF THE LAOTIANS, 37 CORONATION OF THE KING OF OUBON, 45 ANNAMITES AT LAKON, 51 NATURAL PILLAR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKON, 55 TAPPING THE BORASSUS PALM, 59 BUDDHIST TAT AT NONG KAY, 63 MONASTERY OF WAT SISAKET, 67 PASSAGE OF A RAPID, 71 RICE-FIELD AND PAGODA AT MUONG MAI, 75 PAGODA AT PAK LAY, 79 BAMBOO BRIDGE AT XIENG KHONG, 83 FOREST ROAD NEAR MUONG LIM, 87 A NIGHT HALT NEAR SIEM-LAP, 91 TRAVELLING IN A RAVINE NEAR SOP YONG, 95 INTERVIEW WITH THE KING OF MUONG YOU, 99 MOUNTAIN VILLAGE AND RICE-FIELDS NEAR POU-EUL, 103 VALLEY OF KON-TCHANG, 109 CROSSING A RAVINE, 113 MERCHANT TRAIN IN YUNNAN, 137 ANNAMITE LADY AND HER SERVANT, 141 CHINESE HOUSE AT KHOLEN, 151 VINH-LONG, 163 SCENE AT TAYNINH, 167 CHINESE MERCHANTS OF SAIGON, 173 IN THE FAR EAST. CHAPTER I. THROUGH LAOS TO CHINA.