SIAMESE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. _E. A. Sturge, M. D., Petchaburee._ 236 CHAPTER XV. CHOLERA-TIMES IN BANGKOK. _Samuel R. House, M.D._ 241 CHAPTER XVI. SIAMESE CUSTOMS FOR THE DYING AND DEAD. _The late D. Bradley, M. D., of Bangkok._ 247 CHAPTER XVII. THE WATS OF SIAM. _A Compilation._ 269 PART III. HISTORICAL SKETCHES. CHAPTER XVIII. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SIAM. _Rev. Eugene P. Dunlap, Petchaburee._ 304 CHAPTER XIX. MISSIONARY LADIES IN THE KING’S PALACE. _Mrs. Mattoon, formerly of Bangkok._ 320 CHAPTER XX. CORONATION OF HIS MAJESTY THE SUPREME KING OF SIAM. _Rev. N. A. McDonald, Bangkok._ 338 CHAPTER XXI. HISTORY OF THE MISSIONS IN SIAM AND LAOS. _Samuel R. House, M. D., Bangkok._ 351 PART IV. LAOS. CHAPTER XXII. LAOS LAND AND LIFE. _Mrs. S. C. Perkins, Philadelphia._ 419 CHAPTER XXIII. FROM BANGKOK TO CHEUNG MAI. _Mrs. Jonathan Wilson, Cheung Mai._ 460 CHAPTER XXIV. RECOLLECTIONS OF CHEUNG MAI. _Miss Emelie McGilvary, Cheung Mai._ 479 CHAPTER XXV. A DAY AT CHEUNG MAI. _Mrs. Jonathan Wilson, Cheung Mai._ 491 CHAPTER XXVI. A LAOS CABIN. _Rev. Jonathan Wilson, Cheung Mai._ 497 CHAPTER XXVII. SUPERSTITIONS OF THE LAOS. _Dr. and Mrs. Cheek, Cheung Mai._ 504 CHAPTER XXVIII. TREATMENT OF THE SICK. _M. R. Cheek, M. D., Cheung Mai._ 511 CHAPTER XXIX. A TOUR IN THE LAOS COUNTRY. _The late G. W. Vrooman, M. D., Cheung Mai._ 525 CHAPTER XXX. CHINA TO BRITISH INDIA, VIA CHEUNG MAI. _M. A. Cheek, M. D., Cheung Mai._ 543 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE