The author is not aware that any book describing Siam, Java, Cochin China, Cambodia, and the Malay Archipelago, and especially addressed to the young, has yet appeared. Consequently he hopes that this volume will meet with as warm a welcome as was given to "The Boy Travellers in Japan and China," by adult as well as juvenile members of many families throughout the United States. T. W. K. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE DEPARTURE FROM HONG-KONG. 13 CHAPTER II. VOYAGE TO SAIGON.--ARRIVAL IN COCHIN CHINA. 23 CHAPTER III. HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.--FIRST SIGHTS AND SCENES IN ANAM. 34 CHAPTER IV. A WONDERFUL TEMPLE.--RUINS OF NAGKON WAT AND ANGKOR. 47 CHAPTER V. CAMBODIA.--ITS CAPITAL AND KING. 61 CHAPTER VI. DEPARTURE FROM SAIGON.--VISITING A CHINESE JUNK. 73 CHAPTER VII. THE WONDERFUL STORY OF MARCO POLO. 86 CHAPTER VIII. ARRIVAL IN SIAM.--FIRST DAY IN BANGKOK. 106 CHAPTER IX. TEMPLES AT BANGKOK.--THE FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM. 119 CHAPTER X. ASCENDING THE MENAM, FROM BANGKOK TO AYUTHIA. 131 CHAPTER XI. VISITING THE PRINCE OF THE ELEPHANTS.--AYUTHIA.--SOMETHING ABOUT CROCODILES. 143 CHAPTER XII. STORIES OF ELEPHANT-HUNTING.--SCENES OF THE CHASE. 161 CHAPTER XIII. BANG-PA-IN TO BANGKOK.--STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY AND BOTANY. 177 CHAPTER XIV. THE KING IN HIS STATE BARGE.--BETEL AND TOBACCO. 190 CHAPTER XV. WOMEN, HAIR-CUTTING, AND SLAVERY. 202 CHAPTER XVI. CREMATION IN SIAM.--TRADE, TAXES, AND BIRDS. 215 CHAPTER XVII. PRESENTATION TO THE KING.--DINNER AT THE PALACE. 228 CHAPTER XVIII. THE WHITE ELEPHANT.--VISIT TO THE SECOND KING OF SIAM. 237 CHAPTER XIX. LEAVING SIAM.--LIFE UNDER THE OCEAN WAVE. 249 CHAPTER XX. LIGHT UNDER WATER.--PEARL-FISHING AND TURTLE-HUNTING. 262 CHAPTER XXI. INCIDENTS OF A SEA-VOYAGE.--SINGAPORE. 280 CHAPTER XXII. SIGHTS AND SCENES IN SINGAPORE. 294 CHAPTER XXIII. CROSSING THE EQUATOR.--ADVENTURE WITH MALAY PIRATES. 311 CHAPTER XXIV. SUMATRA AND ITS PECULIARITIES.--SNAKES AND ORANG-OUTANGS. 326 CHAPTER XXV. ARRIVAL IN JAVA.--SIGHTS AND SCENES IN BATAVIA. 343 CHAPTER XXVI. BATAVIA TO BUITENZORG.--TROPICAL SCENES.--BIRDS OF PARADISE. 358 CHAPTER XXVII. A CHAPTER ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.--THE DUTCH CULTURE SYSTEM IN JAVA. 374 CHAPTER XXVIII.