I can add nothing to these touching testimonies, which paint faithfully the man as I knew him in Holland. The affectionate heart of Henri Mouhot awakened in others an affection which the tomb does not destroy, but which grows stronger with time. J. J. BELINFANTE. _The Hague, December 15, 1862._ CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PAGE DEDICATION 7 PREFACE 11 MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR 19 CHAPTER I. THE VOYAGE--FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SIAM; AND OF BANGKOK, ITS CAPITAL--RECEPTION IN THE PALACE--THE TWO KINGS OF SIAM 37 CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF SIAM 54 CHAPTER III. VOYAGE UP THE MENAM TO AYUTHIA THE ANCIENT CAPITAL--THE RUINS--EXCURSION TO MOUNT PHRABAT--ITS TEMPLE--ITS SACRED AND GEOLOGICAL FOOTSTEPS--SARABURI AND PATAVI 106 CHAPTER IV. CHANTABOUN--ITS PRODUCTS AND COMMERCE--APPEARANCE OF THE COUNTRY-- THE ISLES OF KO-MAN--ISLES OF PATATES--THE ISLAND OF KO-KRAM--PAKNAM VEN--MANNER IN WHICH THE APES PLAY WITH THE CROCODILES 141 CHAPTER V. LIFE IN THE HILL-COUNTRY--MOUNT SABAT--HUNTING--TIGERS--SERPENTS-- RICH VEGETATION OF CHANTABURI 155 CHAPTER VI. RETURN TO CHANTABOUN--EXCURSION TO BATTAMBONG--THE ISLANDS OF KOH KONG--ISLAND OF PHU QUOC--BEAUTIFUL PROSPECT IN THE GULF OF KOMPUT--CAMBODIA--COMMERCE OF THESE COUNTRIES--MISERABLE STATE OF THE PEOPLE--VISIT TO THE KING OF CAMBODIA 174 CHAPTER VII. DETAILS RESPECTING CAMBODIA--UDONG, ITS PRESENT CAPITAL--INTERVIEWS WITH THE SECOND KING 192 CHAPTER VIII. DEPARTURE FROM UDONG--TRAIN OF ELEPHANTS--PINHALU--KIND TREATMENT BY THE MISSIONARIES--THE GREAT LAKE OF CAMBODIA--TOULI-SAP--THE THIÂMES--SPECULATIONS AS TO THEIR ORIGIN--ANCIENT KINGDOM OF TSIAMPA--ISRAELITE TRADITIONS OF THE THIÂMES OR TSIAMPOIS 213 CHAPTER IX. THE GREAT BAZAAR OF CAMBODIA, PENOM-PEUH--THE RIVER MÉKON--THE ISLAND KO-SUTIN--PEMPTIÉLAN--PUMP-KA-DAYE, ON THE BORDERS OF CAMBODIA--SOME FURTHER NOTES ON THE COUNTRY--FATHER GUILLOUX--JOURNEY TO BRELUM AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY INHABITED BY THE SAVAGE STIENS 226 CHAPTER X. SOJOURN OF THREE MONTHS AMONG THE SAVAGE STIENS--MANNERS OF THIS TRIBE--PRODUCTS OF THE COUNTRY--FAUNA--MANNERS OF THE ANNAMITES 240 CHAPTER XI. RETURN TO PINHALU AND UDONG--THE GREAT LAKE TOULI-SAP--MEETING WITH NINE ELEPHANTS--RECENT ACTS OF OPPRESSION TOWARDS THE PEOPLE--ON THE EVENTUAL REGENERATION OF THE PEOPLE--THE PROVINCE OF BATTAMBOURG--GRAND RUINS 265 CHAPTER XII.