TRAVELS IN THE CENTRAL PARTS OF INDO-CHINA (SIAM), CAMBODIA, AND LAOS. VOL. II. [Illustration: Drawn by M. Bocourt, from a Sketch by M. Mouhot. BIVOUAC OF M. MOUHOT IN THE FORESTS OF LAOS.] TRAVELS IN THE CENTRAL PARTS OF INDO-CHINA (SIAM), CAMBODIA, AND LAOS, DURING THE YEARS 1858, 1859, AND 1860. BY THE LATE M. HENRI MOUHOT, FRENCH NATURALIST. IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. II. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1864. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, AND CHARING CROSS. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAPTER XIII. PAGE ONGCOR THÔM (ONGCOR THE GREAT)--SURROUNDING WALL--TRIUMPHAL ARCH 1 CHAPTER XIV. REMARKS ON CAMBODIA AND ITS RUINS 20 CHAPTER XV. KHAO SAMROUM--PROVINCE OF PECHABURI OR PHETXABURI 38 CHAPTER XVI. RETURN TO BANGKOK--PREPARATIONS FOR A NEW EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH-EAST OF LAOS--PHRABAT--PAKPRIAU--SAOHAÏE 61 CHAPTER XVII. TOWN OF CHAIAPUME--JOURNEY TO THE TOWN OF KORAT--THE PROVINCE OF KORAT--TEMPLE OF PENOM-WAT--RETURN TO CHAIAPUME-- POUKIÉAU--MONANG-MOUNE-WA--NAM-KANE--LOUANG PRABANG, CAPITAL OF WEST LAOS 105 CHAPTER XVIII. THE EAST OF LOUANG PRABANG--NOTES OF TRAVELS--OBSERVATIONS FROM BANGKOK TO LAOS--END OF THE JOURNAL--DEATH OF THE TRAVELLER 144 APPENDIX. NEW SPECIES OF MAMMALS, REPTILES, FRESH-WATER FISHES, INSECTS, AND SHELLS, DISCOVERED BY M. MOUHOT 165 ATMOSPHERICAL OBSERVATIONS 187 TRANSLATIONS OF CHINESE TALES AND FABLES 190 THE DAMIER, OR CAPE PIGEON 200 THE ALBATROSS 204 CAMBODIAN VOCABULARY 207 LETTERS FROM M. MOUHOT 241 LETTERS ADDRESSED TO M. MOUHOT 278 LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE FAMILY OF M. MOUHOT 290 PAPER READ AT THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 296 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II. PAGE VIEW IN THE GULF OF SIAM 42 CEREMONY, ON A YOUNG SIAMESE COMING OF AGE, OF THE REMOVAL OF THE TUFT _To face_ 44 VIEW OF THE PORT AND DOCKS OF BANGKOK 47 PORTRAIT OF KHROM LUANG, BROTHER OF THE KING OF SIAM 49 HALL OF AUDIENCE, PALACE OF BANGKOK 52 GROTTO AT PECHABURI 55 VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS OF PECHABURI 59