Toward the Rising Sun: Sketches of Life in Eastern Lands (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Toward the Rising Sun: Sketches of Life in Eastern Lands

Fifty years ago little was known in America Of the kingdom Of Siam beyond the fact that' it was the native land Of the Siamese twins, and in a vague way we had heard that the people Of Siam worshiped white elephants.

After the Sepoy Rebellion in India, English civilization made its way through India, on to Burma, and opened the closely sealed ports Of Siam and Cochin China. We then began to learn something Of the Heart Of F...