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Excerpt from Twentieth Century Impressions of Siam: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources; With Which Is Incorporated an Abridged Edition of Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya He leaves his bed to ood and feed the plain; As the frore Nile he doth his freshets boast; His peoples hold the fond belief and vain, That pains and glories after death are 'signed To brutes and soulless beasts of basest kind. Linschoten, a Portuguese writer who resided at Goa at the close of the sixteenth century. Gives an exhaustive account of the Siam trade between Ayuthia and Tenasserim. He de scribes the Siamese as in forme, manner, and visage, much like the inhabitants of China. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."