Show A pageant in siam biam thu tho rice lice crop tins this year la Is a beautiful ell one e nua and the people are over it tile second king camo came in ia from tho the country a atry on sabbath morning ia oraina lie hj had been a out oat ou on his bis holds fields threshing his rice noo returning liu he arranged tor for t thu he yearly that is ia made mada tit at he close of the tha harvest har rost the riia first song gou had rung mug tor for our religious reli giona service just as tho the procession reached the ilia lower cOmpol tho ibo noise of bells ou on the elephants nad and the chanting of the riders together with the music arado by the kings bund band male biajo it necessary for us ua to delay tile the ringing of mae see ond gal I 1 song gong until after the tha procession had passed pas be d I 1 had bad not cot Bapp suppo OBed ool ik was VIM to bo BO great an all affair hiir A Alargon large number umber of elephants hail had passed before I 1 began to count bat I 1 coun councel conat fJ tel one oco hundred and too tea us as they passed along ono one by one I 1 was waa told theta was one hundred and strenty in ull all in the procession one of the tallest wore mappings tap pings of tho the brightest silver the iba contained kics tics all these were decorated with green branches tile the recession procession was in honor ol of the tha guard guardian aa spirits that preside ever tile rice noe crop those that could caul I 1 eoa ilia in ia its whole length it the moat meet impost a g one ill hat at lil flail punned hamod forbear for yeara year rev be 1 wilton wilson ot of siam biam in th tho foreign missionary |