| Show boats in siana tho boat life of siam includes almost all life business and pleasure health and happiness all center in the river or its branches A boat and a are almost as natural and indispensable possessions to siamese as his arms or legs he has no notion of traveling any distance except by boat and the idea of living in a place inaccessible by water generally strikes him as absurd tareo weeks to come down stream with a full cargo week to dispose of it and indulge in the gaieties gayeties gaye ties of the capital four or five months to get back with tho emptied boat and the rest of the year for farm work at ho is the pro gramme for manya siamese family as contentedly and placidly as tho philosopher |
