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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



phants. The table is made of wood, the stools are of bamboo, and the 

 jars are of copper, or cocoanut, or calabash. The inventive spirit of 

 the people has been particularly exercised on the bed. While he is 

 satisfied with a few rough-dressed planks for a bedstead, the Cambo- 

 dian has received from his fathers and still displays great skill in 



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Cambodian Arms. 1, hand-spear ; 2. sword ; 3, 4. 5. 6, 9, white arms of different forms ; 7, javelin ; 



8, trideut; 1 . poignard. 



making his mat and his mattress. The mat is an ordinary mat with 

 tightly twisted tufts of cotton on the under side. The art of making 

 these tufts is a special one, peculiar to the Khmer people. The mat 

 is a valuable article in a country where journeys are often taken, for 





