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point of it. By others it is thought to point out the golden ship. The 
sacred vase was, as before noticed, carried in Egyptian processions. It was 
in form of a pap-boat, and contained the milk of the Dea Multimamma. 
No. 5. 
Talapat nang. ‘The Siamese Tarapat bai tan, or Talapat. This is the fan 
which Siamese priests carry about instead of an umbrella, to protect them 
from the sun, and drive off insects. From the Siamese name implying that 
it is made of the leaf of the Tala palm, or Tanot, has arisen the absurd 
appellation of Talapoins, bestowed on the Buddhist priests of Siam by 
Europeans. 
No. 6. 
Passato. In Siamese Prasat. The ritual or formula before referred to 
reads thus: ‘* Here is the palace in form of a square, with every exquisite 
embellishment, and surmounted by spiral roofs.” 
The Siamese say it ought to have seven stories; perhaps the drawing is 
incorrect in this instance. 
The king of Siam affects the number of seven stories in the construction 
of his palace; but these are not directly above each other; they rather 
recede from each other, arising as they retreat ; and the roof of each projects 
over the one immediately preceding it. Thus writes La Loubére: “ They 
all join to one another, and the whole is from end to end on aline; a lower 
roof seems to come out from a higher roof, and the highest to bear on the 
lowest, like the front bow of one saddle resting upon the hinder bow of 
another.” The entrances to the Ddgun pagoda, at Rangoon, are good 
examples of this. 
The Passato seems to allude to the palace of Inpra. 
No. 7. 
The Taubai lakchai of the Siamese, or the royal standard, is another 
emblem on the Phrabat; and is typical of the seven stages, by some Budd- 
hist sects ascribed to Mount Meru. 
No. 8. 
Tré and Sang. ‘These are trumpets, by which kings of old were wont 
to be announced; and which practice still obtains in India, China, and 
other Asiatic states. Inpra descends occasionally, according to Indian 
lore, attended by millions of Devas blowing trumpets. 
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