CHAPTER X. 



King of 8iam — Johore and the Maharajah's Plantations — China 

 — Hong-Kong and the Peak — Chinese Repast — Canton — A 

 Chinese Family — Exposing Ineants — Hospitals for the Sick 

 AND THE Dead — Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taouism — 

 Temples — Life on Land and on Water — Voyage to Japan. 



The steamer which had brought me from Samarang 

 now took me back to Singapore, where I arrived just 

 in time to witness the official landing and reception 

 given to the young King of Siam, who had arrived 

 here in his steam yacht. A good deal of fuss was 

 made about him : the usual scarlet cloth on landing, 

 the whole garrison turned out to present arms, officers 



