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and one broad, which is wound round 
the hips, the slack then rolled up and 
passed between the legs and hitched up 
behind. It gives the appearance of a 
pair of loose knickerbockers. The men 
wear a white or colored coat of European 
cut, and the women a jacket or blouse. 
Though Siam is "The Land of the 
White Elephant," that animal was not 
at all in evidence in the various parades, 
though he is quite numerous in the upper 
or hill country, where he is used as a 
beast of burden. The only elephants in 
Bangkok were the five sacred white ones 
stabled inside the palace grounds, and 
they were not white — at least not to the 
casual observer — though when attention 
was called to it they had a sort of moth- 
eaten appearance around the head and 
ears, which was a lighter gray than the 
body, and they were reported to have 
some white hairs on back and tail. But 
they are not amiable, so were not closely 
inspected by me. 
Practically all the royal family and 
many of the upper class are educated in 
Europe. All speak English perfectly,, 
and many in addition French, German, 
and Russian. 
A more courteous or charming people 
I have seldom met. Never having been 
a subject race, they have not that per- 
ceptible cringe observed in some Oriental 
people where the white man has been, or 
is, the dominant power. Their native 
name, "Thai," signifies "the free." 
outune: map showing field of work of thf pfruvian ExPFDiTioN OF 1912, 
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF YALE UNIVERSITY AND THE NATIONAL 
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (SEE PAGES 4I 7-422) 
