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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

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  1 
  1 
  !•; 
  

  

  SECOND 
  TEMPLE 
  OP 
  IMPORTANCE 
  

  

  INTERIOR 
  0? 
  WAT 
  PHRA 
  SING, 
  TH 
  

  

  IN 
  CTHENCMAI 
  (SEE 
  TEXT, 
  PAGE 
  249) 
  

   Unlike 
  the 
  famous 
  cathedrals 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  World 
  whose 
  beauty 
  is 
  only 
  mellowed 
  by 
  

   the 
  centuries, 
  the 
  temples 
  of 
  Siam 
  soon 
  fall 
  into 
  decay, 
  

   hundred 
  years 
  ago, 
  but 
  its 
  entrance 
  is 
  so 
  dilapidated 
  that 
  entrance 
  to 
  it 
  

  

  This 
  structure 
  was 
  built 
  only 
  a 
  

   is 
  prohibited. 
  

  

  