446 ON SIAMESE PRODUCTS. 



16. Travelling-bag of an opulent person, gold thread running through 

 the manufacture. 17. Ditto for common use. 



Head Cushions. — 18. Of a superior person ; 19. For a lady of distinction ; 

 20. As commonly in use. 



21. Cotton thread, coloured with native dyes (from Tavoy). 



22. Spindle usually employed for spinning cotton. 



23. Fauteuils made of teak-wood, showing specimens of Siamese carving. 



24. A collection of walking-sticks made of different woods and palms. 



25. A drum ornamented in mosaic, the drum-head made of snake skin. 



Produce and Articles of Trade. 



26. Samples of paper, made from the bark of a tree, and generally em- 

 ployed in Siam and Lao to write upon. 



27. Cutlasses manufactured from native iron ore, by the Lao and Lovas 

 tribes. 



28. Knife-cutlass, with handle made from the root of a tree. 



29. Thua dam — black beans. 



30. Ditto. Introduced from China, but now cultivated in Siam. 



31. Thua Kiau— Peas. 



32. Thua Thong, ditto. 



33. Makham — Tamarinds. 



34. Luk Cowfai — Indian Water Caltrops. 



35. Thua Lazong — Earth-nuts. 



36. Nam tan tamit ; Nam tan mo ; Palm Sugar. 



37. Luk Buah — Seeds of the water-lily, or sacred bean (Nelumhiun 

 speciosum) ; used for preparing a kind of fiour, and likewise, when boded, 

 eaten like chesnuts. The flowers when not yet opened, are used in curries. 



38. Kaison Buah — the filaments and stamens of the water-lily, used in 

 curries. The root, or more properly speaking, the creeping stem, is used 

 for food in. China. 



39. Nomai, stamens of the flowers of a Dipteraceee, used in curries. 



40. Munnack, used as a stomachic. 



41. Phutza pen, circular cakes eaten with curry. 



42. Thua-rat — white beans. 



43. Kravan — true Cardamoms. 



44. Luk Rheu — Bastard Cardamoms. Both species of Cardamoms form 

 not only an article of export, principally to China, but are likewise used 

 for culinary purposes, and as a stomachic. The seeds of the Luk Rheu are 

 of less strength and value than the Kravan. Infusions of its seeds are used 

 in headache. 



45. Manglack. Basil seeds (Ocymum). The seeds being placed in water, 

 swell up to a large size, and form a mucilage like the Bungtalai seeds, 

 which mixed with cocoa-nut water and sugar, makes a refreshing beverage. 



46. Kamyan. Gum Benjamin (Benzoin), is placed in hot-water, and 

 when cooled used as a drink for inward pains. It is likewise employed in 

 rheumatic pains. A pan having been filled with hot coals, the gum is 



