78 NOTES ON THE SIAMESE PROVINCES OF KOOWI, &C. 



pound of rice for 2\ cents and his pound of fish at the same 

 rate, he will wait a long time ere he will sweat himself to 

 uncover their wealth. Besides the struggle of the native of 

 these provinces is not for bread, it is for health, the high 

 mortality leaving those that survive room enough and to 

 spare to make an ample living. 



