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extraordinary demands in war or famine. Hollow perforated bamboos are 

 placed at intervals in a vertical position throughout the granaries to pre- 

 vent the grain from heating. It is sold when about three years old, and 

 its place supplied with fresh grain. 



PJira Raho, (0 the great dragon. PJira Chettee, (") a pagoda. 



Lo-ANGS OR Lo-UNGS OF 2000 FlELDS. 



Officers of this rank are very numerous — and to state them all would 

 be tiresome, even if it were possible, with our present information. 



The following have at different periods sat on the bench* of judges. 

 Lo-ung yama p,Iiakkaat{^} — Lg. TJiepJia Ilachada{*) — Lg. T,ham7nasat{^) 

 — hg. Racha th,ada'^^) — Lg. Att,haya(J) — Lg. Yaprakaati^) — Lg.K,hoon 

 raat phaneet chaii^) — Lg. Malm T,hepsai(^°) and Lg. Malm Montree (") are 

 ministers respectively of the left and right hand. The Siamese, always, in 

 conversation and in writing, place the least important object or subject first, 

 and they are extremely fond of recapitulations. But they do not seem to 

 cavil as the natives of Hindostan do about the rights supposed to belong 

 to either. Lo-ung Wang is a kind of governor of the palace. 



Lq-. P.lieno- — Is a registrar and clerk to a court. He reads the sen- 

 tence of a judge. 



The following Lo-angs are under the PJireea Kampjieng or governor 

 of the Fort, Lo-ung-narereet. Q-) 



Lg. naree det. (") Lg. naree seel. (^*) 



Lg. naree sak. (^^) Lg. song hat. (^^) 



The Lg. sawat (") and Lg. TJmngso are under the master attendant. 



* Kot phra Ayakann Digest. 



(') P. Para rdhu. (') P. Para cheti. (^) P. Yamapakdsa. (*) P. Devarajata, 

 f) P. Dhamma Sachcha. {^) P. Rdjaddtd. (') P. Adayd. (^) P. pahdsa, 



(") P. Gunaratana wdnijjaya. ("') P. Blahddibhdsaya. (") P. Mahdmantim. 



('^) P. Nareriddhi. P. Nareteja. (") P. Nareseftha P. Naresakka. 



(") P. Sampatti. (") P. Suvatthi. 



