portion of the Colony thmi like the pc-tty and jiiis^^ovt;iuod Mttluy Stales 
they were before. 
^raiiy historical details t'lmt'i'irimg the I't'iiinsula in the Tcceiit 
TimeH since chc advent of ICuropcaii^. u ill Ik: found in tlic Outline History 
at the emi of this vohnne. 
CHAPTER IIT. 
NORTHERN (SIAMESE) DIVISION OF THE PENINSULA. 
The Siamese, /jr Thai as they call themselves, have, for some 
centuries, been connected with the North of the Peninsula; 
first apparently as settlers, and subsequentlvi down to quite 
recent times, as conquerors. Since the decline of the Pegu 
power, they have claimed the suzerainty over the littoral of 
the narrow portion of the PeninsuUi North of 7° of North 
Latitude, which is approximately the southern limit of their 
race ; and they exercise a less defined Supremacy over Kedah 
nn the West, and the Malay States on the East between 
Senggora and Pahang (4^^ North). 
The non-Malayan Siamese provinces to the South of the 
Isthmus of Kra are, successively : — 
On the versant of the Bay of Bengal — Renong, Takuapah 
or Kopah with Takuatung, Panggua, Puket or Junk Ceylon 
(Ujong Salang), and Trang. The island of Junk Ceylon 
comprises two administrative divisions— that of Talang and 
that of Tongka. 
On the versant of the Gulf of Siam, and extending from 
North to South, there are the provinces of Chumpon, Lang- 
