ARRANGEMENT OF THE SUBJECT 
Elements of Siamese Law, 
Digests. 
Property— 
In the Soil. 
After Conquest. 
Singular Custom, — PJionla- 
J t,hep. 
Omens. 
Agriculture, and traditions res¬ 
pecting it. 
Inheritance. 
Of Widows. 
Of Courtiers & Officers of Go¬ 
vernment. 
Of the Priesthood. 
Testamentary power. 
Exclusion from property. 
Adoption. 
Obsequies and superstitious belief. 
Gifts. 
Embassies. 
Marriage. 
Parental authority, and reciprocal 
obligations of different mem¬ 
bers of a family. 
Education. 
Slavery. 
Debts. 
Coins, Weights, and Measures. 
Interest of money. 
Pledges. 
Wages. 
Copartnership. 
Sales. 
Contracts. 
Secret compacts. 
Administration of Justice. 
Courts of Judicature. 
Justiciary Forms. 
Expcnees of process. 
PENAL CODE. 
Evidence. 
Judicial Oath. 
Specific crimes and their punish¬ 
ments. 
Murder. 
Manslaughter. 
Treatment of prisoners,—Prisons, 
Theft. 
Police. 
Adultery. 
Divorce and separation. 
Elopements. 
Slaughtering of animals. 
Self murder. 
Mode of procedure where wit¬ 
nesses are not procurable. 
Decision of a Judge. 
POWERS OF THE LETTERS EMPLOYED FOR NATIVE WORDS. 
u Short as in but, rut. 
a Broad a as in all. 
aa Short a (sound prolonged) as a in mark, arm &c. 
i as in meet, feed. 
(1) 6, (2) fe 1st as in fete, or a in fate —2d hard as in bet pet met. 
u the French u, short and long. 
ft as in foot and moody. 
ai as y in my, cry &c. 
au as ow in sow, now. 
k,h aspirate. 
t,h never as t,h in thing. The letters are pronounced distinctly, and 
separately. 
The want of several accented and compound letters used by the autho r , 
has compelled us to modify his orthographic system considerably. —Ed. 
