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EDUCATION', 
as liis situation in life will admit, for the acquirement of useful know¬ 
ledge, arts and science; he must settle him in marriage; the same 
yules respect a daughter as well as a son, so far as the sex will admit; 
the child must assist the parents in their worldly business, relieve 
them in old age from the cares and toils of life, and follow them with 
solicitude under every vicissitude of fortune, attending to their in¬ 
structions ; and when they die, the son, or, if no son survives, the 
next male relative must punctually perform all the enjoined and cus¬ 
tomary obsequies. 
Next to these duties are those reciprocally binding on teacher and 
pupil. On the teacher devolves the imperative one of instructing 
his pupil in all the knowledge tuhich he is himself possessed of; also 
that of introducing him to the society of wise and good men. He 
must also find means of having his pupil instructed in those branches 
of knowledge wherein he is himself deficient; he must anxiously 
watch over his progress, and prevent him from gaining only a su¬ 
perficial acquaintance with subjects. 
The pupil must be regular in his attendance on his teacher, and, if 
required, act as his servant. He must treat him with respect and 
deference, and he will present the customary presents of clothes and 
goods, 
EDUCATION. 
The systems of education prevailing amongst the nations who arc 
worshippers of Booddha are nearly alike. 
The Siamese sometimes begin to instruct their children at a very 
aarly age, but generally at that of seven years. 
It may be computed that one half of the male population is in¬ 
structed in reading and writing. 
The first lesson which is inculcated is respect towards parents, the 
ruling authorities, and the aged. Amongst equals the eldest re¬ 
ceives precedence. Consequent on the state of society at large, and 
the patriarchal rules by which its members are privately regulated, 
their language contains every variety of expression suited to the in¬ 
tercourse of the gradations of rank. Misapplications of these forms of 
