An Historical Account of the Siamese Twin Brothers, From Actual Observations (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Historical Account of the Siamese Twin Brothers, From Actual ObservationsThe kingdom of Siam, from whence these interesting youths were brought, is situated between the Chinese and Burmese empires, and is tributary to the former. Bankok, the capital city of the empire, is in latitude 130 N. And longitude 101° E., on the river Minam. About 40 miles from its mouth. Many of the houses, which are of bamboo, are built upon rafts, and moored in the river in such situa tions as suit the convenience of the occupiers. There are houses, belonging to the higher classes of people, on shore built of brick, and painted white, that of the King is en closed within walls about two miles in circumference, his household consists of about three thousand individuals, of whom seven hundred are his wives. The person of the King is considered so sacred, that when he leaves the pre cincts of the palace, (about twice a year, ) the streets are cleared of people, the doors and windows of all buildings closed, and any person found guilty of looking at his most excellent Majesty, is punished with immediate death.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.