Excerpt from The Mission to Siam, and Hu???, the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 The Journal in its unfinished and rough state, with the whole of the valuable collections in na tural historyunade by Mr. Finlayson during the course of the Mission, having been deposited in the museum of the East India company, and by the liberal arrangements of the court of directors, laid open to the inspection of those ivho were interested in the subject, it is now published; with the permission of Dr. Somer ville, and in the ...
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Excerpt from The Mission to Siam, and Hu???, the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 The Journal in its unfinished and rough state, with the whole of the valuable collections in na tural historyunade by Mr. Finlayson during the course of the Mission, having been deposited in the museum of the East India company, and by the liberal arrangements of the court of directors, laid open to the inspection of those ivho were interested in the subject, it is now published; with the permission of Dr. Somer ville, and in the simplest form practicable, it being considered that such a work can have no better recommendation than the certainty of its genuineness and authenticity. It does not profess to afford any account of the ofiicial proceedings or conduct of the Mis sion, further than met the author's observation as a spectator in common with others who were present on the occasion; its object is to throw light on the country, and on the character, insti tnmm habits of the people generally. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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.
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