The Boy Travellers in the Far East

PART SECOND

ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY

TO

SIAM AND JAVA

WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF COCHIN-CHINA, CAMBODIA, SUMATRA AND THE MALAYARCHIPELAGO

BY

THOMAS W. KNOX

AUTHOR OF "CAMP-FIRE AND COTTON-FIELD" "OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA""UNDERGROUND" "JOHN" ETC.

Illustrated

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

1882

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

PREFACE

The favorable reception accorded to "The Boy Travellers in Japan andChina" has led to the preparation of the present book.

Frank and Fred have continued their journey under the guidance of DoctorBronson, and the plan of their travels and observation is identical withthe one they followed through the Celestial Empire and the Land of theMikado. The incidents in the narrative were mainly the experiences ofthe author at a recent date; and the descriptions of countries, cities,temples, people, manners, and customs are nearly all from his personalobservations and notes. He has endeavored to give a faithful account ofSiam, Java, and the adjacent countries as they appear to-day, and truststhat the only fiction of the book is in the names of the individuals whotell the story.

In a few instances the narrative has been slightly interrupted, in orderto introduce matters of general interest to young readers. The detailsof the progress of naval architecture and the accounts of submarineoperations, together with the wonderful adventures of Marco Polo, may beclassed as digressions. It is hoped they will meet the same welcome thatwas accorded to the episode of a whaling voyage in the first record ofthe travels of Frank and Fred.

The publishers have kindly allowed the use of some illustrations thathave already appeared in their publications relative to the Far East, inaddition to those specially prepared for this volume. The author hasconsulted the works of previous travellers in the East to supplement hisown information, and to some of them he is under obligations. Especiallyis he indebted to Mr. Frank Vincent, Jr., author of that excellent andwell-known book, "The Land of the White Elephant," not only for detailsrespecting Cambodia and adjacent regions, but for some of the admirableengravings that adorn his volume. Other authorities are credited withthe text of their work or in foot-notes to the pages where quotationsare made.

The author is not aware that any book describing Siam, Java, CochinChina, Cambodia, and the Malay Archipelago, and especially addressed tothe young, has yet appeared. Consequently he hopes that this volume willmeet with as warm a welcome as was given to "The Boy Travellers in Japanand China," by adult as well as juvenile members of many familiesthroughout the United States.

T. W. K.

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