- Author:
- Backus, Mary
- Publication Info:
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Philadelphia:
Presbyterian board of publication,
1884,
pg 234
Text on page 234
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SIAM AND LAOS.
ment of the spectators, and no doubt contributing to the fascinating power of the gambling-shop.
There are many such establishments down the river, and probably many hundred in Bangkok,
SIAMESE ACTRESS.
which are licensed by government. They afford no small amount of revenue, but they are, single-handed, undermining the pillars of this kingdom. Three days in the year the people are allowed to gamble as they please.
