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Title: The kingdom of Siam..
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Carter, A. C. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: N.Y. and Lond
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ess of the peninsula. TheBandon (Menam Luang), Patani, andKelantan rivers are the largest on the east coast;while the Takuapa, Trang, Merboh, and Muda arethe largest on the west. All these rivers have barsat their mouths and are consequently entered withdifficulty by ships of anything but light draft; thereis, however, in most cases deep water in the riversthemselves. The rivers at Renong, Takuapa, and Panga, onthe west coast, are very badly silted up by tailingsfrom the tin mines worked in the hills. From the north down to the southern limits of Singora and Trang, the indigenous population is Siamese; south of that it is Malay. Inhabitants. -r/t i i 1 here are, of course, many Malays northof this line, and Siamese south of it, and also a cer-tain amount of a mixed breed; but this is the mainethnological division. Besides these two settledraces, there are the Negritos, who are found verysparsely inhabiting the jungle-covered mountains ofLakon and all the country south of it. These Ne-
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A General Description of Siam 59 gritos probably represent the aboriginal population.They are in an extremely low state of culture, hold-ing aloof from the settled populations, living on wildfruits and roots, and wild game which they pursuewith poisoned arrows shot from a blowpipe. Thesewild tribes are stated to be of Melanesian stock, andare probably related to the so-called Mincopiesof the Andaman Islands, and the Aetas of the Philip-pine Archipelago. The Siamese and Malays are gen-erally similar to the representatives of the same raceselsewhere, so that there is no need to describe themhere. Besides the three indigenous races abovementioned, there is a very large immigrant Chinesepopulation. The Chinese come chiefly from Amoy, and manyof them settle permanently in the country. InSingora especially a great part of the Chinese popu-lation has practically become indigenous. It is very difficult to make any reliable estimateof the numbers of the different races inhabiting theregion bei

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