內容摘要說明:A very hot morning. H.B.M.Consul.'Mr. Holland came for me to go with Dr. Rennie and him Tneading fire to Mrs. Jamiesons about setting property etc. here belonging to her husband…At noon I went alone to the Hos. ' then Kan-a and myself took a boat for Bang-kah' but the tide was against us' so we ran in to Chiu-nih…Five boys there recited very well' after extracting teeth in the market. I went ahead and arriving about half way to Bang-kah. I observed 2 (two) idols carried in chairs each chair had 4(four) coolies' who were greatly excited and kept the chair swinging from side to side so that the idols rocked inside to their hearts content' a heap of paper(mock-money) 4 (four)ft. was piled near by…Old women were hurrying through mud and water to take part…Gongs sounded the heap kindled chairs rushed Sin-tiam Madly through the blazing pile and tottering women dragged screaming grand children over the burning embers etc. We moved on and got to Bang-kah late enough…