Travels In Siam, Cambodia And Laos 1858-1860 (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints)
(By Henri Mouhot)
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Apart from his sketches and observations of Angkor,other episodes in his journal remain long remembered. His description of monkeys teasing crocodiles in the jungles, his impressions of the Cambodian kings and their palaces, the way of life in the Thai province of Korat, the flooded rice plains near Ayutthaya, and the poignancy of the end of his diary when close to death --'Have pity on me, oh my god!' -- are the strongly evocative passages from the pen of a talented writer.
Mouhot's Travels remains a pleasure to read and its illustrations are among the finest to depict scenes from Indo-China exploration of any book in the nineteenth century. Henri Mouhot had the spirit of adventure and inquiry, and the work that was posthumously put together relating his travels in mainland South-East Asia remains a classic of its kind. It is republished in a complete, hardback edition for the first time since its original publication in 1864 and is introduced by Mivhael Smithies , well known for his own writings on Thailand.”
