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Excerpt from Journal of a Nine Months' Residence in Siam
Tuesday, oth. Was disturbed this morning at six, by a boy coming in to perform his devo tions at the idol shrine; he made nine prostra tions, and was accompanied by the loud ring ing of a gong. This person seems not only to be high priest on board, but also sustains the several offices of barber and cabin boy. After breakfast we assembled for morning worship in the cabin. Our two Chinese attendants felt rather ashamed at first on being thus ex posed to the gaze of their countrymen while worshipping the God of heaven.
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