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Show PAPERMAKIN IN STIA 1 in strange grass huts and in humble dirt-floored nativ houses, but I had not before breakfasted in the ticketoffice ofa village railway station The train bound for Bangkok was finally ready an with regret I left the town of Bukit Mertajam. Not onl had the station-master been most considerate, but as th day grew older, I had been treated with kindness and respect by the Chinesc of the village, who invited me t attend a funeral where I once again saw the ceremonia rite of burning éspirit-paper," and increased my alread strong interest in this ancient custom. In Bukit Mertajam I added materially to my accumulation of «spiritmoney," a collection of this wierd and ghostly paper tha was destined to assume large proportions before it final ly reached America After stops in the towns of Sungei Patani and Alo Star, both in the state of Kedah, the narrow-gauge train late in the afternoon, reached Padang Besar on the borde of Siam. Here the Malay train crew gave way to dappe little men of Siamese nationality;I rather imagined th Siamese more efficient and courteous, but in spite of th seeming gain in efficiency, the engine, when nearing th village of Muang Lung, some five hundred miles sout of Bangkok, took one last breath and doggedly refuse to go further. This unfortunate occurance necessitate adelay of several hours, as locomotives are not plentifu Digital image 2004 Marriott Library, University of Utah. All ights reserved |
