SIAMESE COMMANDMENTS.


The moral precepts of the Siamese are comprised in the following Ten
Commandments:--

1. Do not slay animals.

2. Do not steal.

3. Do not commit adultery.

4. Do not tell lies nor backbite.

5. Do not drink wine.[4]

6. Do not eat after twelve o'clock.

7. Do not frequent plays or public spectacles, nor listen to music.

8. Do not use perfumes, nor wear flowers, or other personal ornaments.

9. Do not sleep or recline upon a couch that is above one cubit high.

10. Do not borrow, nor be in debt.

[4] The punishment for drinking wine is to have a stream of melted
copper poured down the throat; but wine is drunk, and all classes