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Updated: May 26, 2025
"Thou, u klong, with whose assistance according to our religion and our custom, a man when he is born into the world is named hear and judge. The fermented rice is then invoked as follows: "Thou yeast, thou charcoal, thou rice of the plough, thou rice of the yoke, thou, too, hear and judge. If he speaks falsely, eat off his tongue, eat away his mouth." The arrow is lastly invoked as follows:
The sacred books used in the temples are of palm-leaf, similar in style to those seen in Burma; a large number of women are employed in a factory for their manufacture, while many men are also there for the purpose of engraving characters on the palm-leaf with a set of special implements. We made a detour into the Klong Canal, which led out of the river some miles from our starting-point.
No instances of trial of cases by such ordeals have come to notice of late years. Yule, referring to water ordeals, says: "I have been told that it was lawful to use the services of practised attorneys in this mode of trial; so that long-winded lawyers have as decided a preference in these regions as they have elsewhere." Ordeal by U Klong, or by U Klong U Khnam, in the Wár Country.
The most considerable of the many canals by which communication is maintained with all parts of the country is Klong Yai, the Great Canal, supposed to have been begun in the reign of Phya Tak. It is nearly a hundred cubits deep, twenty Siamese fathoms broad, and forty miles long.
The latter, before returning it to him, invokes the goddess as follows: Thou goddess of the State, thou goddess of the place, who preservest the village, who preservest the State, come down and judge. Hear, oh, goddess, thou who judgest." U klong is next invoked as follows:
"Thou piercing and lacerating arrow, as thou hast been ordained by the goddess, who creates man, who appoints man to occupy a pre-eminent place in war and in controversy, do thou hear and judge. The man then takes u klong or, u klong u khnam, and holds it on his head, and while in that posture utters the same invocation.
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