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There is a river, the Me-kong, or one of its branches, and the town the real native Cholen consists of a very large collection of river-dwellings, little, if at all, superior to those which we passed in coming up. I spent an hour among them, and I never saw any house whose area could be more than twelve feet square, while many were certainly not more than seven feet by six.
These small rooms with thatched roofs and gridiron floors, raised on posts six or eight feet above the stream, are reached from the shore by a path a foot wide, consisting of planks tied on to posts. The river-dwellings, I must add, are tied together with palm fibre rope. One of average size can be put together for eleven shillings.
A Cochin China River The Ambition of Saigon A French Colonial Metropolis European Life in Saigon-A Cochin-Chinese Village "Afternoon Tea" in Choquan Anamese Children Anamite Costume Anamite River-Dwellings An Amphibious Population An Unsuccessful Colony "With the Big Toe" Three Persecuting Kings Saigon S.S. "SINDH," CHINA SEA, January.
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