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JOURNAL . OFTHE SIAM SOCIETY JANUARY 1977 volume s part 5 1 THE SIAM SOCIETY PATRON His Majesty the King VICE-PATRONS Her Majesty the Queen Her Majesty Queen Rambai Barni Her Royal Highness the Princess of Songkb a HON. VICE-PRESIDENT Mr. Alexander B. Griswold COUNCIL OF THE SIAl\'1 SOCIETY FOR 1976-1977 Prof. Chitti Tingsabadh Senior Vice-President H.S.H. Prince Subhadradis Diskul Vice-President M.R. Patanachai Jayant Vice-President and Honorary Treas er M.R. Pimsai Amranand Honorary Secretary Mr. Kim Atkinson Honorary Editor, Journal of the Siam Society M.R. Cbakarot Chitrabong Honorary Librarian Dr. Tern Smitinand Leader, Natural History Sec-io Mrs. Katherine Buri Dr. Cbetana Nagavajara H.E. Mr. F.B. Howitz Mr. William Klausner M.L. Manich Jumsai Mr. Frances Martin Mrs. Nisa Sheanakul Dr. Pensak Cbangsuchinda Howitz Mr. Prasit Buri Mr. Dacre Raikes Mrs. Edwin F. Stanton Mr. Perry J. Stieglitz Mr. Sulak Sivaraksa Mr. Vichai Tantrativud JOURNAL , OFTHE SIAM SOCIETY JANUARY 1977 volume s part 5 1 © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE SIAM SOCIETY 1977 jOURNAL OF THE SIAM SOCIETY CONTENTS OF VOLUME 65 PART 1 JANUARY 1977 Page Articles Michael Vickery The 2/k 125 Fragment: A lost chronicle of Ayutthaya Sarasin Viraphol Law in traditional Siam and China: A comparative study 81 A.B. Griswold & Epigraphic and Historical Studies No. 17: Prasert ':Ia Nagara The 'Judgments of King Man Ray' 137 Michael M. Calavan Socio-economic variation, expenditure patterns, and economtc strategies in a northern Thai village 161 H.E. Kauffmann Some social and religious institutions of the Lawa (northweste!O Thailand): Part II 181 Anthony R. Walker "A- Ia" mi.., shi- jaw ne" cai.., ve:" A Lahu Nyi ('Red Lahu') rite to propitiate the Rainbow Spirit 227 Donn Bayard A novel pottery manufacturing technique in western Loei Province, Thailand 239 C. Nelson Spinks Some unusual Thai and Chinese uses of ceramics 247 Hans Penth Reflections on the Saddhamma-Sailgaha 259 Notes M.C. Chand Chirayu Rajani Remarks on "The Lion Prince" 281 C. Nelson Spinks Sawankhalok globular jars: The first Siamese celadon ware to reach England, and other notable pieces 292 ReviEW Article M.C. Chand Chirayu Rajani On translating Thai poetry 293 Geoffrey de Graff Appendix Page Reviews M.C. Subhadradis Diskul The Heritage of Thai Sculpture, Jean Boisselier, with commentaries by Jean-Michel Beurdeley, photography by Hans Hinz 365 C. Nelson Spinks Southeast Asian Ceramics, Ninth through Seventeenth Centuries, Dean F. Frasche 376 Nicholas Tarling Siam's Political Future: Documents from the End of the Absolute Monarchy, Benjamin A. Batson, comp. & ed. 379 Benjamin A. Batson (w.n. wr:ib/5-wct~ct) [The Plans of King Prajadhipok to Introduce a Democratic System in Siam, 1926-1932], Sonthi Tecbanan, ed. 382 Benjamin A. Batson Modern Thai Politics: From Village to Nation, Clark D. Neher, ed. 386 Hans E. Kauffmann The Religion of the Hmong Njua, Nus it Chindarsi 390 Mario D. Zamora The Golden Peninsula: Culture and Adaptation in Mainland Southeast Asia, Charles F. Keyes 393 Vv'illiam Warren Gardening in Bangkok, M.R. Pimsai Amranand, ill. by M. R. Smansnid Svasti; 2nd ed. 395 Obituary Sanya Dharmasakti A tribute to Chao Pbraya Sri Dharmadbibcs 397 • .~..· ~1 .f. 'I t ·! JOURNAL . OFTHE SIAM SOCIETY JANUARY 1977 volume s part 5 1 THE SIAM SOCIETY PATRON His Majesty the King VICE-PATRONS Her Majesty the Queen Her Majesty Queen Rambai Barni Her Royal Highness the Princess of Songkb a HON. VICE-PRESIDENT Mr. Alexander B. Griswold COUNCIL OF THE SIAl\'1 SOCIETY FOR 1976-1977 Prof. Chitti Tingsabadh Senior Vice-President H.S.H. Prince Subhadradis Diskul Vice-President M.R. Patanachai Jayant Vice-President and Honorary Treas er M.R. Pimsai Amranand Honorary Secretary Mr. Kim Atkinson Honorary Editor, Journal of the Siam Society M.R. Cbakarot Chitrabong Honorary Librarian Dr. Tern Smitinand Leader, Natural History Sec-io Mrs. Katherine Buri Dr. Cbetana Nagavajara H.E. Mr. F.B. Howitz Mr. William Klausner M.L. Manich Jumsai Mr. Frances Martin Mrs. Nisa Sheanakul Dr. Pensak Cbangsuchinda Howitz Mr. Prasit Buri Mr. Dacre Raikes Mrs. Edwin F. Stanton Mr. Perry J. Stieglitz Mr. Sulak Sivaraksa Mr. Vichai Tantrativud JOURNAL , OFTHE SIAM SOCIETY JANUARY 1977 volume s part 5 1 © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE SIAM SOCIETY 1977