VOLUME LIV PART 1 January 1966 THE JOURNAL OF THE SIAM SOCIETY (JS S) BANGKOK 2509 THl<: SIAM SOCUtTY P.\.ct•uo::s His Majesty the Kiug vxcu:-I•A'I'HONH Her Majesty the Queen Her Mnjcsty Queen Rnmbai Barni Her Royal Highness the Princess of Songkhla no:-<. t•lm~u)J!:N'!' His Majesty Kmg Frederik IX of Denmark CO'UNCJJ, OJ•' 'I'HJ'! SI.\:O.l !0\0f~ll'c'l'\' l•'OH HHH: Honorary President lUI. Princt~ Dhaninivat, Kromamun Hidyalabh 1. lUI. Prince Prem Purachatra President 2. H.S.H. Prince Ajavadis Diskul Senior Vice-President 3. H.E. Monsieur Ebbe Munck Vice-Pre~ident and Hcmornry Editor of the Natural History Bulletin 4. Lt. General Phya S:.tlvidhan Nidhes Vice-President m;d Leader of the Nntural History Section 5. Luang Tha.vil Sethpanijkarn Honorary Secretary 6. Mr. V.F. Hemmingsen Honorury Treasurer 7. Dr. L. Sternstein Honorary Editor of the Journal 8 Mr. Sanya Dharmasakti Leader of Travel Sectimt 9. H.S.H. Prince Subhadrndis Diskul Chairman of the E:tchtulge Committee 10. Phya Anuman Rajadhon ll. H.S.H. Prince Piyanmgsit Rangsit 12. H.H. Prince Sukbuma Puributra. 13. Mr. Ariyant Manjikul 14. Mr. Graham Lucas 15. Mr. Kraisri Nimmanahaeminda 16. Professor Dr. Prasert na Nagara 17. Professor Ouay Ketusinh M.D. Mr. J.J. Boelcs Hon. Librarian & l)irector of Sbtm Society Research Centre liONOHAHY !\tl~MHJ~H:<; Jnn:x•; !\H~:vnn:u!!:l 1. Professor G. Coedes 1. Reverend Father Eugene BQber 2. Dr. Reginald S. lc May 2. Cha Reng Nganradrud 3; Professor Giuseppe Tucci 3. Mr. H.G. Deignan 4. Reverend Brother Hilaire C:OlUU~Sl'ONDXNG MI~MBEn:S I. Miss Mary Anglemeyer 8. Professor Gordon H. tuce 2. Professor P. V. Bapat 9. Mr. W. Nunn 3. Mr. J. Black, F.R.G.S. 10. Mr. Cecil L. Sanford) Jr. 4. Mr. Rolland H. Bushner 11. Mr. H.E. Monsieur Gunnar Seidenfaden 5. Mr. W.A.M. Doll 12. Edwh1 F. Stanton 6. Dr. Joseph S~ Gould 13. Mr. Jorgcu Halm 7. Professor Robert Lingat 14. Professor S.K. Cbatterji. VOLUME LIV PART 1 January 1966 THE JOURNAL OF THE SIAM SOCIETY (JS S) BANGKOK 2509 The ]manal of the Siam Sociel.lf Contents of rrolume LIV Part 1 .!anuary 1966 At·ticles Page Seed Sangvichien A Preliminary RejJort on Non-Metrical C'haracteristics ~f Neolithic Skeletons Found at Ban Kao, Kanchanaburi 1 Joseph Minattur Malaya: What's in the Narne ? 19 William L. Bradley Prince Mongkut and jesse Caswell 29 S.J. O'Connor An El?amukhaliizga from Peninsular Siam 43 Larry Sternstein Banglwk at the Turn of the Century; Mrmgkut and Chulalonglwm Entertain the W list 55 Book R(!1•iews Larry Sternstein Aycr, Margaret, Made in Thailand, the Story of a Country's Arts and Crafts 73 Du Bois, Cora, Social Forces in ,Southeast Asia 74 Purcell, V., South and East Asia Since 1800 81 Recent Siamese Publications : D. 338. Samantapasadika 8 3 339. Samantapasadillii 84 340. Sammohavinodani 85 341. Royal Interragations 85 342. Ytipo, Dh. : Dharmacakra 89 343. Wat St·akes, Its History with an appendix on the Kapilavastu Relics 90 344. Amarabhirakkhit, the Ven. Pra : Pubbasikkhavamzana 91 345. Sukhabanij, K.: The Initial Stt1ps of Thai journalism 91 Accessio11s to tlte Siam Society's LihrarJI 93 .