Saigon and Cochin China Through a Western Traveler
A first person account describes Saigon as a French coastal capital of Cochin China with 40,000 people and a 2,090 French population. The writer notes French influence, canal networks, a modern harbor, and vivid tropical scenery, contrasting life with Annam and Cambodia and detailing people, attire, and daily commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
Philippines
Saigon
Java
Balgon
Cochin-China
Singapore
Hong Kong
India
Siam
Siba
China i
Anc
China
Hanoi
Songkai
Hea
Ieremelas
Gemeoral
Néopie
Amd
Hong-Kong
Hed - River
Yunnan
Lre
Flere
Emlrt
Justice
Observatory
Clrsry
Manddlarin’s College
Te Palics
Council of State
Herther
Pexin
Thi
Cambodia
Cochin Ching
Mekong
Saigon and Cholon Life as France Expands in Cochin China
The account describes bustling bazaar markets with dark faced vendors and money changers, and notes Chinese influence in shops and crafts. It surveys Cholon near Saigon, markets, streets, and a steam tramway, then discusses Cochin China as a rice granary with vast arable land and potential for French electric industry development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Bombay
Sahab
Cnlef
Saigon
Cholon
Ane
Twen‘en
Wewer
Canton
England
Germany
France
India
Cochin
China
Asia
Anam
Tonking
Cambodia
Paris in Throes of Spook Rules and Occult Revival
Paris stage lights a new occult current as Count MacGregor de Glenstrae hosts Egyptian ceremonies in salons while a citywide Hermetic school opens in the Latin Quarter. Parisian society, writers, and officials mingle with mystics, augurs, and seers in a tense clash of art, belief, and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lety
Smg
Sajon
de Glenstrae
Dimanches
MacGregor
Mathers
Mathers Menage
MacGregor-Mathers
Mathers- MacGregor
Mathera
le Comte MacGregor
de Gilenstrae
Wrnter
Paria
Iris
Egypt
Herodotus
England
Edison
Tesla
Jone
Ceitte
Bie
Masaiva
Neil
Dante
Goethe
Mac@regor
Learned Societies
Hotel Des Societes Bavanates
Latin Quarter
Euch
Oliver Wendel Holmes
Paracelsus
Parsee
Vienna
America
Lfe
France
Eigists
Victorien
Sardou
Augusta, Holmes
Victor
Hugo
Victor Hugo
de Rochas
Polytechnic School
Hig
Colonel de Rochas
Occultiem
Telens
Tetvieen
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Frank G Carpenter
Sammy South
Fiaigon
Posaesanus
Equator
Lamon
John Bull
Strait of Malacca
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Ohio
Laos
Europe
Tropics
Galgon
Mekong River
Chinese Empire
French Indo-China
China Sea
Mississippi
St. Louis
Nite
Cochin China
Ching Proper
Fegho
Hue
Fresich
Eshan
Bos
Cheaisis
Washington
Paret Hodgson
Rockrille
Rockrille, “Awee Sinerien,* Nus Ein Ai
Kimberlin
Ls Harpe
Ares Pa
Jefferson
Medical College
By Stephen Mackienna
Fersie
Andam
Orgine
Gene Bal
Poe
Royal Margfacturlig
Apt
Baltimore
J Kelley
St. ‘Atantg
Roosevelt
Henry Johnson
Iowa
Ron
Becake Os
Equitants Society
Broadway
New York
Brrhive
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