Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are
able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the
public for several reasons. That's quite a pity while these books contains
useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor
accessible.
P. 618: “A sudden bend in the river brought us in sight of the dry-docks of
Siam, where, at the time, one or two stately, square-rigged ships, built
strictly upon English model, and under English supervision, were undergoing
repairs.”
Source
William Tait’s Edingburgh magazine. January-December 1858, Vol. 25.
