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 this city. Mangoes and tamarinds are 40 plenty in this city. Whoever plants them has them secure to himself. 41 [Within] this city of Sŭkhothăi there is a gushing rock-spring of water as clear in color and as good to drink of 42 as is the water of the Khong in the dry season. Around this city of Sŭkhothăi [the circuit] 43 reaches to three thousand four hundred fathoms.

People in this city of Sŭkhothăi 44 are given to alms,

are given to observing the precepts, are given to making offerings. Prince Khŭn Ram Khămhæng, 45 lord of this realm of Sŭkhothăi, with the matrons and nobles of the city, their retinues of servants and maidens, 46 the gentry one and all, both male and female, 47 and the mass of common folk, have reverence for the teaching of Buddha. Every one of them keeps the precepts during 48 Wasa (Buddhist Lent). When Wasa is over, there are the offerings of Khăthĭn for a month before they 49 are ended. In these presentations there are all sorts of money, all sorts of fruits, 50 all sorts of flowers; there are cushions for sitting and cushions for reclining to accompany the yellow robes 51 offered year by year; and they take with them lan leaves to designate the recipients of the Khăthĭn, going even unto the 52 forest-monastery yonder. When they would return into the city, they stretch in line from the forest-monastery 53 yonder unto Huă Lan Dăm, making the air resound with the sound of timbrels and lutes, 54 the sound of carolling and singing. Whoever likes to sport, sports; whoever 55 likes to laugh, laughs; whoever likes to sing, sings.

This city 56 of Sŭkhothăi has four gates exceeding great.

The people throng and press each other fearfully there, when they 57 come in to see him (the Prince) burn candles, to see him play with fire within this city of Sŭkhothăi. 58 In the midst of this city of Sŭkhothăi there are temple-buildings, there are 59 bronze images of Buddha;—there is one eighteen cubits high. There are images of Buddha 60 that are great, there are images that are 61 beautiful. There are temples that are great, there are temples that are beautiful. There are reverend 62 teachers, there is. . . ., there are venerable monks; there is a Măhathen (Arch-priest). Toward sunset 63 from this city of Sŭkhothăi is a forest-monastery. Prince Khŭn Ram Khămhæng made of it 64 an