A WATER TEST.
In Siam, when.there is a question <at law between two parties and a scarcity of witnesses to establish the truth in the case, it is customary to resort to the water test. Both parties are required to dive simultaneously into deep water, •raid the one that stays tho longest under is adjudged the truth-teller, and gets tho verdict.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13613, 3 January 1913, Page 8
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61A WATER TEST. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13613, 3 January 1913, Page 8
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