General Pebrin, a Frenchman, mandarin of the third class, commanding the land forces of the King n Siam, writes to a French paper as follows :—: — " For six days' journey of an elephant, I have traversed the ruins of Ancor-Niat, only penetrating them at intervals, where explorers had been before. What I have seen of monuments, temples, palaces, columns, staircases, and piles of marbles, cannot be t«ld. They would not believe me. The peopla of the country say that the ruins are spread over a circle of from ten to twelve leagues in diameter. What was the city that existed there, and of what empire was it the capital ? I have seen temples in a good state of preservation (except the vegetation that had sprung up in them), which measured no less than a league round. There are forests of marble columns—everything is of marble. Although much may have disappeared beneath the soil, what remains ia far above what we see at Versailles or elsewhere. In some places they are as solid as though built but yesterday. But for the undergrowth and the effect of lightning, these monuments, which the people say are from four to five thousand years old, might be to-day in complete preservation. I regret that I had no photographic apparatus, I assure you, and believe me or not, that the most celebrated monu ments of ancient or modern Europe are as mere barracks compared with these, while our palaces and basilicas, the Vatican andCoiosseum, are little better than dog-kennels in comparison. I wished to ascend to a temple which appeared to be in a good state of preservation. There were eleven staircases of I know not how many steps, which must be ascended to arrive at the first of the five peristyles. _ T com menced my upward journey at half-past six m the morning ; at half-past seven 1 had scarcely entered the lower halls. Fearing that I might have to descend the steps in the heat of the day, I was compelled to shorten my visit. The walls are in every part sculptured and ornamented. The first effect which the sight of these monuments produced upon me was one of amazement. lam no amateur to go into ecstasies over small things. The next morning I climbed the'winding staircase of an im mense tower, situated on an eminence. 