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The “secret,” it may be added, comes not from Annamese music as has been frequently stated, but probably from Russia, where certainly it was used before Debussy’s rise.

They are a patient, industrious, and frugal people, now mainly subject to Chinese and Annamese influences in their social usages and religion.

The Annamese have many sounds in their spoken language which no Chinese can enunciate.

The typical Annamese dwelling is open to the gaze of the passer-by during the day; at night a sort of partition of bamboo is let down.

The men are taller and more muscular than the Siamese and Annamese, while the women are small and inclined to stoutness.