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THOUSAND MILES ON AN ELEPHANT
IN THE SHAN STATES
MAUNG HAUT TO KIANG HSEN
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THOUSAND MILES ON AN ELEPHANT
IN THE SHAN STATES
BY
HOLT S. HALLETT, M. Inst. C.E.
F.R.G.S., M.R.A.S.
HONORARY MEMBER MANCHESTER AND TYNESIDE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCXC
All Rights reserved
TO
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES IN BURMAH, SIAM, AND THE SHAN STATES,
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK,
AS A MARK OF THE
HIGH ESTEEM IN WHICH I HOLD THE NOBLE WORK
THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION AND
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION
ARE ACCOMPLISHING
IN CIVILISING AND CHRISTIANISING
THE PEOPLE OF INDO-CHINA.