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    <title>thousand miles on an elephant in the Shan states</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Hallett, Holt Samuel.</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1890</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xxxvi, 484 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates :  illustrations, maps (some color, folded) ;  23 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>In this fascinating travelogue, Samuel Hallett recounts his adventure riding an elephant through the hills and jungles of the Shan States in Burma. With vivid descriptions of the landscape, the people, and the elephant itself, Hallett brings the reader along on his journey and offers a unique perspective on this remote corner of the world.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Holt S. Hallett.</note>
  <note>Maps on lining papers
Includes index</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Shan (Asian people)</topic>
    <geographic>Thailand</geographic>
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    <geographic>Burma</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Laos</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Thailand</geographic>
    <topic>Description and travel</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">DS560 .H2</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="23">915.91</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9789748495279</identifier>
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