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McCarthy Fire in The Earth

Book Name: Journey on the Upper Mekong

Author: Smyth

published: 1895

Ex-library, label on endpaper, stamps on title page and verso and rear of map and frontis, library numbering on spine, text clean and sound, recently rebound in blue cloth, gilt titles, Good condition.

I have put together the following account of a recent journey made for the Siamese Government to the Mekong valley, chiefly for the reason that at the present moment, when the French have " rectified " their boundaries on the north and east of Siam to the extent of some 85,000 square miles, more interest than usual will probably be felt in the character of the country and the people, of whom there are not too many reliable accounts to be' found.

At the same time, I feel very strongly that there are others whose descriptions will be far more valuable than my own, owing to their longer residence in the country, and the greater extent of their explorations. I refer especially to Messrs.

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