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. down, being very weak and fatigued ; but I soon

 

_ should discover me, would instantly murder me,
as an impediment to plunder, I was prepared for

,But a certain presentitnent of relief still upheld
,my spirits, In-hich.,wcre' never less depressed than
‘on this occasion. ..I renrernbered that the great

, is ever present, ever felt, in‘ the wide waste as in

side.
, with great feeling; it was the well known and

 

with oneend stove in by the sea,‘th‘e other facing
the wind and the sea, and the month near the
hill, which was a shelter in front. This was a
line house for me, and forulhately just what I
wanted ; I made towards it, entered it, and laid

found the bare staves too hard for my ban: bones
and bruised carcase. I shortly after sallied out
in search of a covering, aud~,_ in hopes of finding
some bed, mattrass, or blankets among the
-Jreck. I I teoka survey of each side, and saw
at a distance something that looked like a bed,
':.ut on coming; up to it, I found only a sack of
«bite cotton wool, wet and heavy which I could
not remove. I then returned to the cask, rested
awhile, and took another survey. I soon saw at
:1 great distance down the beach, towards the wa-
ter, some rolls of cotton bagging, of which we
had a great number on board, and again I started
outin pursuit. I was a long while in getting to
them, andthen found them so buriedin the sand,
that I was an hour in digging and clearing away
the sand from around them. They were two
large rolls like bed-tickings, standing. upright,
with about twenty yards of one rolled round the
other. I unrolled one from the other, whenI
found the inside one ‘still wet. I pushed it-down
and rolled it long before me, hitching myself up
to it, and then pushing; it fronrme again. Thus
I got up to the cask, and across its mouth, get-
ting into which I unrolled eight-or ten fathoms,
laid down in the cask, and pushed and spread it
as I could underneath me. I then unrolled as
much more, and covered myself with it. Tho’
this was still wet, and covered, as was every
thing else, with sand,‘I now thought myselfvery
well off, and my situation very comfortable, com-
pared to that of the last 30 hours.
Darkness soon came on, and during this night,
extremejand raging thirst kept me awake, and
pain kept me constantly "changing p_ositions.—

feeble-to undertake a journey over the hills to l
the watering place, though I would have given
my all which was but a miserable remnant of

‘I therefore resolved upon searching among the

pipes of wine, to find one which had its hung in- i

clining downwards, that the wine might run out

if I could hammer out the bung. .My hunger

however, almost equalled my thirst. VVhile in

my way to the wine,._I espied at a short distance

out of course, astnall keg, which I thought

111.’!-,;lit possibly contain salmon, of which we had

several hundreds on board. Ihitched towards

it, not found it with one head out, and partly filled

with suttd.
with me and fill it with wine.

Coming to the casks, -I found one that answer-

ed,I soon procured a billet of wood, struck out

“e bung, and applied my mouth to the hole,

‘ring a great quantity. [afterwards raised

*. and nearly filled it with wine, returned

‘-uvly to the cask,l set it outside and

‘ and began to ruminate upon my

band it would be ‘Impossible without

ve. much l()1l_£;‘6!‘§l.)‘Dl—l_I, and determi- t

I at home dt.'—r",; .3; the r'¢n1ail‘rt:7cr of

f so ,t=:ient st; c"!.‘gLh,. remained on

my only chance of relief to rig a

.vith a poll or small spar, of which

ty, and a piece of cotton stuff for

any vessel should approach near

ght observe it. My first thought

0 get off the small boat, which I

,istance, and to rig a kind of sail.

Ionte Video, I now abandoned.—-

rdea, and would have been impracti-

. boat’s bottom, ‘I afterwards learnt,

.. I knew that the next day Ishould

to make a further search than I had

provisions, as the method of getting a-

s so slow and painful, being as I observ-

are, by hitching myself backward with my

hand, and frequently stopping to thrash my-

self from the cold. An_d although.nothing- was

more probable than that the first savage who

hi__s knife ; and that‘ my ap1)rel1ensio1is were not
groundless, the sequel too mournfully shows.—-

Director still had not forsaken me, since ‘ GOD

the city full.’ Everything therefore considered,
to wait with fortitude the will of Heaven was my
ultimate determination. I was now more com-
fortably situated than at any previous period, anti
I began to amuse myselfby singing a few songs.
I had a covering inside, and a keg ofwitre out-
One song, if not with energy, was sung

classicalsong of ‘ Iiow blest a life a sailor leads,’
Ecc. After this, by repeated drinking, owing to
excessive tliir's-ti, I was thrown‘ into a doze of a-
bout half an hour‘. I‘ soon awoke, and to beguile
my_fe.clings, began upon a psalm tune, and sting
k,st*.ver'al to quiet the en-1ot_ions caused by hunger,
thirst and pain. . - 1 .
‘ flecmainder ncxq

L.

we.-'/l-.]

- _ _ I.1vEn?o0L, Jan. 25.

Ilfelanc/zoly‘ S/2i,r7wrc’c/rs.--'l‘lie Hztrmony, of
I-Vhitby, 300 tons, John Trucman, master,‘ from
St. John’s, N. B. for this port, with timber, was
wrecked yesterday se’m7ight, at Rossbeigh, Ire-
land. The vessel was d'ri'ven on shore during a
tremendous storm, when the captain and crew
formed the im-prudeint resolution of attempting
to gain the shore with the boat; but she had
scarcely parted the wreck when she swsunpecl,
and tint ofsixteen persons, three only reached

der .

cut the rope, 3: with seeming unconcern, return-
ed to the crowd.
life, for a draught of the life-giving element.— the front of the scaflbld--a sight harrowing to
the l‘cclixigs ofall possessed of the least sensibil-

against the windows ofrthe CHUICII, almost every
pane of which were destroyed.
struck the inanimate head of Johnson a heavy
blow.
ed the scaflhld, and then ‘a general rush took
place.
unloosed, with which the lame man exultingly

Nevertheless, I resolved to take it descended; the cap was taken oil‘ and throwri a-‘
mong the crowd——at the same moment a cheer

wasvgiven by those around the body, meaning, it
is supposed, that life remained, which was re-

Ct‘IVt)(i by loud clapping.
materials, was thrown among.’tl‘re crowd, and in
less than a minute broken to/atoms.
was then borne off in the clirectioti ofthe Lawns

market; Balile Patterson, who was proceeding;

to the Castle, protected by A strong body of. the

Police. to obtain the aid of the milit.a'r_¢f:>r'ce;',
caused the bearers of the body to cliangy tht.-irli
course,‘_and they wheeledfabout on the opposite l,
side of the street to the police office, evidently

being attzfbked by thepolice officers, they drop-
ped the body, divested of clothes from the waist
upwards, in the procc‘s of ‘carrying (the most
appalling sight of the
taken into the police bllice.

of the unfortunate man as to his reanimation;

V EDINBURG, Dec. 31.

Execution cf Robert Johnson, and /rorribleoutrcge.

We have this day to record one of the most
disgraceful scenes that ever took place in this
city. Robert Johnson was convicted and sen-
tenced to"die, for robbing Mr. Charles, candle-
maker ; his two accomplices, Gallowayand Lee,

to 7 year’s transportation.

Day-light yesterday, exhibited the new appa-
ratus for the melancholy catastrophe. The place
fixed upon was before the New North Church.
Numerous groups of people continued to assem-
ble about the fatal spot, to examine the (lt‘€.".€.iftli
preparation, and as the hour approached, the
crowd was very great. _ A

The unhappy criminal ascended the scziffold
at 20 minutes before 3 o’clock. Alter spending
a quarted of an hour in prayer, he shook hands
with the reverend gentlemen who attended him,
and mounted the platform with fortitude.

The executioner-' occupying a longer time in
adjusting the rope, than appeared to a great part
of the spectators to be necessary. much disappro-
bation was expressed; the platform sunk about a
minute before three. Unfortunately the rope

was too long, and his toes resited on the floor of
the scaffold. Just at that moment, a policeman '
in front, resisting the encroachment of the crmrd, ‘

pushed. one with his baton, who cried out “ fvlnr- I
in

The mob contin-

At five minutes past three, ti
eaped on the scaffold with it knife ready open,

The body fell with the head to

ty.
Missiles still continued to Fly, chiefly directed

One large stone
A lame person, with a crutch next clima-

The body was raised up, and the rope

The coffin, light in

The bed}?

without knowing what to do with it, here, on

hole,) which was then
A detachment of
militia arrived soon aftlr.

Various reports wefe current about the state

however, he was agaihcarried to the drop, and
at 4 o’clock, was lav/nched into eternity. The
military remained u til the whole apparatus was
removed, and we yre happy to state no further
disturbance’ took pltcc. -

VVe have noth 'rd that any persons were se-
riously injured, egcept the Rev. Mr. Porteous
and Lieut. Brent, r,- both of whom were severe-
ly hurt; but m'ny inconsiderate women with
children in their frms, were thrown down and
trampled on. /1

Iforiblc P/rengrzcmz .’——G(u'rvdm'.s~m ..;.0n the 4111
of November lrt, various galvanic experiments
were made on ire body of the murderer Clysdale,
by Dr. Ure, tth a galvanic battery of 270 pairs
of 4 inch plats. The results were truly appall-
ing. On mo ng the rod from the hip to theheel,

were sentenced, the former to 14, and the latter‘

It is probable those at a rlistance, imagir.-.'j
ed the exclamation to be occasioned by the plt‘.- ‘
ble situation of- Johnson, and therefore joined in
it. Stones beganto fly towards the scaffold (of
which unluckily the state of the ground afforded
an ample supply,) and the magistrates and their
attendants, and the executioner, were compelled
to make a precipitate retreat.
nod to throw stones, some of which struck the
unhappy object of punishment, and others the
church windows.
Daylicht at last appeared, my powers were too person very deliberately stepped from the crowd,

mains of this favorite of Courts and Princes.-—
On recovering from his trance, he had forced the
lid of thecoffin, and endeavored to escape from
a charnel house—-it was impossible I and there-
fore in a fit of desperation, as it is supposed, he
dashed his brains out against the wall.--The

 royal family,and indeed the whole city are
god in grief at the horrid catastrophe.’

plun-

_ NAPLES, Dec. 8.

Mount Vesuvius has exhibited one of those
awful spectacles which have so often created dis-
fmay in our unfortunate city; the abyss burst
; with a terrible roaring, and after sending forth
; r-zhirlwinds of flame and scoriae, it vomited abed
:"of lava, which extended itself even to the limits
9 of the village de la torre Grecco. ’
I ———-at-slag-:;:--n———
5 From the ./Ve-1:: York Daily ./irl-v. .Marc/L 15.
‘' By the late treaty with Spain, a very'large
. tract of country is added to the territory of the
lUnited States, and, by the adjustment of the
western boundary line, the immense region
which was gained by the Louisiana treaty, is de-
fin(_-d in such a manner as will put an end to all
contention hereafter respecting its limits. This
state of facts shows, that we are now in a situa-

iu the conduct of our national affairs, to reap all
the benefits which our political character and ,
eircutzxstances may naturally be expected to pro- ‘
duce. t ’
No subject that we are acquainted with, is bet-
ter calculated to'str-ike the mind with astonish-
ment, than the progress of this country, during
the last sixty years, in population, civilization,
_science and arts, in commerce, wealth, and na-
tional character. It can scarcely be realized,
that, during the war between Great._Britain and
France, which commenced in 1755 and closed by
the peace of 1763, the immense extent of coun-
try from New-Hampshire to the Lakes, and
from thence to the Mississippi—-gt region, alarge
-portion of which is now covered with towns, set-
tlements, and inhabitants, enjoying the advanta-

es of well regulated, and many even of refined
society, was exposed to the alarms and butcher‘-
ies of savages, whose inroads were then dreaded
even ztfzo.-2 tlrc nort/rern frontiers of this sta/e, to
as great a degree as they are at the present time
upon the extreme settlements of our distant and
desa-rt b:;rders. slight detail of historical re-
ferences on this subject may not be altogether
ttntntere:-ting-—

In the year 1755, the celebrated expedition of
General Brar.ldnck against the French and In-
dians upon the Ohio, took place ; and in July of
that year. his army was defeated in the neighbor'-
hood of what is now the large, wealthy, flourish-
ing town of Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania, and him-
self kiiled. This event occured 63 _years ago ;
and such was the panic which it occasioned, that
the portion of the army which survived the.en-
gagetncnt, tjetreatecl with the utmost precipita-
tion, more thawa hundred miles almost without
halting’.
historian, even at that distance, so recovered
their tpir 'Vsa:s"ro have made astand, they niight
in some. rnea.§ur'e, have gtiarcled the frontiers, V
and prevented those devastations, murders, and
narbarities, which the French and Indians du-
ring the rest of the summer, perpetrated on the
western borderspof Virginia and Pennsylvania.’

During the same season, the French and In-
dians were embodied in great numbers in the
northern pf.tl‘t of this state, and in September of
that year a battle was fought at Lake George, in
which they were defeated, and their commander,
Dieskaw, taken prisoner. At the close. of the
campaign in that year, the same historian re-
marks that—-‘ The French and their Indian al-
lies, not cnly ravaged the western frontiers of
Virginia and Pennsylvania during the summer,
but they continued plundering, burning and lay-
ingthem waste, murdering and captivating the
ittlmliitatits the whole winter.’ ' V

In the year 1756, the French, having fortified
Crown Point, held the entire command of Lake
Champlain. In consequence ofthis, their troops
in conjunction with the Indians, made incursions
into. the frontier parts of New-York, and the
New. England provinces, and committed many
bar-haritieshupon the inhabitants. In the month
of August in that year, Montcalm with a body of
three theusandrmen, I"r“e'nch regulars, Canadians
and Indians, after a siege of two days, took.Os-
wego,“with its Vforjtifications, and thereby gained

the knee bei - previously bent,the let; was thrown
out with suc violence, as nearly to overturn one
of the asstisnts, who in vain attempted to pre-
vent its ex nsion} in the second experiment,
the -rod w applied to the ph_renic_-nerve in the

ced; the lies: /zeav’c'd and _/i'll,- the belly was
protruder and collapsed, with the relaxing and
retiring ‘ aphragm ; anVd it is tliottght,thzit' but]
from thcomplete evacuation of the blood, pul-
sationrr ght have occurred 1 I it In the 3d experi--t
ment, t e supra-orbitalnerve was touched, when

neck, whe aborjous breathing instantly coinmen,-‘ »

the complete command-,o,fV the ‘lakes Ontario an .
«F_Et:Ie,,i)y which _‘ the settlements upon the Ger-
man Flats, and a fi_ne—t-ract of country on Vi/'ood
crfgzelc, and the Mohawkifiivermpvere laid open to
their ifncursions.’ j. _ _ ._ _ —~1 _ .

; In the following year ’1’Z5’7_, such was the state
~e-."— things in the n,or'th-western part of New-York,
that Fort \Villiam Henry,mear Lake George, was
taken by the French, and the neighboring coun-
try was left so completely defenceless, that short-
,ly after the event took place, the settlements up-
orrthe German Flats, and upon the Mohawk riv-

every uscle in the murderer’s‘fac_e was ‘ thrown;
into ferlul action.’ The scene was hideous--‘Jr

flgentlnan actually fainted, from terror or sick
ncss 1' In the 4th experiment, the transmittin_
of tl electral power from the spinal marrow t

-the luarnervc, at the elbow, tliefingers were in

-star ly put in motion, and the agitation of the arm
wa so great, that the corpse seemed to point‘ to
th difi'erent spurxtators, some of whom thought
it ad come to life ! Dr. Ure seems to be of.opin-

io, th-at.h..rd not incisions been made inthe.

bod vessels of the neck, and the spinal marrow
1 en laceratcd, the criminal might have been re-
cred to life. [Liverjzoal fzafler.

the shore-alive. It is most melancholy to reflect,
that had they temaineda few hours longer on
the wreck, they m-ight have all walked on shore
at the ebbing of the tide. .

On. the 1,?-"th inst. in a heavy gale, the Jane

, 1"o_t'd, from Domiuico for this port, wenton shor

in Carnarvon bay, was totallyvmeclrcd, and ever
soul on board peri-shed-.

I " hiiany vessels wcr'e4da_maged.iri the late gal , body covered with blood-—it_was the 'r'noVrtal re-;

Exrract of a letter fi-om Bavaria.

_“ ‘We have witnessed here a superb funeral of
the Baron Hornstein-, a Courtier ;- but the result
is what induces‘ _me to mention it in my letter.--r
Two,da,ys after, the workmen entered the‘ mauso-
leum,,vwhen thlzy witnessed an object which pet-
rified them : At the door of the sepulchre‘ laya

sever.‘ of the spectators left the room, and on l *

er, were laid waste by the French and Indians,
with lire and sword. if _ _ V '
In the year 1759, Quebec __was.taken by the
.Bl‘-IIISIT and Colonial forces, underi the command
of Geperal Wolfe. The enstiing year, General
Amherst took Montreal, upon which, the whole
. f the province of Canada was surrend\ered to the
ritish, That oflicer, when he had his ar-
ngements for the expeditiomtook command
one division" of his army, and in the month of t
ne, commenced his march againsifimontreal
om . Schenectady. His route was: yidnz t/rat
[ace of; the 1140/mruk and Oneida rivers, to 08-we-
. q uf/_zoVn the shore afLake Ontario, a7zd_/i'om tliencc
own tlie fiver St. Lawrence.
cheneetady to Oswego, occupiedthe army near-’
.. y three weeks. 9 Very great,’ says the writer
eretofore referred to, ‘ hadbeen the difficulties
lready surmdun'ted, in conducting.‘ such an ar-
iy, with ,its artillery, V provisons and tmillitary
ores, tlzrougli tlzcu".-zzastf tract} of country betwe/en
llbagzy and ‘Lake V0ntarzj_o.’ _,' Gen. Amherst was .
’_. omiltine to th_e6tl, of -Seplember, in marching

tion that will enable us, if we are wise and just ,

Jrilad the troops,’ says a venerable‘_

"State, viz.‘ ' - *’
The march from” '

[by 7

This cain_r.~ * ‘f3,":;. ll be recollccted,.took placed
,/ijty-nzne yam.
Th _ _. A QUEBEC, March ll.
' V R3 C€SS}0fl of the I‘l01‘ldaS which the Ameri-
can epubltcnas been so long aiming at, has at
leflglh been obtained. The elfects ofthe exten-
sion of me American coasts in the‘ vicinity of the
I/Vest I mites, and mlthe tract Qf 3 great pan of
the trade of South America, must be evident to
-every one who has bestowed any attention on the
5"b.l°Cl- _ 1 ha lftterests of Great,Br-itain, as the
first trading nation in the world," will, in the e-
vent of another war, be materially affected «bv
the results of this treaty. ‘

 

A VVASHINGTON, March 2o,
. .fnzflr.oz:ed' 1’zr_c-./irms.-——'I he Board of Ofiicersz
sitting in this City, has‘, aftera series of numer-
ous, severe, ‘and long continued experiments
with Capt. l-IULL’s i_mpr_oved rifles, unanimously ’
"eP°_Fl€d ID f‘dy0_I' of their adoption in the public
service. _I‘lus-invention it is understood, unites
3“ th_CadVm1_tagcs of the musket and the rifle,
combined with material improvements. One
PeCUlI=.n‘Ily of this fire-arm is,.that it is loaded in
the breach. 1,‘.
_ '_I‘he wanton killing
yrsttrztd lwith the severest punishment. By an
3.0‘ 0 “13 S0Tt_,vpeI'petr'atcc1in the latter end of
,l‘_‘l““‘“Y> by it person of the name of James
t‘_;)°mP5°D, on an Indian belonging to the Fox,
til‘ 3» all ~the settlements on Salt river are
ygtvn into the utmost alarm, from the certainty
p emg visited by the retaliation which Indian
at}? asstgtps as ‘the punishment due to murder,
:3 955 I e pllepder shall be apprehended and
'°“ghl ‘O Justice; with which the Indians have
declared they will be satisfied.

NORI/VA’LK GAZETTE.
WED.N'ESD./II’, Jll./IRCH 31, 1319.

CONNECTICUT ELECTIOJV;
On Jlftmdoy next, flpril 5th.’ i

To ‘the Electors of Connecticu,t._.'f,l
TAKE YOUR CHOICE. ‘xi
On the first Monday of April next,.yqu 
called on to discharge an important ,' i 7
State, in the election of Twelve pe'
pose the SENATE, or Upper no _
year ensuing. ‘ , 
As there are two Tickets before the pt
behoves us to examine them before we act.
a bare list of names, without -any thing in:
diflicultto form an" opinion upon which we
ling to vote. _, .-I shall, therefore, for the info
of my fellow-fiilizens as have not both Tit
fore them, present them together, with six
mation of the professions and occupat-iot
candidates as is believed to be correct.-—.

Toleration Ticket

, VVOliver ~VVoleott,,‘

V V p__ _gg‘oR coral

Jonathan Tngerso’
FOR LIEUT. COVE‘.-. 

ISAAC SPENCER, for ‘Treasurer.
THOMAS DAY, for Secretary.‘

FOR SENA T0123,

 
 
 

-JONATHAVN BRACE, (;'Izz'gf' .I...g;ge gr I13-rs,

ford County Court.
SYLVESTER WELLS, P113/.sici.rm& Funeral.
WILLIAM BRISTOL, Iiarutz/cr.
DAVID TOMLIN SON, Farmcar cf: IlIe1'c7u.'m‘..
ELIAS PERKINS, V Citiqf Judge of [V6712-_Lo;.t~
rlon (>'o2ml3/tCou7't, Farmer and P1"t’.s-
izlmt cf the Cozmty .'Igr'-wltctral So-

. . .0“’t.'y- .

EN 0 CH BURRO_.W S, . Fzcrnzer
DAVID’ ‘HILL, Farmer.
PETER \~VEBB'._» Farm:-r. _ -
FREDERICK IIVOLCOTT, Lan2_ycr._

ELIJ AH BOARDMAN, Farmer 6:’; Mcr'c}zanZ.
JOSHUA STOW. _VFa]'m_r.r. 4
JOHN S.’ PETERS‘, 1?lty3icia1z..

Itwill be observed that the‘-candidates for the
Senate, are selected from ‘the severalicounties. in
the State--—andthat ten of“ them now hold» the oil
fice” of Assistants by the sulfrages-of»tlre free?
men at the last spring election. ‘ v I’ ~ . . 5‘

 r,Federa1,rTtcttet. 
j V . ' ; FOR SENATORS.
TIMOTHY PITKIN, Lawyer. . .
JONATHAN EDWA_RDS,. Langyer. _ "
SIMEON, BALDWIN. Lam;/er.~

and 1.lIt.*rch(nzt. ‘

/

CHARLES DENISON, La-m,yer.' t

CALVIN, GOJJDARD."-Iiawycr. _ f 
S.VAl\_([UEL~'W. JOHNSON, Lang/er, _ .
SAMUEL. B._~SHERW.O-OD.‘ L(1.7lJy€2‘. _ _ .
WVILLIAM-,PERl£IN.S.. Lawyer. .._ .
FREDERICK .WOLCOTT, Lawyer. .. 
NOAHIB. BENEDICT, .La_rv_'1;er. . V 
.EL1~_J:A-H HUBBARD, La.ugc.~.. . ;
ASAe‘-WILEY. Lawyer. _ , _ » .
A:1\T'D-REW K-INC}-SBURY, for’ Treasurcr‘._
THOMAS DA=Y“-,:’:for Secretary. j~ . . : ;~. ,

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Thefollorvi2zg‘is-a fmvri for rctuming‘
.-' votc's,,distributed by the Secretary. 1
‘ At at meeti'n'g,of the ‘Electors of the Town-of ‘

' legallyparned and held on the firstvMonV-

their names respeetivelyflf for ~ Senators. of'‘«l5i$i,3'
' .-He1~e.—_2'nsert the numb_e1§;V’;

‘ . of ‘ votes in .words- ‘agti
.- le1lé"tItrVt ' ‘ "

« Names." ‘.

Dziplicate as: If
_ .. r _j Presitliv '0, ct‘-'
_ _.The same form as the above is: to ,- be __
Governor, for. Lieut. _Gorernor,_ for Treas 5.01‘.

yis-tr‘ 3,, Ste. _ifr'9m_p Schenectady to Montreal.-—

111' dz
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and for Secretary. ’

of an Indian ought -to 13:’... -

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dayin.April,f'ALrino.Domiui,..-1819, the following .f- ‘
'persons*r-eceiverl-the number of votes,.annexed:to.*.

miles for Senators, ‘ certffied 9

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