’¢ji3l‘l{, according to your best skill, and make true
entries and records of all the voteséand proceed-
—,;'__.ings of said borough. andisuch; other matters as
by law, or by the by-laws ofrlsaid borough, arc’ to
he recorded in your office; and that y‘ It will de-
liver true copies of the records‘ hands,
when they shall be required of you, taking your
lawful fee; so help you God. ‘ And that the fot'm
of the oath to be taken by the bailiff, shall be the
same, mulalia mutandis, as is prescribed by*the
‘law to be taken by the constables, and that the
form of oath to be taken by inspectors of produce
of the United States, brought to said borough for
sale or exportation, ha'ywards and other-subordin-
ate officers, shall be the same as is by law prescri-
bed for’ surveyors of highways, leather sealers,
Ste. 7nuta(z'.v mutarzdis ; which oath may be admin-
istered by any justice of the peace for the county
of Middlesex, and in the absence of any such jus-~
tice of peac , in, any of the meetings at which
said burgesses, Etc. may be chosen, such oath may
be administered by the clerk ; and the clerk shall
make a true record of the administering; of such
oath, and by whom, before the person to whom
. the same has been administered, shall be able to
execute the oflice to which he was chosen.
§ 15. And be itfurl/zcr enacted, That whenever
the warden, or other officer of said borough, shall
resign, or be removed by death or otherwise, an-
other shall be chosen in his place, until the annual;
meeting iu the month of May, then next, unless
another shall be sooner chosen, and sworn in his
stead ; and that the warden of said borough, or in
his absence, the senior burgess present, at any
meeting of said boroug-h, or of said warden and
bu’t1i;esses, shall, ex-oflicio, be moderator thereof;
and the meeting of said borough may, from time
to time, be adjourned, by a major vote of the free-
meh present; and that said borough may, at any
time, hold special borough meetings, whenever,
in the opinion of the warden and burgesses, or a
majority of them, the circumstances of the bor-
ough require it. '
§9. ./Ind be it fm't.’ier enacted, That the first
meeting of said borough be holden at the Episco-
pal church in said Saybrook, on the second Tucs-
dayof J ne, 1820, at 1 o‘clock in the afternoon
of said day, for the choice of warden, burgesses,
clerk, treasurer and bailiff, and to transact such
other business as shall be necessary, which may
be from time to time adjourned ; and a copy of
this paragraph of this act, certified under the hand
of the secretary of this state, and set upon the
public sign-post at Pettipauge point, in said Say-
brook, at least eight (lays before the said second
Tuesday of June, 1820, shall be a legal warning
of the frcenren ofsaid borough, to attend said first
meeting ; and the ollicers chosen at such meet-
ing shall continue in ofiice until the expiration of
the annual meeting in the month of May, 1821,
unless others are sooner chosen and qualified in
their stead ; and that said borough shall, at such
meetings, first choose a clerk of said borough,
who shall be immediately sworn, and the record
thus by him made, in such cases, shall be good
and effectual in law ; and soclt record may be
made by clerks thereafter, and shall be good, any
thing in this act notwithstanding : said borough
shall thereupon proceed to choose a warden, and
other officers of said borough, mentioned in this
»paragraph of this act, and that Joel Pratt, Esq.
justice of the peace for Middlesex county, shall
have, as to the first election of warden, bu rgesses,
clerk, treasurer and bailiff of said borough, the
same powers, and proceed in the same manner,
as the warden, but-gasses, and bailiff of said bor-
ough-, are by this act to have and proceed in at the
future elections in said borough ; and shall be
moderator in said meeting,till a warden be chosen
and qualified according to this act ; and said ho-
rough shall at first said meeting, appoint a titne
and place of holding the first meeting’ of said Wat'-
den and burgesses, which meeting shall have
power to adjourn from time to time ; .r1lw¢zy.s- [zro-
vidari, that, arty thing in -this act notwitlrstanding.
the inhabitants living within the limits of said
borough, shall to all intents and purposes, be and
remain a part of the town of haybrook, entitled
to all its privileges, and subject to all its burdens.
as if this act had not been passed : Provided, nev-
67'!/Ielcss, that if this act or any protision there-
in contained, shall be found incontenicnt, or in a-
ny respect, inadequate, the same may be repeal-
ed, altered, pr revoked by the General Assembly.
- § 17. Be it further enacted, That all charges
and eitpenses, that shall have been, or may be in-
cat‘t‘e(l,ltl consequence of this act ofiueorporation ,
shall be borne and defrayed by said borough,
by taxes on the polls and rateablc estate of said
but-ough, within said limits. '
General flsscnzbly, Jlfay Session, 1820.
DAVID PLANT, Sfzcakrf
of the House (J R-/zresentad-ves,.
JONATHAN INGERSOLL,
President of t/zc Senate.
Approved, May 30, I820.
OLIVER _Xt’OLCO'l‘T'
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CASE OI’ HYDROPI’-fOBlA.
From the NI Y. Evening Post, of xlugust 26.
It may be recollected, that some time last win-
ter, I more than once alluded to an extraordinary
case ofhydrophobia in the county of Ulster,which
would, in my judgment, demonstrate the curative
quality of the Scutellaria, [or scull-cap] in that
direful disease; and that I ventured to promise
the details of theycase, which I did on the assur-
ance that I should be furnished with them for
such purpose, by some one of the physicians who
visited the patient. After waiting and writing
‘repeatedly in vain,"I the week before last, madea
journey to the place of her residence, saw the
‘family and the attending physician, and in his
presence drew up a report of the particulars of
the case, then visited each of the consulting phy-
sicians, living remote from each other, and at the
end of seven days accomplished my purpose.-—
The reader will now see the result in the follow-
ing statement and document, which are'submitted
to the im'partialju.dgment of the public, and par
ticularlyto the reflections of the faculty. I shall
only observe that in the consciousness of having
been actuated in this affair, by pure and philan-
thropical motives, I feel entirely indifferent to the
sneers and sarcastns of self conceited party zeal-
ots, ftom whatever quarter they may proceed.
Case of H_z/drojz/zobia.-Mat'y Tice, of Milton‘,
,in the county of Ulster, in the l4th year of her
age, and a girl of robust make, was bitten in March
28 t8. in her left arm, just above her elbow, by a
small black dog, which her father, suspecting him
Oi‘
lion with his teeth, (of which the scar is slightly
of itnadnessigliad conliried him,
in his stabli§;’foIbiddin”g any ‘of-'hi _
near him -on pain of severe pilnptslrtgigjtt
which, his disorder increasing, " _.s_
led. But Mary and her eldestsisterr ,
their father’s absence, to the barrel, -for-":the7*p3ir;
pose of feeding him. in attempting to tloivvlriclr,
he jumped up and bit her ; making a small incis‘-_
visible} but which they concealed from their par-
ents at the time, for fear of being punished. The
wound, however, did not heal up so as to cicatrize
till some time in the latter end of Nov. 1819, but
continued to be a small running sore, resembling
an issue, being occasionally covered by a little
scab, which was easily and often rubbed off. Early
in December last, she felt an uneasiness in the
region of the, stomach, which gradually increased
for about three weeks, when she was attacked
with a tingling pain in the scar on herarm, shoot-
ing upwards into her neck, throat and shoulder,
and extending to her left side and stomach ; ac-
companied with aglandular swelling in the left
arm pit, which in a short time increased to the
size ofa small hen’s egg.
On Saturday the l8th, she felt generally un-
well; had a hot fever, and complained to her
mother of being sick. _ T
On Sunday morning she arose quite ill, having
passed a sleepless and restless night, with her fe-
verunabated ; and at A9 o’cloclt, was seized with
clelirjjuint, in whichishe fancied she was beset by
a crying aloud that a black dog was
cotiiiiig at her. Dr. C-cdney being no\v sent for,
came and administered an emetic, which operated
well, but with no particular good effect-—~About
the middle of the afternoon she had :1 convulsive
fit, which lasted 8 or 9 minutes. A blister was
then applied by his orders to the left side and an-
other to her arm, of both which she complained
very much. At dusk she was attacked with so
violent a pain in the head as seemed to threaten
the loss of reason and even life itself. She leapt
from the bed, tore the hair from her head by
handfulls, and attempted to dash her brains out
by running against the wall, screaming and en-
treating the by-standers to kill her and end her
tormcnts. This scene of misery continued till
9 o'clock the next morning, when it was succeed-
ed by fits of raving madness; in which she a‘.-
tempted to tear her own flesh with her teeth. and
to bite those who held her hands ; frothing and
slabbering at the month during the whole time it
lasted; which was, with iutermissious of about
10 ‘minutes, till one o'clock the next day.
On Monday evgening the 20th, Dr. Benton was
sent for to see her in consultation with Dr. God-
ney. They were at a loss what the disease was,
but concluded it to be a case of hysteria ; yet, it
was observed by them both, if she had been hit-
ten by a mad dog (of which there yet had been
no, evidence,) the)’ lhould pronounce it decidedly
hydrophobia.
On Tuesday 21st, at the suggestion of a friend,
half a spoonful of water was dropped into her"
mouth by way of experiment. and it immediately
produced the most frightful spasms, and depriveu
her altogether ofthe power ofswallowing. From
this time until about 8 o'clock the next morning,
she was attacked with these spasms, in success.-
ion, at short intervals, during which she liar};-.rl’
snarled and snapped alternately like a dog ; st:i'.5
ing the bed clothes with her teeth, growling and
shaking them in her mouth. with aquick II‘.£;‘.l'.;tl
from side to side as that animal does when he get:.
a smaller one into his mouth and intends to kill
it. She jumped up and ran round the room or
all fours increasing in rapidit_v,aud yelping like c-.~
'-\ hiffet, that was in pursuit of some g.tt'tlL of
which it appeared on the track ; and she becam.
more and more violent, until it was found neces-
sary to confine her on a bell.
This day in a lucid interval. she, for the first
time told her parents of the circumstance that she
had been bitten last yearin the at m, by the lllllt:
dog in the barrel, as she was attemp=ing to feed
him, and the reason she had not told it before.
was because she was afraid her father would whip
her, as he had promised he would if she went to
the stable.
In the evening, Drs. Barnes and Cooper, of
Poughlteepsie. and Dr. Heaton, of l’lattekill,were
sent for to hold a consultation upon the case.--
They found the patient in the most deplorable
situation ; an agitation of the whole frame, pur-
petual restlessness, hurried and laborious respir-
ation, bloated face, contractctl features, eyes suf-
fused wtth blood and staring wild, and the power
ofswallowing entirely gone. To ascertain wlrcth;
er the disease was hyt-lrophobia, they took an
empty bowl and a pitcher ofwater, went unob-
served into an adjoining rootu and opening a door
near the head of her bed, but unperceived by her,
poured it into the bowl, so that she could hear the
noise, and no sooner did the sound reach her car,
than it instantly threw her into the most violent
convulsions. This experiment was repeated by
Dr. Heaton, the next day, in the same manrregl,
and with the same effect, at a time when her
mind was intently engrossed with a hymn book
she was reading aloud, in the presence of several
neighbors; The moment she heard the noise of
water, uncontrolable spasms seized her whole
frame. VVarm tears she could hold in her month
without apparent difficulty, but cold water she
could not endure to touch, to look at, nor even to
hear the name of water mentioned. During their
stay, upwards of an hour, she rose from her bed,
as she before had done in the presence of Dr.
Benton, on Monday evening, and commenced a
kind of trot in a circle round the-room,*" frothing
and keeping up a constant yelping, resembling
that of a small dog upon the scent,l‘ a copious and
viscid saliva the whole time running from her
l
he.
‘ltd jzcreon -w/to witrzessed this singular aym/ztom,
mentioned that lie once had 8 S/2tI‘€[l bit by a mad
dog, and that they -were every one aflkcted in {tre-
cisely a similar manner, _
11am aware t/rat t/zis barkizzg has been ridiculed
by some medical ‘writers, but the tzvztncus-ees all unite
as to t/1is_/Ezct, andjide/ity to the trut/1 did not allow
me to su/Ifzifcss it. The respectable Dr. Hcalan
told me that /tad,/ze been riding jzast the house and
heard the noise, he should have no idea but that it
Me disease is not nzentioncd or observed by some rc-
sfzectablc authors, may be accounted by aidverting to
the _/lzct t/rat scarcely any two cases of/zydyojzlzobia
rcscnzblc each other in all t/zcirsymjztorns t/z1'oug.'z-
‘wandering imposter who engaged, if they would
/zrocccdcd from a small dog. _ T/zat tln's_/Zvzturc of
-- ',-,-.I} \~.
‘I:
3.
j H o.r_h M atfins of somebody who stood rea-
.1‘,-.g_._:_o r r;.g""$imilar paroxisms occurred
’o',ft\e_r‘r_ie_ver'y'day‘and night throughout her illness.
T he inaituré of the disease could no longer be mis-
~ttiken.*-‘ The three physicians agreed in recom-
mending a trial ofthe scullcap, to be administer-l
ed while the impossibility of swallowing continu-
ed, as an enema,'with half an ounce of laudanum ;
and be repeated till the desired effect should be
produced ; but as soon as the power of swallow-
ing returned, to give a strong decoction of the
plant as often as she could drink it. , Anti there
being no scullcap tobe found in the t-icinity, they
proposed to send some on their return home to
Poughkeepsie, 7 miles distant. After they were,
gone, her poor mother employed herself in sitting
down and making up her shroud, in the expecta-
tion that hcr death was speedily approaching, and
that nothing remained but to perform the last sad
offices to her child.
\Vhile the messenger was gone for the senil-
eup, Dr.C-cdney, the attending physician, arrived,
and ordered that a piece of linen should be folded
and thoroughly wctted with ether, their laid a-
cross her throat, and kept there soaking wet. In
about half an hour the power of swallowing re-
turned, and to the SUl‘[')l’lSt.‘;/Ellltl joy of her moth-
er, she heard her daughter ask in a low whisper
for a tea-spoonful of wine, which, with no little
tlifliculty she got down, and asked for another anti
then another,_u hic‘h were given her with the same
success. By this time, the scull-cap came, of
which a strong tea was immediately prepared, by
pouring a quart of boiling water upon 1-2 ounce
ofthe pulverized herb, and as soon as it was ready
it was presented to her; but after attempting
once or twice to swallow it,she declared she could
not. At this critical moment it occurred to her
mother to mix a large spoonful of tea with an e-
qual quantity of wine, which she offered her and
found it set well. Her drink was then repeated
every l0 or 15 minutes during the night, lessen-
ing gradually the quantity of the wine‘, and in-'
ct’eus1ttg that ofthe tea until ‘she was able to take
the latter alone, and actually took" a quart mug
full before morning. As she had tasted nothing
solid since the day before at noon, she asked for
something to eat, and mentioned pumpkin pye as
what she should like ; of which a large piece was
procurcd, and she ate it without experiencing the
least inconvenience.
From this time she made the tea her only drink,
accompanied with the sulphur as directed in the
recipe, and was going on gradually mending,
when‘, strange to relate, her parents, with a fatal-
tous credulity, sufleretl themselves to listen to a
lay aside all their teas and trust in him alone, to
cure herin less than a week; and they actually
clisccntinned the use of the scull-cap for more
than 36 hours. But they were roused from their
(lclusion by the mostalarming symptoms of re-
turning ll} tlrophobia. They immediately re-
commenccd the use of the tea,ant‘l gave it in strong
and often repeated doses, once every l5 minutes
or cftener, as she could bear it. It happened to
be in time, and proved effectual in mastering the
disease: -, but \\ as followed by the loss of the use
of her lower limbs, accompanied with total blind-
ncss, for nearly two daysgi To use her mother’s
expression, ‘ she had no biting fits after this ;’
which was a fortnight from the time of the first
attack.
Although the curative effects of the scull-cap
continued to manifest themselves daily in the re-
moval ofthe principal disease, yet, she complain-
ed much of a pain in the wound, attended with
great swelling in the arm ;,s'nc was still torment-
ed with excrutiating pains in the head, accompa-
uied by an indescribable heat in the pit of the
stomach, which she said burnt her up ; nor had
the tumor in her arm pit ever subsitletl. DI‘.
Gedney took from her arm, l5 ounces of blood,
which was found to be in a dissolved state ; but I
omitted, for some reason, to repeat the operation.
It afforded only a temporary relief, and at the end
of the week her head-ache returned with its for-
mcr violence ; nature, however, stepped in to her
assi;stance.antl bya spontaneous and copious bleed-
ing at the nose every day or oftener, freed her
from this distressing symptont. For the burning
ih her stomach be ordered a glass of lime-water
to be taken three times a day : and for the glan-
dulai' swelling under her arm, 75’gt'ain'3 of calo-
mel to be divided into five equal ‘parts ; of these
three of 15 grains each, to be given, one every
other morning, with a fever powder to be git en on
the days the calomel was omitted; another part
to be divided in two, and given at twice, and one
to be divided into four equal parts and given eve-
ry morning ; the sulphur is to be wholly suspend-
ed during the time of taking the caloinel, butthe
scull-cap to be continued in somewhat decreased
doses. In a little more than a week the glandu-
lar swelling in her arm pit entirely disappeared ;
the burning in her stomach left _l;rer;_ the wound
in her arm supurated, broke and discharged in a-
bout ten days, when it entirely healed ; and at
the expiration of six weeks no vestige of disease
was to be perceived ; nor has the least symptom
of hydrophobia shewcd itsclfsince.
The following certificate by the respectable
physicians who attended the patient, or saw her
in consultation will form a proper and satisfactory
conclusion. _
‘ \Ve, the subscribers, whose names are men-
tioned in the above report of the case of Mary
Tice, do hereby certify, that so far as it relates to
us individually, it is correct. And further, we
do give it as our opinion : 1"z'rst, that Mary Tice
was seized with hydrophobia, in consequence of
the bite of a mad dog, as stated in said report ;
Secondly, that she recovered from the disease, as
there likewise stated ; and Lastly, thatthe plant,
called acuteilaria latcrylora, or scull-cap, was suc-
cessfully employed in the cure of said disease.
August 17, 1820. -
IVM. GEDNEY,
JOHN B.-\l{l\'l:‘.S,
JOHN COOPER,
BARJABAS BENTON,
ADNAH HEATON.’
1 The great [towers of this /Ilant were mention-
ed to me by two fzersorzs who cac/z took too large a
dose of it, as a /zreve-rztative in case they /zad been
endangered from /zer saliva, t/zc one a fzfzysiciayz
and the other an a/tot/zccarz ,- cu/10 bot/1 were much
out.
s-.
V , jflllilllllled llllli 9Cll9n»n»ith in-V . -* I may now be permitted to remark that ll-1
l,“~__unt-rl becoming exhausted, she? hardly probable that there will ever occur and h- , j
er case so decidedly demonstrative ofthe medié- -
al propertiesrof the scutrl.’tm'a as the above. In-
The disease was completely formed, and dissolu-
humble plant interposed and arrested its progress;
.a strong and unexpected occurrence arrested its
use ; the disease resumed its stray; at this crit-
ical moment the plant was again resorted to, and
again was the tilscuee obstructed in its course, and
eventually mastered. How irresistible is t-he
conclusion that forces itself upon every mind not
warpedaud poisoned. by prejndite ? This case
also shows lrow essential it is to have a judicious
physician at hand to aid the operation of the scull
cap, and lend assistance in any exigence that may
occnr in the course of the disease. The timely’
interference of Dr. Geduey in the latter stage of
it, reflects great credit on the discernment and
practice of that gentleman. Indeed, the above
case is pregnant with matter to exercise the judg-
ment both of practical and theoretical men, wher-
t:Vr.l‘ it is read. That it may be productive of
the great benefit to the community that he so ar-
tlzntly hopes for, is the heart-felt wish of the ed-
rtor.
' —-<|--3i1"1--
l’HlLA1)ELPHIA, Aug. 29.,
On Saturday evening last, a young physician
in this city was called to see a woman in low cir-
cumstances, who had a large family ofchiltlren,
her husband also being sick- In a fit of insanity
or (lespair, she had swallowed alurge quantity of
laudanum. VV hen the doctor:-.rrived he attempt-
cd to administer an emetic, but sheuesolutely
clenched her teeth, and refused all assistztl1Ce.—-
He then procured an iron r~,;mt.~.i. anzi. u-i'.h much
exertion forced open her ::rc~.r.h, oz:-::~.-;-':...~.i1rxg her
the loss of two upper and two lm-.cr_ 2.-ml), owing
to her extraordinary resistance. The emetic
was then poured down, and was immediately
sported back in the doctor’s ace. ‘Death and
the Doctor” were now fairly at issue; but the
odds were on the side of death, who was so stout-
ly backed by the patient. But our young Escu-
lapius was not to be thus deprived of his victory.
Hastily wiping his face, he Phstctl off with all
speed to the ll’..‘{ll'C3l druggist. where be procured
a long: elastic tube and a syringe. Thus armed,
he quicltly re-;tur'ned, having in his retinue thc»
druggist and two stout black men, whom be en-
gaged for the approaching conflict. Madam was
immediately laid on her back on the floor, sans
cermzorzic, her head and limbs being well secured;
and refusing to let the tube be passed through her
mouth, our courageous doctor inserted it into her
nose, and passed it through,the orifice into the
roof ofthe mouth, quite into the stomach; and
with his syringe quickly pumped out the contents
of her stomach. The laudannm thus pumped
out, was estimated at two ounces. It was by such
persevering exertions, that this humane anti skill-
ful young physician saved the life of a fellow be-
ing. She is quite recovered.
BALTIMORE-. Aug. 28.
.D.'.rn'ng' attcrnfzt to escajze from the Pcmrc-nliary.
Between the ‘hours, of?’ anti 8 this morning‘, the
attention of Mr. \Villia'ms \\ as called to the west
wing of the Penitentiary by an apparent dispute
on one of the stair cases. This was planned to
entrap hitn. He was attended by two of the
keepers—and while engaged in -hearing the par-
ties, one ofthe convicts came_antl told him that
some were getting over the _wall. He proceed-
ed to the spot and gave directions to the guard
to fire, when two white and three black men were
shot. One white man died about 9 o’clock ; two
others were not likely to survive, when we left
there. Eight men are in confirvsmt-ut in the
cells as active in the plot, in which it is supposed
about twenty were concerned, not one of whom
escaped.
-They tool; a long table on which they eat, and
being prepared with nails and splinters, convert-
cd it into a ladder, which they placed between the
gate house and the west wing, being completely
screened from the sight and fire of the guard,
four of them succeeding in getting over the wall
into the court yard, where they were fired at, one
broke his leg by falling from the wali—-they were
all instantly secured, and those not wounded pla-
ced in the cells.
BROOKLYN, August 50.
At Cold Spring, Capt. Daniel Rudyard, in a
playful scufile with another person, had hisneclt:
so injured by a fall, that he died three‘ days after
(on the l5thinst.) He desired otherk ' ht take
warning by this fatal accident not to ulge in
folly. He has left a wife and family of cliild_rcn
to lament their loss. - ,
A similar accidentoccurred-at Bushwick last
week ; a man of color wrestling, was thrown on
his head, injured his neck, and died the‘ same as
bef_ure vmcntir.-jned. . _ . .
I ‘Mr. ,i\:laltltt:\\' llale. of Red Hook, in this town,
put a period to his existence this morning, by
hanging himself. —
I ’ DI-1'!‘I’.OIT, Aug. 11.
'W'e have been informed that some unhappy
dili'eren_ces have recently occurred in the lfatl of
country in dispute between Ohio and this TeI‘.rl-
tory, near Miami Bay. It seems that the Legis-
lature of ()hio_have determined to do as they
please‘ in land as well as moneytmatters, wit hotft
consulting the proper authority -; for they have
gone, so far as to create a.county._out of a part of?
the contested country. Vile have not, been in-
formed circumstantiallyjof thei_occurrenccs above
alluded to, but believe they at;-'2-:3.c‘ from resistance
to a civil oflicer,whose authority to act was denied.
1'-'1.-‘-'7't30Td!'7laTy 1"act.—On Tuesday afternoon,
as M r. Edward Patterson, grocer, corner ofC-ross
and Orange streets. was opening a barrel of. very
fat pork, he observed to the bystanders, that be
for sixpence. An old traveller passing by at the
time, said, ‘ I will give you six pence for as much
as I can eat.’ It was agreed upon, and be ac-
cordingly sat down about 3-‘o’clock, and got up at
half past 4, after devouring between five amt six
pounds of raw pork, to the great astonishment of
more than one hundred persons, who can tesvtifv
to the fact. He also ate 42 crackers, and :l.—;ml;_'~.;
alarmed by (/16 violence of its cfl'cct:;.
half a pint of spirits.--—./‘»’I Y. Gaze-ttq,
deed, the imagination could scarcely fancy a tisgs I"
‘sue of facts better calculated for such purpose.‘—i- 5‘
tion with rapid strides, approaching, when this ,
would give any body as much as they could eat _
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