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a hand may turn in a moment the largest vessel, what
ever may he her speed. It will not only afford the
crew fresh water, if necessary, and dry their clothes,
but it will pump the ship to an extent scarcely credible,
making 1 every pump an impelling power; draw out from
her most secret recesses bad air and replace it with
good, and a machine of a curious construction may
easily be attached to any vessel, which will deepen
rivers w ith the greatest celerity, and with a force which
only solid rock can resist.
\'\ e arc certain we do not err far in calculation, when
w'e state that a steam engine of ten horse power, to
work machinery upon this principle, will do as much as
an engine, of 24 horse power on the present system.
Mo part of the power is lost—every particle is put into
complete activity—all danger and retardation by reason
ot heavy seas and bad weather, so great in the present
\vheel system, is completely avoided, ami a vessel, un
disturbed and unincumbered with wheels, paddles, and
their perishable frames, may traverse in any sea, in any
weather, with perfect safety, and calculate upon her
destined port, with almost as much accuracy, (w hatever
mav be the distance to run) as the mail-coach betwixt
this and London. Fifty or sixty tons of coals, (perhaps
a much smaller quantity,) will be sufficient to carry an
ordinary West-Indiaman out and home; and when we
consider that the vessel so propelled can steer a direct
course, w e will find that 16 days with a speed of eight
miles per hour, w ill carry her from Clyde to Barbadoes,
and in |ike proportion to any port however distant.
We need scarcely point out the advantages and
sources of trade which such a discovery will lay open.
They are innumerable, and cannot fail to arrest the at
tention of the most careless observer. It will open with
every part of the world a trade communication and ac
tivity proportionate to what now appears on the Firth
of Clyde from this to the Cumbraes, compared to that
what was before a steam-boat disturbed our river. It
w ill be the means of preserving the lives of thousands
of brave men who might otherwise be engulphcd in the
deep, and save hundreds of thousands of pounds of
property annually swallowed up by storms and tempests,
’l'lie machinery can be fitted to any vessel, and act in
ships of war with equal if not greater effect than mer
chant vessels. In short, we look upon it as one of the
most important as well as useful discoveries ever made
in navigation.
‘Mteslial’s sate.
next
told 4flj99|SßSM^r/,<•• in Darien,
a HWfgßwqWr
ONE as the property of
Art luff MtDo®3d, tdliatisfylflLexecution in favor of
Anson Kimba-lyY Tuffns, cash,
7 ILLTAM c. m.
June 21
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sales.
thefld July next,
Will bc tureii^lfan gc in Darien, at 11 a. >r.
One as the property of
Arthur to xgpsfy etc.
/ KEStfLYED WlllTE^i^ya/istaWe.
June 2 //
y f.tr a few months
w e !]^^Hpak j to act as our
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TO THE PUBLIC.
VkHIEREAS, a notice having appeared in the Darien
T ▼ Gazette of the 7th instant, signed by one Anthony
Shaddock, respecting captain 11. Farnum and several
gentlemen who accompanied him on an excursion to
the island of Rlackbeard, now we, whose names are
hereunto subscribed, being some of the individuals who
accompanied captain F. though not personally designa
ted. in the abovementioned notice, feeling it a duty to
do justice to the character of captain F. explicitly de
clare that his conduct on that excursion comported in
every instance with that of a gentleman; a*id we fur
ther certify that the statement made and inserted in the
Darien Gazette of the 7th instant, signed Anthony
Shaddock, to be an entire falsehood.
JOHN HOUGHTON,
ALMIRON N. EATON,
JOHN PEARSON,
BERNARD CHANDLER,
B. and DEXTER.
june 21 35
NOTICE.
MESSRS. M‘KINNE 8c SHULTZ did, on Thurs
day last, (agreeably to their advertisement) place
in my possession at the Branch Bank, Notes (andreceipts
for notes) amounting as appears bv their list, to
§403,587 87
And subsequently 10,505 75$
Amounting in the whole to §414,093 62$
including some sent to Tennessee for collection, with
instructions to part with them only.for Bridge Bill*. —
A list of the notes can be seen and selections made at
any time after three o’clock dailv.
’ WILLIAM JONES.
Augusta, June 5. 35
BatluUhn Omers.
A N election for niJot s '£. ty sixth battalion will be
Yvlield in Darienj^’O-T)AYjP&t 10 o’clock a. w. to fill
the vacancy by tjrc promotion of Jesse 11.
Harrison. P~ /
/ SAMUEL F.IGLE, ?
f ARMAND LEFILS, S Se ’ l ’ C “ ptS ’
june 21 C 2 /
AFlntwh Ferijale Asylunu*
Tll'EstWect of firming rfpst be well
Jvlio has fl Weart to bestow 7 charity up
on such are destitute, by the Providence of
God, ofthecomyllumeccssareis of life, and must grow up
in ignorance aifl virtsitherfcre, it is proposed to the
ladies of
at the church cm the 7th THIS DAY,
21st June,, to tfreifl'al tL J elmi cIgrNILLO o’clock, a. ,w. at
the ringing of the bell, to devise this lau
dable institution.
Burt&t* way tliisstate,
esq. Dr. ‘Tr Jflfp Johmjke wi 11 act as my
attorneys. DLNHAM.
7 'he/LjmcrU)e r.
A BOUTleaving thffjmy’ for the takes this
./Vmethod to iiiiorm hip tire public, that he
shall return early in an extensive assort
ment of GOODS inhisjyi^”
V>^\/nANIELTIY4R^WTU..
qxT 1
Thii subscriber
]A ETURNS his thanks to the citizens of Darien for
.•the liberal encouragement he has received from
them during his stay in the city. He will be absent
on his return intends to resume
Jhi UJEN,
MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1819.
FOURTH of JULY.
The citizens of Darien are requested to meet THIS
DA\ at 10 o’clock a. m. in the Exchange, to enter into
arrangements for the celebration of the day on which
the American republic first assumed a political attitude.
Heavy Blow. —A northeastwardly wind, accompanied
with rain, set in about 2 o’clock on Wednesday morning
lasi and continued with violence until 9, when it veered
round to southeast and blew with redoubled fury for
several hours. Very little injury has been done in Da
rien, but we are informed that the cornfields from Oge
cliee to Satilla river have been ravaged, especially in
Liberty county, where, it is said, one half of the crop
has been destroyed. The cotton plant being young’
and pliant, w ill, it is thought, completely recover, llice
has sustained no damage, and the cane bids as fairly as
ever to produce an abundant crop. The gale, we have
been told, was felt but slightly at Savannah and at Cum
berland island. These two places may be considered
as its extremes, from which it gradually increased in se
verity to its centre in Liberty county. We believe
that its fury has been chiefly confined to the seaboard,
as travellers from the west represent its effects to have
been but partially felt fifty miles up the Alatamahu.—
On the whole, it appears to have been no detnment to
cotton, rice and cane; but to have curtailed one half the
corn in Liberty and one fourth in MTntosh counties;
still the remainder will be considerably above the pro
duct of last year, and that of the other staples fourfold.
SUMMARY.
JJurd Times.' —The Marine and Fire Insurance Com
pany of Savannah has declared a dividend of seven per
cent, for the last six months.
General Jackson, the man of Orleans, and general
Coffee, have recovered from a violent attack of sickness,
which threatened their lives.
Henry Clay, speaker of the house of representatives,
and general Currollwerv. in New-Orleans on the 4tli ult.
Lieutenant Defieu, who killed a soldier in the act of
desertion at Mew-Orleans, last April, was tried there on
the 13t’n ult. by the civil authorities, for murder, and ac
quitted,
.Massachusetts has chosen 405 representatives to the
present general court, of whom 249 are federalists and
156 republicans—-federal majority 96. One hundred
and forty-seven are from Maine, among whom are 88
republicans and 59 federalists. Two thirds of the in
habitants of that district are considered to be in favor
of a separation from Massachusetts.
JWi o-York Legislature. —The federalists have in it
forty five members, republicans forty-two and Clintoni
ans thirty-nine.
Governor Plnme.r, of New-Hampshire, has retired
from public life,regretted by thefrieudsof correct prin
r ciplcs and the survivors of ’76
Baptist Irvine, agent to the government, has arrived
at Philadelphia, from Venezuela.
The Steam ship Savannah was spoken, on her passage
to England, in lat. 38, 4(7, lon. 68, May 30, with all sail
set and machinery in operation.
A young Giant. —A male child, horn at Prospect,
New-Hampshire, and lately exhibiting at Portland, bids
fair to exceed in bulk the famous Daniel Lambert. He
is one year and eleven months old; is three feet in sta
ture; the calf of his leg measures 15 inches in circumfe
rence; one inch above the knee, 18$ inches do; round
his waist 3 feet 6 inches—and his weight when last ta
ken was 104 pounds!
I illany punished. —A black fellow named Isaac, was
executed on the 4th instant at Washington, Ga. for hav
ing committed a rape on a white woman near that place.
He shewed no contrition and was as regardless of
death as he had been of violating that law which none
but a brute or a demon can think of infringing.
John Ggilvy, the British commissioner, appointed to
ascertain the boundary’ line between the United States
and Canada, arrived at Kingston, U. C. on the 17th ult.
in company with John Hale, the agent. These gentle
men immediately proceeded to the point on Amherst
Island w here they left off'their survey in December last.
l.orenzo Dow, the celebrated itinerant preacher, was
in Dublin, Ireland, April 3.
Portuguese 111-nature. —ln consequence of numerous
captures made by patriot and piratical privateers, which
the Portuguese believe to be fitted out in American
ports, captain Choate arrived at Norfolk, had his vessel,
because she was rakish in appearance, detained three
days at St. Salvador after she u T as ready for sea, and
would have had to discharge again, had it not been for
the spirited interference of the American consul. Cap
tain C. how'ever was compelled to give security that he
would not molest any Portuguese vessel.
The United States’ brig Enterprise, lieutenant Kear
ney, has sailed from Neiv-York for Omoa, in the bay of
Honduras, to bring home the crew of the schooner Re
trieve, who mutinied and murdered the captain.
Another discovery! —A gentleman in Ohio has discov
ered a method by which wheat may be converted into
sugar and corn into molasses. From one bushel of
wheat fifteen pounds of sugar are extracted, and one
bushel of com gives three galltuis of molasses!
Tobacco. —The French government, according to re
port, has abandoned the monopoly of that article in
France. If true, competition must begin, and the quan
tity shipped from America be considerably increased as
well as the price.
From Havana. —Accounts from that city are to the
3lst ult. The season had been so extremely dry', that
planters were at a loss to victual their slaves, and great
mortality prevailed amongst foreigners. Rice, beefand
codfish were in demand, but coffee, though the last and
principal blossom had failed, continued to decline in
price, and sold at 18 a §2O. Lord Cochrane’s fleet was
said to be at Panama.
.Mexico is now, it is said, nearly free from the incur
sions of revolutionary partizans; and its commerce as
suming new energies. The transport of its immense
specie is principally made under the English flag; in
deed, it is said, that a convention lias been agreed on,
between the English and Spanish governments, by
which the former has engaged to secure the safe trans
portation ot the treasure, at a stipulated commission.—
I bis mode is the cheapest which Spain could adopt.
to the 3d ult. represents Bolivar as on the right bank of
the Aranca, with 4000 men, including 900 Englishmen,
and Morillo on the opposite side with 6000. Paez, with
the patriot cavalry, swam the river, April 11, and after
having destroyed 500 Spaniards, recrossed it with a tri
vial loss. Morillo had published a declaration, promis
ing to take all Europeans dissatisfied with the patriot
service into his army, or furnish them with a passage to
their homes.
Bonaparte, per last advices, (April 6) was well, but
out of temper at the rigor of his confinement, which
there is every reason to believe sir Hudson Lowe has
rendered unnecessarily severe. Indeed if the English
papers may be relied on, the British ministry have
found it necessary to signify their displeasure at the
cruelty of the governor towards his illustrious captive,
and ordered Dr. Stockoe, who had been sent off’ the isl
and, because he would not report bis conversations witli
Bonaparte to sir Hudson, and had remonstrated against
the severity ot his confinement, to return immediately
and resume his functions.
The Duke of Wellington, it is said, has refused to pre
sent to the J-’.nglish house of lords the a/ifc'-catholic pe
tition of the corporalioiyfl’ Dublin. |
hands are employed, from the Nile to Alexandria, is
nearly completed.
Flattering to some. —The imperial and royal academy
ofGeorgophilists of Florence in Tuscany has proposed
opening a correspondence with the several agricultural
societies in the United States, and the grand duke Fer
dinand 111 and his son, the archduke Leopold, with se
veral other Italians, would be pleased to be considered us
members of our societies for internal improvement.—
Dr. Mitchell, long notoriously ambitious of literary dis
tinction, has been eiebted a corresponding’ member of
the above Italian academy.
Tit for Tat,—-' The Spaniards, determining not to be
behind hand w ith some unprincipled fellow’s in this
country who clandestinely fit out piratical vessels to dep
redate on Spanish commerce, have despatched several
rovers under Algerine colors to cruise against our mer
chantmen in the Mediterranean, and carry them into
Spanish ports, where, after the cargo being consumed
in defraying the expenses of law, the vessel is usually
released. 1 hey no doubt consider it fair retaliation
and will be at no loss to shelter themselves under
the example set by the unprincipled trash that injure
our national character; but government will certainly
convince them that it will not suffer the property of the
innocent to be destroyed for the illegal proceedings of
a few ; outlaws, whomit punishes whenever an opportuni
ty offers.
Lamentable!— Dolorous to relate, the filial duke of
\ork, the hope of the house of Brunswick, w hilst in at
tendance on the king, his father, whom he had taken in
charge in consideration of a large salary, has lately bro
ken his right arm. One of his spurs having caught the
loop at the bottom of his trowsers occasioned his fall.
The Slave Trade, by accounts from Sierra Leone, of
January 9, is carried on with great activity to the lee
ward of that place, particularly in the river Calabar,
where eight vessels, each averaging five hundred slaves,
were at one time, all destined to the Spanish colonies.
The archbishop of Jerusalem was to leave England on
tjie 19th ot April, lie had collected for the object of
his mission 430 pounds sterling.
Tremendous Bell.—The bell recently cast at Moscow,
to replace that which wa ■ formerly in the tower of Juan
Weliki, in that city, weighs 7000 p'oods, or 252,000 lbs.
English. The clapper w'eiglis 120 poods.
The Potatoe. —Dr. Baldwin, late surgeon of the frig
ate Congress, (says the Delaware Watchman) has de
cided the controversy respecting the habit of the pota
toe, Solanum Tubesosum. He found this vegetable
growing abundantly on the north side of Uio-dc-la-Plata,
In w ild and uncultivated situations, unknown to the in
habitants, who do not even cultivate this valuable plant,
now so generally attended to in most parts of the civil
ized world. It is found growing among the rocks on
Monte Video, and in the vicinities of Maldenado, in the
sand hills on the river shore, as well as in low roots
situations, near streams of water. The largest bcurls
w ere not more than half an inch in diameter.
FOR TUE DARIEN GAZETTE.
THE FAREWELL.
Farewell! my heart-strings fondly cling
With burning throb to thy dear form
And tremble, while the wild waves fling ‘
Their mountain-crests to chafe the storm.
If fate should, on thy watery way,
The short career of virtue close,
This heart would piece by piece decay
Till dim oblivion gave repose.
Yet from it, but With latest breath,
Thine angel image should be driven;
And then my soul would burst through death
To seek thy sainted shade in heaven.
Why talk I thus?—’tis idle fear
To think thou canst disaster meet:
The foaming waves, that madly rear,
Will ripple gently ‘neath thy feet.
For on thy brow a calmness sits,
A placid spirit in thine eyes,
That soothe rude nature’s wildest fits,
And hold communion with the skies.
Then, go, my love! review each spot
Endeared by childhood’s rainbow hours,
And early friends—but tarry not:
My heart, my soul, are knit with your's.
ALBERTI.
FOR THE DARIEN’ GAZETTE.
THE STORM.
By Simon Possum, esquire, of Ohoopie.
The rain fell in tub fulls, and beat down the corn,
Pea, pumpkin and ’tatoe vines matted were borne
Like cobwebs in autumn, while sappling and tree
Were popping and nodding like waves on the sea.
The pigs, at the flurry, rushed into the stable,
When down came the roof with a part of the gable:
Sheep, goats, hogs and horses, scared, broke out pellmell,
And bleated, and grunted, and snorted like 1)—11:
For wherever they scampered, the gale thrashed their
hides,
Till facing to windward, they sheltered their sides.
Ducks, turkies and geese, having no footing, swam,
And were washed by the current towards an old ram
That butted and drowned them, till limbs big in size
Came whap from a dead tree and knocked out his eyes.
At the very same instant, the post of the well
Went smack on the chimney, which tottered and fell:
Then the rain like a river ran over the floor,
And a cherry-tree falling burst in the front door.
In a minute there was not a clapboard nor shingle;
Each flaw of the wind made the broken pots jingle,
From pegs in the logs carried Nancy ’s chemise,
Her shawl, shoes, silk bonnet and all that could please.
■Poor soul! how she cried!—for a woman, you know,
Values always the most that which makes the most show:
In short, by my gelding, my plough and my life!
In the house all was spoiled but my rifle and w ife.
So, shouldering my rifle, and kissing my rib,
bays I “my dear Nancy, let’s go to the crib:
“’I is rain-tight and wind proof, and w r ell may defy
“The power of the devil who now milks the sky.’’
’ I w as done—with dry deer-skins we make up a bed
And for pillow s w e placedclean corn-shucks at the head:
In my arms l held innocence, beauty and truth,
And l pressed her dear lips w ith my heart in my mouth,
And feared not the spirit that raged over earth,
His hoarse-moaning voice nor the glare of lus breath;
For 1 trusted in One w ho is far him above
And smiles in the sunshine of virtuous love—
A light which is purer than that noble flame
W Inch beamed on the world, when the next morning
came
To kiss the green forestand cherish the flowers,
And w aken sweet songsters in tempest-torn bow ers.
postscript,
A letter from an officer on board the U. S. ship Hor
net, to his friend in this city, dated 19, savs, “the Hor
net arrived with Mr. Forsyth, at Cadiz! 14th April.
There is very little news here: the public mind ap
pears entirely engrossed with an expedition that is fit
ting out here for South America- There are already
16,000 soldiers encamped, commanded by gen. O’Don
i pel, who is of Irish extraction. He is very popular with
I clothed ami fed. There are seven ships of the line, rej
| many frigates, and several sloops of war, gun brig. ,nd
J schooners, lying at anchor doing nothing, while die pa
-1 triots are destroying their commerce, ‘1 hey are all in
miserable order. The frigate Diana sailed not long
since, on a cruize of three days. She has not been heard
of since. It is thought she is taken. We are not very
popular at this place, owing I presume to the Florida
business.— Philad. Dem. Press.
The United Stales’ ship John Adams, captain O. IL
Perry, sailed from Annapolis on the 7th instant, for fct.
; Thomas, and on a cruise.— ib.
Bank of the United States continues improving; 93
was offered this morning and 95 asked. Considerable
sales might have been effected at 93. —Philadelphia De
mocratic Press, Bth instant.
Sea-Serpent returned. —The Boston Gazette of Mon
day announces the return to our coast of the celebrated
Sea-Serpent. It was seen on Friday and Saturday last
near Cohasset Rocks, and appeared to befrom 80 to 100
feet in leng’th.
! The New-York Columbian states, that it is reported
that general Scott has challenged general Jackson and
is now on his way to ‘Tennessee to meet him,
Prices of Cotton, at Livetpool, April 30.—Sea-islands,
per lb. 2s. 3sd a 3s.—New-Orleans 12$d a 15d.—bow
eds or uplands llsd a 13d. Rice in bonds 26sa 28s.
Another Revolutionary J’utriot gone!
Died, on the 10th instant, (says the Savannah Geor
, gian) at his residence on Wilmington island, after a
long and lingering illness, w hich he bore with Christi
; an fortitude, Major John Bahnaud, in the 69th year of
: his age. He was w soldier of the revolution, and con
tributed towards the establishment of that independence
1 which wc now enjoy. The welfare of his country was
ever dear to him, ami he was ready to make any sacri
fices for its promotion. Unequivocal in his attachment
to our republican institutions, he always raised his voice
in favor of those men and those measures which he be
lieved most friendly to republican principles. He was
esteemed for his uprightness, and for his gentlemanly
and conciliatory conduct. Major Barnard lias left nu
merous relatives and friends to deplore his loss.
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.
Darien, June 21, 1819.
Cotton, sea-island, per lb. 38 a 40
Do. upland do 13 a 14
Rice, 3 00 a 3 25
Corn, per bushel, 75 a 80
Flour, Phil’a, per barrel, .... 10 alO 50
Sugar, Georgia, per cwt 12 00 a 15 00
Molasses, Georgia, per gallon 50 a 52
Runt, Darien, 4th proof, do. - - . 1 37$ a 1 43J
Rum New-Englaiul, 62$ a 65
Ditto, Jam. 1 40 a 1 45
Brandy, Cognac, per gallon, - - - 175 a 1 87$
Whiskey, per gallon, 50 a 52
Gin, Holland, per gallon, 1 25 a 1 50
Sugar, Muscmado, per cwt. 12 a 15
Coffee, per lb. 32 a 33
Tea, per lb. 1 40 a 1 45
Bacon, Georgia, lb. 18 a 20
Pork, per bl. 22 a 28
Tobacco, leaf, per cwt. none
Soap, per lb. 12 a 13
Candles, northern mould, 19a21
Ditto Georgia ditto, 23 a 27
Iron, per cwt. 4a7
Steel, ditto, 9a 10
Lead, bar, - 10 a 12
Powder, keg, - --< 8 a 10
Shot, cv. t. ----------- 10 all
Ranging Timber, per 1000 feet, - -800a 10 00
Scantling, ----- ditto - - 14 00 als 00
Boards, pitch pine - - ditto - - 22 00 a23 00
Ditto, white ditto - - ditto - - 25 00 a3O 00
Staves, W. O. per 1000, 20 00
Ditto, It. O. ditto none
Shingles, - - ditto - -- -- 350a4 50
Advance on British Goods.
Woollens, - 50
Cottons, - -- -- - -----45 aSO
■■—m——r—a—:-i— mm • ■ vi'. ■—a-ip J
jfgt, JltSarim !>ctiro,
PORT OF DARIEN. j
Schooner Mary, Duval, Savannah, 2 days—an
ed cargo—to John I.ishness, Minton &,
Ilart &. Cos.
Schooner Fire-Fly, Alien!, St. Mrry’s, 3 ■EJJSH
last—to the master.
Sloop Milledgcv illc, Drink water, Pori lanJHHHH
23 days—with lumber—to the master.
Sloop Linnet, Bowman, New-York, 13
assorted cargo—to Hall, Cooke 8t Cos, VHH[
Sloop Atlantic, Woodward, NewAork, ,’n
assorted cargo—to Dr. Grant, James 11.
Anson Kimberly, Sawyer & Herring, William iHHH
zendorf and the master.
Sloop Bridgeport, Woodward, Savannah, 1 d.-SB
groceries—to Reuben King & Cos.
Sloop Teazer, Michel], St. Mary’s, 2 days—passengers^
Steamboat Samuel Howard, Tallmadge, with tow
boat No. 4, Savannah, 20 hqurs.
(Ej 3 The British brig Neptune, Anderson, bound to
Liverpool, beat out over Doiighbay bar, last Saturday
morning at half tide, and went to sea.
received
FLOUR
CHAItLfck^jjCHAMPAYNE.
* J Just received,
By sloop Atlantic from JVeuu- York, ’ J
AFRESH supply of PAINTS and OIL which aijfl
off ered on reasonable terms by
JAMES H. GIEKIE Si CO'J
ON HAND
Casks best London Brown Stout
’ Ditto Edinburgh pale Ah:
Holland Gin; \\ liiskey, best rye, in barrels
with a general assortment of GROCERIES,
GOODS, HARDWARE and CROCKERY.
june 21 35 vH
MTntosh Academy.
THF, summer term of M‘lntosh Academy will com
mence the third Monday in June. The literary de
partment will be assigned to instructors, whose talents,
attainments and morals meet the approbatio'n of the
commissioners. They will teach the severalbranches of
an English and classic education usually taught in other
academies. Particular attention will ‘be paid to the
health, manners and morals of the scholars,
june 21 35
A CARD.
THE person who fraudulently took
James M’Master, of the sloop Provmcnct^^HSgSnßj
‘ ’ ■ ■'■’<>ll, ol that and and, •
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