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should not have affected our respectability as
it did. The absorption of the church by
them—the unremitting attention required
of the pastors to all their demands, whether
reasonable or otherwise, and the prominence
which their numbers and demonstrative
mode of worship gave us in the city, placed
us in a false light before the community.
This you know, and, if I mistake not, with
so unfortunate an evil your progressive spir
it inolined to contend when you were here.
The evil has been removed and our ad
vancement is very perceptible. With God’s
blessing it is destined to be unprecedentedly
glorious. This is my humble judgment.
We have just organized a good choir and
introduced an organ in Trinity. Capt.
Chichester, a man of piety, is the leader.
We have no operatic or new fangled music
and do not intend to tolerate it. Our ob
ject is to make sacred music as acceptable
and congregational singing as much admir
ed, at least, as the quartette and highfalutin
performances which are turning the heads
of the young and giddy from and not to the
spirituality and solemnity of God’s worship.
By fur the best church music I heard last
summer whilst at the North, was at Henry
Ward Beecher’s Church, where a melodeou
was played, and a stiong choir led off in the
good old, soul-stirring, time-honored, and
God-blessed songs of Ziou, whilst the vast
assemblage standing, thundered forth, from
the preacher down to the sexton and from
the lowest floor to the second tier of galle
ries, the high praises of God.
Yours, die , E. J. Meynardie.
LETTER PROM PRANCE.
An express train from Paris to Lyons will
convey you in teD hours 800 miles through
a picturesque and interesting portion of
Franco. On this route, the soil is much
better, and in a higher state of cultivation
than between Brest and Paris. I have seen
nothing in France to compare with the bar
renness of poverty-stricken Brittany. A
traveler looks in vain for neat and comfoi ta
ble farm-houses. The frequent wars in
France made it necessary in the early set
tlement of the country for the inhabitants
to live in villages.
The French are famous for clinging to
old habits. The farmers live in low houses;
the stables, cow-stalls and pig-pens all un
der the same enclosure. Instead of a neat
flower-garden, a huge mass of manure is
piled up in front of the door. The people
generally look cheerless and com tortless as
if they found it hard work to keep soul and
body together. As you approach a town,
avenues of majestic poplars line the splendid
macadamised roads on each side, and you
are prepared to find stately mansions—but
when you look at these trees, nearly a cen
tury old, rising more than a hundred feet
iu the air, and then see the little squalid
houses ten to twenty feet high, surrounded
by scrubby weeping-willows —it looks like
descending from the sublime to the ridicu
lous.
On our route we passthrough Burgundy and
Champagne, the celebrated wine districts of
France. Near Dijon begins a chain of hills,
averaging about 1,000 feet in height. These
are covered with vineyards which ascend in
rows on the sunny sides of the hills, and
spread along the table-land on the summit.
The vines are planted in trenches two feet
apart and are trained on poles three to four
feet high. It is said the quality of the
grape improves with the age of the vine.
The young vines produce larger quantities,
but of inferior quality. An acre of ground
will yield about 400 gallons of wine. Po
tatoes, clover, grass and maize are inter
spersed with the vineyards, and the cherry,
prune and almond and walnut trees are dot
ted over the fields.
For the red wine, grapes are thrown into
troughs and are trodden down by men and
women with heavy wooden shoes till the
grapes are broken. They are then transfer
red to vats into which the juice of the grape
as it ran from the treading had been con
veyed. Fermentation takes place generally
in a few days. As it slackens, the liquor
begins to subside, and finally sinks within
the top of the vat. The stalks and skin of
the grape float on the top. The wine is
then drawn off into larger hogsheads and
barrels, but is not generally offered for sale
until it is two or three years old.
The champagne wine is made from a.
small but extremely sweet grape. The pre
paration is much more difficult and expen
sive than that of the ordinary wines. Af
ter the champagne is bottled, a second fer
mentation is produced by putting into each
bottle a small glass of sugar-candy dissolved
in wine. The bottles are closely watched
and the temperature of the air carefully
regulated often by the use of ice, to pro-*
mote or check fermentation. It is said at
least ten per cent of the bottles burst from
fermentation.
The high price of genuine champagne
may be accounted for by the loss from break
age, and the cost of manufacture, and the
immense demand for it. You seldom see
the Frenchman drinking champagne. The
cheap claret and beer are their constant
drinks.
As we proceed South, we pass through a
number of fertile valleys filled with orchards
and green pastures, on which fine herds of
cattle and sheep are to be seen, and frequent
ly immense flocks of geese and ducks
You seldom see chickens around the farm
houses; but thesplendid fat cow is the most
comfortable looking animal in or out of the
establishment.
And now we are in the beautiful city of
Lyons. Like the city of Charleston it nes
tles between two rivers, the Rhone and the
Saone. Lyons was founded bOO BC. Few
cities possess historical associations of such
deep, and thrilling interest. Large silk
manufactures were established here as early
as 1450. It was here the Roman Catholics
and Protestants carried on a war in the 16th
century which was only exceeded in atrocity
by the French Revolution of 1793. At
that period, Lyons was the second city in
France in size and population, and superior
to Paris in commerce and manufactures.
In 1793, the Jacobins under Chalier, made
an attack on Lyons. The merchants and
manufacturers united with the royalists, and
after great slaughter on both sides were vic
torious. The notorious Chalier was captured
and the guillotine which he had sent from
Paris to destroy his enemies* was used in
severing his own head. This only the more
excited the Jacobins who were led on by
such blood-thirsty men as Robespierre,Marat,
Calet dTlerbois, Fouche and others The
national convention ordered Kellermann,
commander of the Jacobins, to concentrate
his forces around Lyons. The loyalists,
priests, and royal families had fled to Lyons
from Paris and from all quarters. The city
was under the command of Precy who with
30,000 citizens and refugees gallantly de
fended it for more than two months. Lyons
was not surrendered until 40,000 had per
ished by shot, shell and fire. The royal
forces were reduced to a few thousand —
their ammunition exhausted. Famine and
disease arrested the power of all further re
sistance. Precy with 8,000 of his brave
comrades made their escape from the city,
but were pursued, and the most of them
slain. The total annihilation of Lyons was
decreed by the National Convention, and
faithfully carried out. It was ordered that
the very name of the city should perish,
and it should henceforth be known as the
“Free City.” A monument was erected
amid the ruins with the inscription, “Lyons
took up arms against liberty. Lyons is no
more." The Jacobins after the fail of the
city, to further enrage the soldiers, exhibit
ed in the streets an urn containing the
ashes of Chalier—“ Chalier,’’ exclaimed
Fouche—“the blood of the aristocrats shall
be the iucense we will offer you. We have
sworn the people shall be avenged, and all
that vice and crime have erected shall be
destroyed. The traveler shall behold in the
ruins of this superb and rebellious city
naught save a few huts inhabited by the
friends of equality.” More than 20,000
men were employed for weeks in destroying
Lyon 8. The .prisons, dungeons and cellars
were filled to overflowing with the citizens,
and the royal families who had taken refuge
in the city. The guillotine was kept at work
night and day until the public square be
came so flooded with human blood that the
Terrorist chiefs fearing to rouse the sensi
bility of the people decided on a wholesale
massacre. The prisoners were conveyed to
the opposite of the Rhone. As they marched
through the streets in chains to the place of
execution they united in singing, “To die
for one’s country is the happiest and most
enviable fate.’’ They were placed in long
lines of a hundred each, and mowed down
with grape and musketry. Those who es
caped immediate death were charged upon
by the cavalry, and with the Loises’ feet,
sabre and pistol shots were slain to the last
victim. Their bodies were thrown into the
Rhone. Thus perished the flower and youth
of Lyons and those who had taken refuge
from the surrounding country. The clergy,
nobility, citizens and tradesmen, all who op
posed Jacobinism shared a similar fate.
The reign of terror was at its height. Rea
son, religion and justice had fled. The
teachings of the Jacobins were: That all
things were adiuissable to those who acted
in the spirit of the revolution (or the devil)
From those who opposed them life, property
and every thing was to be taken. The rich
were to be stripped of their wealth, under
the plea of replenishing the National
Treasury, i. e. their own lustful pockets.
All forms of worship were abolished. The
Roman Catholic was as obnoxious as a
Protestant. The Republican’s God was his
country! Fouche on entering the city
issued the following proclamation.: “All
those who favored rebellion in any way,
have forfeited their* beads to the block. If
you are patriots, you will be able to dis
tinguish your friends—you will sequestrate
all others. Let no consideration stop you—
neither age, sex or relationship. Take by
force all that a citizen has that is superfluous.
For any man to have more than he requires,
is an abuse —extirpate all forms of worship
—elevate the temple cf reason—aid us in
striking these great blows or we shall our
selves strike you.’’* What a pity Brownlow
and Butler were not born in France, instead
of America. They are as full of the Jacobin
spirit as Robespierre or Fouche. There are
men now living in Lyons who wi nessed
the horrid massacre of 1793. They have
seen the beautiful city which was leveled to
the ground and the plowshare ordered to
pass over its edifices, spring again into life
and prosperity. So may it be with the
desolated cities of our own Sunny South
Lyons has now a population of 300,000
and is one of the most important commer
cial and manufacturing cities of France.
There are 8,000 establishments for the man
ufacture of silk, employing 30,000 looms.
In the manufacture of silk, Lyons surpasses
any city in Europe. The weavers are a
boisterous set. In 1834 there was a revolt
among them and they held the city for sev
eral days. They were put down by the
military, but not until several thousand were
killed. It was found for a long time neces
sary to keep a standing army in Lyons of
30,000 to preserve order. A large number
of the male operatives have gone into the
army, and the women have taken their
places at the loom, and are not so difficult to
manage. A commercial tribunal has been
established composed half of masters aud
half of workmen to settle disputes respect
ing wages, etc. This council has been found
to work well.
From the observatory you have a magnifi
cent view of the city.and surrounding coun-
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
try, and I was told we could see Mt. Blanc
There was, however, toomuch smoke arising
from the factory chimneys to see a hundred
miles in the distance. In Lyons I hear the
familiar buzz of musquitoes and feel their
friendly salute. lam thus keenly remind
ed of my own sunny home.
Lyons, 1866. G. W. W.
Betas from % C{jurejus.
Hamilton Circuit, Ca. Conference.
Mr. Editor : We have not only held our
own in this circuit the present year, but ad
vanced gradually aud slowly all the year.—
All the interests of the Church have been
attended to in such a way as to keep up an
equilibrium. The people generally endorse
the action of our last General Conference
The regular Church Meetings are increas
ing in popularity as the people become bet
ter acquainted with them. All of our Sab
bath-schools have been in healthy operation
during the summer months. There is, how
ever, a great want cf books, which the scar
city of money has prevented us from procu
ring. The Advocate is pretty generally cir
culated where we have mail facilities. There
are a few persons who think themselves too
poor to take it, and yet they take a political
paper—some of whom I have advised to
fast once or twice a week until they save
enough to take the Advocate , and thereby
feed the soul as well as the body. In finan
ces we are very much behind, but as cotton
is getting ready for market, we are going to
make one long and steady pull and see what
we can do, and where there is a will, there
is a way.
Last year there were ODly three Churches
on the circuit—one more was added this
spring. During last fall a series of revivals
occurred, which resulted in the addition of
about 55 probationers in the bounds of the
circuit. This year we have received 36 into
full membership—B have moved off, and 6
more are expected to be received yet, leav
ing about 7 that we cannot account for.—
This year we have received 8 members un
der the new regulations of the Church. In
August last, we commenced a series of meet
ings which extended to all the Churches,
greatly reviving the membership. Our in
defatigable P. E., R. B. Lester, was with
us several days at two appointments, labor
ing with great efficiency. Bros. G. 11. Pat
tillo,T. A. Brown and J. W. McGeheeand the
local brethren of the cireuit, labored with
zeal and acceptability at the different ap
pointments.
There was one peculiarity about our meet
ings that has not been iul y accounted for
as yet. The congregations were large and
attentive —the word seemed to be attended
with the demonstration aud power of the
Spirit—the Church was at times blessed
with an overwhelming baptism ; and yet
there were comparatively few professed con
version, and but a small number added to
tho Church. If it be sqid the Church was
was not fully aroused, the contrary appeared
to be true. In reference to joining the
Church, it may be that so many joined the
Church last year, that the numbers remain
ing for these Churches may be small, or
it may be that they regard it as being a lit
tle more serious matter than they did under
the old probationary system. There is also
one other cause that may have its effect.—
There is an opinion growing quite prevalent
among the young people that they ought
not to join the Church until they are assured
of their salvation, however deeply penitent
they are, or orderly their lives may be. —
Now there seems to be an evil in the folds
of this plausible pretext. They take the
ground that God must give the feeling as
they call it, and yet they virtually prescribe
the terms upon which lie must givefit; and
when they do not receive it after a few fee
ble efforts at the altar, they consider them
selves excused from taking upon themselves
any further obligations. In the palmy days
of Methodism our fathers required but one
condition of those who desired to enter the
Church—“ a desire to flee the wrath to
come, and to be saved from their sins aud
it seems that this is the only way to secure
entire consecration to God.
Harris colored charge , is in the bounds of
this circuit, and is served the present year
by Rev. F. M. T. Brannon on Sabbath eve
nings, in connection with the regular ap
pointments of the circuit There have been
a great many rainy Sundays, and evenings
especially, which, with other hindrances,
have somewhat interfered with the work. —
Yet there seems to be a line state of relig'*
ious feeling amoug them at most of the ap
pointn ents. Bro. B. catechises large class
es, aud labors hard to teach them the Deca
logue, the Lord’s Prayer, and the funda
mental principles of religion. He encour
ages them to learn to read the Bible when
ever they can, and a great many of them are
doing the best they can. Others are dis
gusted with books, and say they had much
rather plow than study. Dr. F. E. H. Ste
ger, formerly of Huntsville, Ala., has con
ducted a Sabbath-school for them in Ham
ilton, catechising them orally, and teaching
them to spell and read They learn much
faster by oral instruction than from theii
books. Two weeks ago Bro. Brannau held
a luve feast for them in Hamilton. Some
of their experiences were good, and really
edifying—but many others not so good
some rich. The members are generally
quiet and orderly —no excitement among
them about going either to the M. E. Church,
or the A. M. Church. Nor will there be,
unless some foreign intermeddler interrupts
their peace. Some few of the whites are
opposed to the policy of our Church towaid
them ; but we have no quarrel with them,
believing that they will soon see the wisdom
of the course we are pursuing- This lettei
is now much longer than I intended or de
sired. Yours, &c , A. J. Dean.
ST. JOHN’S, AUGUSTA, GA.
Mr. Editor It is with profound grati
tude we record the fact, that God has gra
ciously visited this charge. In entering on
the labors of the present year, we found the
membership of the church disheartened by
the general prostration of religious interest,
yet, with few exceptions, still attached to
the church of their choice and hopes, and
eagerly watching for of a brighter
day. Certain changes of internal policy
were deemed wise and necessary, and
dressed ourselves to the work, which was
accomplished with commendable harmony.
A lofty and antiquated pulpit wa“> reduced
to comely proportions —a nice orgau and
a choir introduced, and other alterations ef
fected which it was thought would be con
ducive to the interests of the church. Soon
our congregations began steadily to improve
and the religious interest seemed to keep
pace with the*dncrease of the congregation.
About a month ago we commenced a se
ries of meetings and the Lord blessed our
efforts witli the gracious outpouring of the
Spirit. Sinners were awakened —penitents
converted —the church revived, and some
who had long neglected salvation found
peace in believing. A marked feature of
the meeting was the absence of all undue
excitement, and the prevalence of such a
a deep, thorough and mighty influence as
rendered the house of God solemn and sa
cred even to those who came from mere cu
riosity. A large proportion of men, some of
them heads of families, were brought under
the influence of the Gospel, and realized the
blessing of j^rdon.
Up to this time 26 have united with our
church, and one will join the Baptist
Church. Old St. John’s feels the vigour of
anew life, and rejoices in the promise of
yet greater achievements.
Augusta has suffered much by the war,
yet our citizens are full of industry, energy
and hope.
In closing this brief notice of a blessed
work the pastor must be permitted to ex
press his gratitude to the people of his
charge for their uniform kindness and con
sideration towards himself and family during
the year. May the benedictions of the ev
erlasting covenant rest on one and all.
Arminius Wright.
Avgusta, Ga., Oct. \bth, 1866.
APPEAL FOR MISSIONS.
TO THE PREACHERS OF THE GEORGIA CONFER
ENCE.
Dear Brethren: The Missionary Treasury
having been empty during the year, the Treas
urer has been unable to cash the drafts of Mis
sionaries. Some of them have been doomed to
suffer as he has reason to believe. Ic is un
necessary to insert extracts from letters receiv
ed from brethren engaged in the missionary
work. We only assure you that money is need
ed to meet their wants, and let us see that it is
forthcoming. Let us urge you to take a collec
tion in every Church of your charge, at once,
and get. two or ;Viree faithful laymen to aid you.
Let the membership be thoroughly canvassed,
and every cent obtained that is possible, as we
have a pressing need for all the money that an
earnest and combined effort can secure. Coma,
dear bretlnen, let us not be appalled by the
gloom that hangs over the future, or dismayed
by the trials of the present, but with stout and
brave hearts meet the peri’s of the storm, and
hope for calmer seas.
Ref- re coming to Conference, please exchange
small for large bills, and you will very much aid
the undersigned in his duties. Believing that
our noble Conference will do its best, let us pray
that God may bless the Church with abundant
liberality. Yours, fraternally,
2w Arminius Wright,
Treas. Ga. Cons. Missionary Society.
Augusta , Ga., Oct. \hth , 1866.
ftttos of % Wittk.
There is great Dearth of news this week :
nor have we room for much.
New Regulations About Cotton Tax.
Washington, Oct. 23.— The Commissioner of
Internal Revenue has issued additional regula
tions concerning the transportation of cotton in
bond. The bond may be given by the consignee
in (lie district to which the cotton is to be ship
ped and transmitted to the collector of the dis
trict in which the cotton is produced. The
bond being properly filed, the Assessor will issue
permits based upon the weight as reported by
the owner. Any want of accuracy in such re
port of receipts is to be corrected by the cer
tificate of the weigher at the point to which the
cotton was shipped. This avoids the necessity
of having the cotton weighed by a government
officer prior to shipment. The old regulations
still remain in force and will be observed when
ever parties wish to ship in the manner there
provided.
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The Constitutional Amendment.— New Or
leans, Oct. 16 th. —The Governor of Mississippi
considers the Constitutional Amendment an in
sult to the whole South, and says he presumes
that it will only be necessary to read it to the
Legis’ature for that body to reject it. The Leg
islature merely ordered the message read.
Th e Texas House of Representatives have reject
ed the Constitutional Amendment by a vote of
sixty-seven against five.
Meteoric Shower. —Prof. Norton, of \ale
College, who has devoted much thought to the
subject of meteoric phenomena, supposes that on
the morning of the 13th or 14th of November
there will be such another grand display of me
teors as was seen on 13th November, 1833. Let
every body .keep wide awake.
»♦—
Terrific Hurricane in the West Indies.—
New York, Oct. 19.—A terrific hurricane com-
menced in the Bahamas on the 30th ult. It
last two days and about half the town df Nas
sau, N. P., was destroyed. Trinity Church was
demolished ; a portion of the roof of the Gov
ernment house was carried away, while that of
the Marine Hospital was entirely destroyed.
The neighboring islands Buffered in the same
manner Large numbers of vessels were lost
and damaged. The hurricane was the severest
since 1818.
FOREIGN NEWS.
BY STEAMER TO 12TU SEPTEMBER.
The Empress of Mexico had arrived at Trieste
from Rome. A letter from Rome, Oct. 2d, pub
lished in the Lyons papers, says she visited the
Vatican while in Rome, for the purpose of secu
ring the sanction of the Pope to everything her
husband had done as Emperor of Mexico, which
was at first, positively refused, and she remained
all day in her efforts to secure this. The writer
of the letter does not state the result of her in
terview. She is reported to have told the Pope
that she would not leave the Vatican unless her
request was granted. The evacuation of the
Fortresses of the Quadrilateral by the Austrians,
and their occupation by the Italians was pro
gressing. Rumors were again current that
negotiations had been concluded between Prus
sia and Saxony. The London Times says of
the great meeting of working men at Leeds, that
no political movement has, for a long time, at
tracted so much attention, as was proved on
Monday, by the collecting together of so great a
multitude, in order to discuss and support the
principles of the Manhood Suffrage Association,
which has been established in Leeds. Chole
ra still continues in London. Alarming re
ports are current in Mexico concerning the
health of the Empress. It is reported that she
is craxy. The Austrian Emperor has decided
to renounce the title of King of Lombardy and
Venitia In Turkey apprehensions are enter
tained of risings in Thessaly and Epirus. r
The patent annexing Hanover to Prussia was
promulgated in Hanover October 6th.
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LATER FROM EUROPE.
(BY THE CABLE.)
Paris, Oet. 23.—1 tis rumored here to-day»
that another manifesto is about to be issued to
the different diplomatic representatives of the
Empire.
London. Oct. 23.—Reports from Candia state
that after four days heavy fighting, the Chris
tians had repulsed the Turkish army.
Foreign Markets.
Liverpool, Oct. 23 —Cotton is firm ; sales to
day, 8,000 bales; Middling Uplands. 15Jd.;
Breadstuff’s firmer; Flour and Wheat tending
upwards.
Domestic Markets.
New Orleans, Oct. 22.—Cotton steadier; sales
1,600 bales; Low Middling, 36 to 37c. Gold,
146£. Other markets unchanged.
Baltimore, Oct. 22.—Flour steady ; Western
scarce ; Wheat firm. Tork 35 to 50. Groceries
inactive.
New York, Oct. 23.—Cotton dull; sales 1,000
bales at 39@42 for Middling. Gold, 146 J.
Five twenties, 114 J. Treasuries, 103 J. Flour
firm; sales 300 bbls. ; Southern sl2 25@1660.
Wheat one to three cents better. Corn 3@6c
better Oats I@3 cents better. Pork steady;
sales 3,800 bbls; Mess $33 95 Spirits Tur
pentine 87@90c 'U gal. Rosin $5 37(3)13 50.
Mobile , Oct.. 22.—C< tton sales to-day, 1,300
bales; Middling 36c. Market firm.
MARRIED.
On Tuesday evening, Oct. 9th, in Trinity
Church, Savannah, by Rev. A. M. Wynn, Col.
W. W. Holland, of Monticello, Ga., and Miss
Lillis. E., daughter of Gen. George Paul Har
rison, of Savannah, Ga.
On same evening, by the same, Mr. Wm. R.
Walker, and Miss Fannie E. Thomas, both of
Savannah.
In Americus, Ga., on the 17th inst., by Rev.
Chas. R. Jewett, Mr. Thos. A. Graham, former
ly of Huntsville, Ala., and Miss Olivia 8.,
daughter of Mr. C. \\. Hancock, Editor of the
Snmter Republican.
On 16th Oct., 1866, in the M. E. Church,
South, at Oaky Streak, Butler county, Ala , by
the Rev. 11. J. Hunter, the Rev James W.
Glenn, of the Montgomery Conference, to Miss
Fannie Ride, of Oaky Streak.
By Rev. U. Langford, oh the 11th iost., near
Warrenton, Mr. J. B. Willis, of Effingham
county, and Miss E. A. Barber, of Washington,
W'ilkes county, Ga.
In Brunswick, Ga., by Rev. B. C. Franklin,
on the 9th Sept., W. II Franklin, to Miss R.
C. Gardner, both of Brunswick, Ga.
On the evening of 4th Oct., 1866, by same,
in Anderson Dist., S. C., Rev. W. A. Hodges, of
the S. C. Conference, and Miss Cornelia Hardy.
To the Members of the Montgomery
Conference.
Trains from Selma to Blue Mountain ; distance
135 miles—fare, $9 45.
Stage from Blue Mountain to Jacksonville;
distance 10 miles—fare, $2 00.
Stage from Rome to Jacksonville; distance 59
miles—fare, $8 00.
Stage from Montgomery tri-weekly to Tallade
ga—fare, $lO 00
Train from Tal adega to Blue Mountain; dis
tance 25 miles—fare, $1 80.
Presiding Elders please give ua the names of
candidates for admission, also of local brethren
coming up for ordination.
Ministers who expect to bring their wive3 to
Conference, must let us know in due time.
Ministers who do not expect to attend Con
ference, will do ps a favor by letting us know
before Conference convenes. Ample provision
will be made for all.
L. M. Wilson.
Oct 26 — 3 w W. R. Kirk.
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