"WAV
ins
OST of us.'' W
.MS
recsUt liow. iurmr tltft War
of Uifi tttielllon. tli ere was a s-tift-
Tal report that a Kw-uu ilret vas in
orae manner going to help, tie ready:. to
help.--the or them Suites. Th"i oemed
to to a vague. ur.iUiCiied : Idea rurrnV
that Russia" stooil ready t in Lerfr in
behalf of ttw) ls"irt.lv;if . th.y iK.orlv Cos.
caled assistance -' England ae-: giving
the South wont too far.
I distinctly remember sucli rumoi-s. but
Vi' never teen able, until recemly, "to
put my finger on," so,, to npeak. anv-
t hlng- which T consiuorcJ m.Z .all. -In -thr
lijht Of evidence.
During the lant ttvo years I have ha a
In my erjiploy un oIT HIlf r. .who. on
arlout! occasions, xelated to ino incl-;
dents from his varied txpetoei&yji be
fame lnterented find the result 1s the.
follorvinir nutcnient : by hi jij.
It . senni'd to me ho Important, wpe
oi&lly the fact of .some 00 seamen' being
transferred in a. body- from trlio TCursUlxi
laJ.be AmTicstn Navyw that I wrote to
tfio Assistant ; Secretary;; of m Mil y
concerning the nmtiei-- Ilia reply; iir
mi tit-ra! terms, was that ho could f&nd
119 vocord in the ; Navy, ;Dejartment : of
any "considerable number" of in.cn. tie-
Uxe' so transferred..;... "Whether ..it was
meant that between 400 i nd 500 vcti e
considered .a- "conttiu'erab.e .-number" : or
that the Navy, records did not show of
nrt- seamen- being ; thus . transferred.. I
Jo not know. Probably tho latter, for
tho reader will sec, upon jca(ling ; ilie
narrative, theBs "seamen . were never-lit.
the pay of the United State.: Govern
ment, but received their regular .. pay
frpm the Russian government upon their
return for Rusela. For this reason their
iinmos were probably never on the roll
c our Navy, although they tools an oath
to serve the United States "as long -as
needed. Whether our Oovernmant .rs
imbursed Ku.ssla for the service of these
men will probably never be known, at
least by us laymen.
Tho narrative X nm about to relate la-
absolutely true, I am certain. Its author;
tho old sailor, I have- known Tlit i 0me
time, and know him to be atjEolu-fceijr
honest and truthful. I know, and as
lie himself says, that for years after
fiuitting tha nea he was one of the worst
jT drunkards, "not drinking." as ho
fays, hut pouring down whlHkey. in i
some manner he came into contact villi
the Salvation army, was converted, and
ever since been a -eoboii. uMljrlt.
honest man, and a very cr.ciiuaStuitHs
w orker In the SaiUtHc. Am'' -
Ie has tried to recall ' finrll "f wmt'
Ttides, so H.j to te B.ble in some mull-
ner to corroborate his statement, but so
many fears have passed: moreover b
knr -Them by their Xtusnlun or Finnish
nil iPS onlj, and In most cases simply
nicknames, therefore I am oblft to
find no corroborative evidence whatever.
For that reason I wrote to tho Navy
Department, and for that rea-son also, T
have given his recollections In a sort of
nn rratlve form.
From tho connection of these incidents,
inelr reasonableness and their simplicity,
coupled with my personal knowledge' of
The man himself. I o.m positive he tells
The absolute truth.
A Participant's Narrative.
' I wo-s born In NeuBtead. Finland, in
the year 1M5. In 1SD6, when only 11 years
old. I wont aboard a Finnish sailing ves-
sIp lying between ICeustead and Lubeck.
Vnjssla. From that time until 1863 I
was continually on tho eea and all the
time on Finnish vessels. In 1S6S, while
jrty snip was in London.' I deserted and
went back to mv home In Finland. I
was there, arrtsteJ, taken before acourt,
trie-d and sentenced to servo two years
1:i the Ptustisian xrnvy. I was placed on
board tho Russian man-of-war Ivanotr
nhe Bpolling may ho wrong). ..a hark
viRjsod steam vessel. Tt was, as well an
T can remember, in August, 1363, that
vent on board the Ivanoff.
"Sometime in 1SG4. I think in May
while my ship wus at Cronstadt, ftussla.
was asked if I were willing to goto
ihe United Suites and serve In the Navy.
X wiui agked by a Kuasiun offieer in Rus
sian, uniform. T was perfectly willing
and myself, tegcturr with .some w or
K other sailors from Russian men-of-
wer -Tit Cronstadt. were placed
aboard a German passenger steamer- and
salli lor New York,
Tonned X'nclo Smi ITniform.
"We landed at New York In tho night
time, and were at once taken to the
Tirookl yn Js'avy-Yard, where, within
half an hour, we took tho oath of el-
glance to the United States and to
serve in the United States Navy as long
an needed. Ve then changed our Rua-
Fian uniforms for thof of the United
States' Navy. With us ware our Rus-
sian officer!, wlio could speak Knulish.
Catalna and Ucuteniin'ts, who were a. Loo
sworn into tno united swu-s mvj, ana
who changed their uniforms for those of
. rorrepondlrig rank In fclio United Stata
Navy, It was necessary to" have our
own officers, because nono ot Us sailors
could speak English, and our Jiussfsi
officers repeated tnu conimandn of tl
American orriccrs,
'Wo were all placed aloartl a tran
port, and that same nlgrht before day-
UKht. tho night we came there, , saJled
to join Admiral Farragut's floet.
"We Joined the fl'et In the AlississJ
River below ew Orleans, and were
trlbUted amonj the xnen-or-war. I golnj
to the Hartford, the AdiBiral's flagship.
We were all sailors, and our- duty 1
to manage the ship, but In case of.
eesslty we helped the gunnera.
--Wo le.JU -below Hew Orleans a.whUeJ.tia .WMr
TTft
9
then went up the Mississippi and cruised
tund for a time, but had no engage
nts. Then we sailed for M.oblle Bay.
In the Maintop With Farragut.
When we ran the forts at Mobile
y, I, with four other sailors, was in"
the maintop. Tho maintop Is the first
antling on the middle ma.it, about 45 to
CO feet above the deck, -It Is a circular
platform, some 10 feet in diameter, and
protected around the sides by armor a
CURIOUS COOKING IN
HEX
a domestic science teacher
herself In the laterlor of
finds
Shantung horseback or being- car
ried in a chair over endless muddy; dusty
or atony roads, with intervals for eatinsr
and Bleeping in OUlnee inna of medieval
Squalor, She finds it wise, unless she in
tends to starve, to lay aside a very large
number of her "regular Ideas of civilised
cleanliness, " table service and dietetics,
and to shut her eyes to many things that
seen, say, in Portland (and such things
have been seen there , would taJco a.way
her appetite for a week.
But the appetite that results after rls
Ing -In the array dawn "from a. hard mot.
bed and traveling nomo lO or ' 12 mllea
before breakfast, t3 not easily ' tauten
away (except by a square meal) and you
very soon realize how many are the
t nines that you can Ret along without
In leading a truly simple life. Also that
It is perfectly possible to enjoy a monot
onous dlcst of irgB, tea and "mantou" or
"momma" (a kind of eteamed bread) three
times a day for a week; even though
yon liavo to eat at a bare rickety table,
and though you feel impelled to rinse out
cup and ylaiter with scalding tea before
you trust yournelf to use them.
The men.1 will probably bo catn In tb
"best room" of the inn. if it is a good
'inn this room Is likely to bo raised a
top or two above the courtyard Into
which tt opens. There may be a window
Without glass, but with thin paper
stretched over the frame. The floor 19 of
hard Btamixd earth. &nd seems to be the
proper place to throw egg sheila. riiomnKi
rinds or tea dregs, one. w tw teas,
simple wooden frames with reed mats on
Lhera, with two chairs and a table usually
complete the furniture, aJUiough I bavs
occasionally seen a scroll or picture and
a mirror. The latter, I was told, was
not intended for toilet purposoa, but to
keep off devils. Certainly any selz-re-s
pectins devil would flee If he saw hinv
self reflected In that d la tort i nar glasH; I
was half scared myself. -
The walls are Bometimcs papered,' but
is almost alwajra (oa ud
rilK BUND1Y OUEGOMAX, PORTLAND. JANXIAIIT l.V IWTi
1 '
lew feet high. ;Adniiral Farragut was
not lashed to the mast, or to anything
else, but stood on this platform in the
maintop.- I Know, because I lay on tho
floor almost beslds his feet. I gay 'lay,1
for as we five sailors were groingj into
the maintop FarraRUt told a Russian of-
fleer, 'Tell tho boys to llo down and we
did so. Tho Admiral atood up all
through the action, but was not tied to
anything, and we sailors tried also to
stand up and see what was going on,
.1 . i
XjIXjIATV E. TISGLK, POKTLuUD EXPERT, MAKILS 2VOTE OF THINGS OBSKKVEU OX
dirty. There may be a ceiling paper 1
stretched on a llKht frame but usually
you have an uninterrupted view of the
thatch and a chance to. reflect on the
ltxards and scorpions that make their
home there.
In all the inns where I slpt thore was
a email inner room, affording some de-
gree of privacy, and furnished - with, a
bed, sometimes a table, and . always a
heap Ot dust and.nibWati. ; In tho poorer
Inns, such as are met with in the moun
tains and along- - tho less traveled roads,',
the accommodation is of course less
sumptuous. Often there is only a single
room with no bedsteads, simply mats
laid on & raised - earttion platform or
"kang," which can be heated, from be-
neath In cold weather. ' Such a window
less,- dirty den would . not be considered
fit for a- decent American horse. 'If cir
cumstancea compelled a halt at a place
like this wa took our food in the open
air. to tho wonder and amusement of
Interested onlookers. - in the courtyard.
which la ankle deep In mud except In
the dryest weather, there is probably a
collection of clumsy country carts, spring-
less, vltll heavy, yellow, nail-studded
wheels and bright blue arched covers. A
ride In such a -cart over the ruts and
rocks of a well-traveled lilsrh road la an
unforgettablo experience. I snouid tninK
a padded football suit would make the
most natiefactory tra-vell n ji costume tor
persons using: these vehicles.
Queer Cooking.
Beside the .cartH, ' the horses n.nd
mules are steadily applying them-
selves to thetr
ration of chopped
straw, bran and ben.
wolf-llk, slant eyed
a number of
a, and per
haps a black nog or two, are .wiing
what they may devour;, and the driv
ers, chair-bearrs, personal servants
and military escort, are squatting: on
their heels round a low table and using
their chop-sticks with much visror,- and
enjoyment-
A darK archway leads out into tho
villas street. -Inside this la the oooJc-
tea
L Jiy J 1 3 JM
mrmm
m a -mm
Wmr nr. ,
;
1 iil
111
hut -ue would not let us, -and made us
lie down. - f
"From Mobile Bay we weht to Charles-.
ton, then to Savannah, and then to
Hampton Roads. From here v;c, the
Russian sailors from the various ships,
were sent to tho - Brooklyn Xavy-Yard.
arid after v waiting for about four weeks
for all the sailors to arrive, we were
sent back, by a passenger steamer to
Cronstadt and placed again aboard our
own ships. I goln back to th Ivanoff.
INTERIOR
lng- place black and smoky, where a
brown, half -naked 12-year-old is work
ing the bellows-arran&rement of a
queer clay-built stove. This stove is
fed continually with dried fsxaas and
kian-HanK stalks by an . old woman
who wags her bald head and emilea a
friendly toothless smile in response to
your salutation. Moreover, she will
allow you a gllmpso or mysterious
8WW3 and vegetable mixtures cooking
merrily, between the black hot-water
Kettles.
Tho street doorway naturally is
crowded with curious women and chil-
dren, a
curious
men. too; they are just as
to be con
tented with the back: seats in this par
ticular circus. Gradually the crowd
presses forward Into . the courtyard.
They want to watch the wonders of
omelet making1 over an alcohol lamp;
and one feels as If a Cooking School
Demonstration is in progress, until
suddenly our head servant and com-mander-ln-chief
turns upon them and
drives them out with threats and
jests, sendlnjr swarms of brown cher
ubs Into hiding behind their mothers,
or in their own doorways, by the an-
nouncement that he has orders from
the Governor to carry off to Chinanfu
all small boys without trousers.
On tlio lioatl.
You finish off your meal with a
handful of peanuts - or Home bis
orange - colored persimmons bought
from a persistent peddler for ttfl&t
seems to you a scandalously low price.
Tho landlord Is paid by the com
niinfler-ln-CllJer ftfter eomo character
istic bargaining. Tour few belongings
are bundled Into the cart and you your
self get Into a gay blue, (rreen and red
Chair carried tjr t sturdy rascals
with bowl-shape A hats and red horse
hair xlums. Your cavalry escort goea
clattcrlnn off. looklnir very trirllati In
their loose belted blue and red uni
forms with the Queues colled like a
"Dutch braid" under neat sailor hats.
Tli Comtuaiider-l-i-chlcf and hta nom
inal mBter ride majestically through
tha crowd and J0U &T. off On the toad
,T5.r.t:
mm
m
"Ordered ustQ'foy- v-
Whejj at, the. Brooklyn Navy-Yard
changed oi:r uniforms back to those of
th Husian NaT.
"We were In the TL'nited States Navy
somewhere between five and six month?;
it is. so long; I ' can't remember exactly.
Ve did not receive any pay from tlie
VniteU States, but were paid on our own
regular payday in Russia. I received
about V..f- per month, bclnif under sen
tence. At this time there were at Cronstadt
OF CHINESE EMPIRE
JV SUMMER'S JOt KNKV.
again. Traveling 'in leisurely fash
ion through countless villatres and
resting-- at -wayside teahouses, one lias
ample opportunity tor studying the
food supply and much of the domestic
economy of the Shantung "peasants.
"YVlittt tlie Natives Kat.
Nine people out of 'ten, If asked what
the Chinese live on, will reply promptly,
"Why. rice, of course, and tea." But
Shantung is a Northern province,, where
rico 1-s very little used and where wheat,
kianllants. .millet and" beans are -the sta
ple crops. This year the wheat crop was
very poor and widespread famine would
have been inevitable had nothe kianllang
and millet yielded fairly good harvesta
ah it. is, mere win do an inconceivaDio
amount of want and hun?cr In " those
brown, thatched huts. all. over ther prov
ince. ICianliang looks something: like sorghum
when you eeo.lt growing. The stalK and
the straw- seem almost a9 important as
the grain. The stalk Is used for thatch,
and, plastered with mud it often forms
the walls of very poor dwejlings. it is
used for fences, for screens, for 'bede, for
baskets and for fuel.- The straw is woven,
into mats and Is also used for fodder.
With Chopsticks,
Bread in different forms and a kind of
macaroni are the staple foods In the coun-
try. Tha latter lg more like noodles in
appearance than, the tubular macaroni,
with which, we are moat familiar. It Is
cooked up with scraps of vegetables and
pork (it meat can be afforded) to make It
tasty, and if well prepared Im a dish by
no means to be deaptsed. The American
IlOUSeKecper mi<t well taKe a hint from
some of the methods of preparing it. but
she will probably not want to serve It
Chinese faablon or to try to eat It with
CtlOpeUcKs. Oh! it's lota ot tun to eat
macaroni with cnopstocks.- ! hoA a buttf
time when I made my' first attempt, al
though I am -proud to say that later." 'at
certain Chinese dinner parties I was re-
pektedly complimented on my fiklll with
these Implements.
Chlne.ia Hour is coarse and .rrrfcty. In
cities where -there are foreigners, foreign
bread made, from imnorted flouM3.usu
rrrx:
ffll
rg w m . . w '
. i -
iiJs.iTHWWAS THOMPSON-. sAKItATOU;
j fjuidigr ttau ist tlw ihmw
, 'I lion. ,.Mn. ben lie Jot Ah
;u.9ian tut), tlicr nave hlru ih.
ot Ivan Ivanliolf. That h hit
1 Knsnn nume. lie declares tt was
1 tike cunloin In tk Ruwlin u.vr to
j plve sudors new mimes. Af terw;sd Z
he fthlpped under everajM:;:; !
i Andrron, Johmton, HmltU nrl::ihrtn: !
! -fF-- . i-c w.., iibv-xh ii
j trtoiwa:hf - time
Whrn aftUfd for hit " namwrtSL
lllecl: "Andrrwm." Tho li.x-- an-
swerril; 'W have too many Ander-
I Hons on board now. Your name is
I TliompNOD, Thomas Thompson," and
be hat carried that name ever since.
somewhere about loO.OOO Kusaiajl soldiers
anLiting orders, ready at an hour's no-
tico to sail for the United states. Of this
I am certain, for I saw them and talked
with them daily in their Ixirracka. They
made no secret of it and aald they were
awaiting- orders to sail and fight for the
L'nited States In case Kngland continued
to help the Southern States. I finished
my, two years on- the Ivanoff and then
wont homo to Finland for the Winter,
where my father died. Then I shipped on
a Klnnlri vessel from Copenhanen and
Wii shipwrecked in the North Sea. We
wt-rt pinked up by a fishing vessel and
even tun lly I landed in London.
"from theixs X sliipted on in American
vessel for New York, and from that time
ally obtainable: but In the country SUCH
.bread is utterly unknown. One sees
hit-fly the steamed bread already men
tioned, the local name of which is "mom-
ma," and which is considered something
of a delicacy. This comes in thimble-
shaped rolls about 2V-s Inches bl7h and 1V
to 2 inches in diameter. The finer Kinds
Iiave little dote of red paint or etain on
the top. They are like rather heavy cold
dumpllnfTs, and tho foreigner who eats
them usually peels off .the shiny white
OUttildO ekin.
Cakes and Pancakes.
Even i more important, because
errare' tic bis, iku cakes of arriwi
baked bread, usually about ono and a
quarter inches thlclc and 15 or 1 - Inches
In dlamoter. This Is bard and dry and
takes a Iot'Ol courageous chewing; -but
it. "stays by you," and is convenient to
carry, stuck in your belt or in the bosom
of your coat when, you go off 'to work, in
the fields.
- Then there are pancakes of. several
Kinds ovens being practically unused
in Ul9 country, tho making of which
is moat fascinating to watch. ' Ihe mak
er usually a man stands In" a sort of pit
up to the waist. This brings him on a lev
el With a vij hot iron plate, which is rals-
ed-very-little abovo the ground and kepi
hot by a - nre of klanllans stalks, or. oc-
broom of empty Klanilari nt and
queer implement something tike a short-
handled noe. Me brushes over the iln.te.
pours out a little dab of batter, and salll-
fnllv snreada it wltQ a circular motion or
the hoe until-it Is a wafer-thin cako
about HO inches - across. Then he peels tt
oft Uie plate. . turns it on tne otTn-r aside
for ft moment-and adds It to the pile be
side him. His ease and rapidity flrfl
eimply tLella-htf ul. A. customer comes
alons, buys iomo cakes (they are sold by
wetKht, goes a little farther and buys
pom chonned onion or othor savory mix
ture, which he rolls inside his pancake
Uke a paper parcel, and soes on hi Jour
ney contentedly munching, and you see
before you possibilities for a new hind or
sandwich, which, adapted to suit Amer
ican tastes, miecht be very acceptable for
a. picnic or ' banKet lunch.
mm
sm
CTii Sfienihfir Wt I was fn ilarsfijSk.
:Mwragiltag' wa -naktie "n iS
imt: tbiref yitr al'P Wji5!ili time
.: jyas'cnj txet. ; j-aij jhl i it. ' and moat of the
tfhjiJ6hgitf 'lu tW-.Mniirars g:g-th
ttofff ""tho Admlnil "uses when ioins on
sw?T!frr7ra4t4W leaving the Franklin, I.
olT-Rj'Tkr-aHl.3!haizc5aJtnorc three
yara.. "hea. Hiy tima wns ui 1 aprain en
tsresl - b- er;iarii. jaartne -Bepaftcgi d
k lalfi I qduid the K3-aJiof,-5as&
boartl-.-'ihfi yJVankllit:: feeing '.(jcUtS f
lie w3a InrfirjaS? KnJ h ji:g,rr5rf T '
most of tJh ttni lHii9 ruitr, -Tiea -ntMsJ !
rail
rers, but ho would yen at us and
motion for un to lie down. After we had
passed the batteries ho allowed us tr
stand up behind him and sco tlie t&U t
with the Confe Jenfe: yirjg.si'trgua
Brl-got two tvittl.'s or whtKkTTTi i J
solus tqi S saBs-arT-'tTa-TtaEn4tBfci(i
Officer UiV tt OtTu J l,R,r,'tc -1
th. wTiialT i.'boaT2,-- imi. -B-aa.-.ariTFi ! '
aJWlpurfc Sti-.:-:.-Uni-: fl:uaj-tJn??uTft.-.- rts .-.3i.-t.
maniing: tpi MMf&i itedj-j9 apnee
Th uajiuiJu fid I-j-n tns cr-f 61) 1
Bum -fihartiv:: Ua;t--: J. Iib.1 :3een-- wvurtit
bringjRjjj ..wlii!jkjr.:oa. thipoowai .-- J:riigjii.
t jU tlia office? tt a ' l g Lhv "tttU
.nd when it wtut ejiiamcd - 3f - -h-i
JCftli " "thought you :.:fiaKL3na--tt:irrlHj1,:
overboard. iit owH'urn it rr" cnai'if' Wie
pta lp"; dfct; i-ton fc,, And ho ordered mo Into
TliosMLoiirals Humor.
"Ho was always very prompt in return-
in? to his gig at the tlmo he set, hea on
shore. When we rowed him aahor we
, would leave one man to guard tho sIk,
8M;?tf.g" ;rCr!tif:";W would take a stroll.
Oft, iliy-wi1 l?&::?rrtrr-a saloon and re-
adxiaS;3arl(Kevr::.Uf' Int ended. Farre-
gut. cne .(Sown ta Uw antf asked tno
iTtiard TrVkral w wmr, -H -loJJ hlra we
paper to write tToSrrtr.'-.-' ol 1. will
return lii a short time," Ho aula. He soon
came back and ordred us to row hint
ovor tQ the ship. . When there he left us
in the gig, and in & few minutes came
back with two marines. ' Then lie ordered
us to row ashoro auiun. and when there
eravo tho marine orders not to allow us
to leave the Rig".
"Wo waited and waited (or liim, but Le
did not como. Iay light faded and nit; lit.
came on, but no Adiultal. Arloriilug broke.
but no Admiral for a long time. Finally
he appeared and aked us if we were I
hungry. Wo told him wo wore. Ho took
us to a restaurant and gave us a srood
breakfast. "When we wore rowing back
to the ship he asked if wo knew why h
left us to go hungry. Wo told him we
thought so. 'Weil, tho next time you do
that I'll keep you out two nights and two
days,' he Bald.
I'-lst JrMglit Willi Dewey.
"On this three years' cruise, Admiral
Dewey -was aboard the Franklin. He was
then only a midshipman, llo was youn$
and quite boyish looking, and light am
trim in build. He was a little cranky
sometimes with us, but may be no more
than we deserved, and on the whole w
liked him very well.. Me never repri-
xnanded me but once, and I never had:
any trouble with hi in but once.
. "One night I wag on post as guard on
the bridge, thft most important post Oil
the ship. Suddenly, without any warn
ing whatever, Dowey was right upon me.
He told mo I was asleep. I told him ha
was a liar. Without saying a word b
struck me a good, solid blow fairly be
tween the eyes. I was large and strong,
but tho blow made' ma reel. I grabbed
him and threw him on the deck and held
him down. 1-le kicked and fought and
tried to get up, but I still kept him down;
he soon yelled for the guard, and two
marines came and took me off to the
guardhouse. The next morning I was
court-martialed and gentenceu to tho
iweat-box for six hours.
"The sweat-bosc was an iron box about,
two feet square and a little higher than
a man's head, heated Intensely hot. The
ship's surgeon examined each man befor
he was put In and every half hour durlruc
Sentence. When I came out I was asked
how I liked It. I replied I could stand
another six; hours, but as a matter of
fact I was so weak I could scarcely
stand up. Dewey had only reported ir.e
for a breach of discipline, or some minor
offense. If ho had reported m for bclngc
aSleOp on post it would have gone nurd
with m.
"On thinking the matter- over a f t- i -wards
X concluded he was right, u.nl I
must Have Cccn asleep, or else he never
could have got right up to me before: I
saw htm. This happened rlurlnc th
middle part of the cruise, but Muiwiiip-
man Dewey MVOr Stomed t4 hafl)6!' iifij'
ill-feeling, but treated nio fairly durj ng
the entire cruise."
These are a faw of the old sailor i
recollections. T told him thnt he out
ranked the whole Spanish fleet; for he
Whipped Admiral Dewey single handed,
wh!U the entire Spanish fleet failed to
do so. J. R. (JHA I'M AX.
Late Lieutenant Twenty-second- Int
Salem, Or., January 7,
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