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THE DECATUR EAGLE. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY' MORNING. Office, on Main Street, in the old School House, one Square North of J. & P Cribs' Store. Ternv, of Subscription: For one year, $1 5(1, in advance; Ijl 75, n ithin six months; $2 00, after tin;year has expired. CJ-No paper will be discontinued until all arrcrases are paid, except at the option of the Publisher. Terms of Advertising: One Square, three insertions, $1 *'o Each subsequent insertion, -o ETJfo advertisement will be considered less than one square; ever one square vill be counted and charged as two; over two, as three, etc. JOE PRINTING. We arc prepared to do all kinds of JOB WORK, in a neat and workmanlike manner, on the most reasonable terms. Our material for the completion of Job-work, being new and of the latest styles, we are confident that satisfaction can be given. Law of Newspapers. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscriptions. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their papers, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the efllee they are held responsible till they have settled the bill and ordered the paper discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove tootherplaces without informing the publisher,an.d the paper is still sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. ITThe Court have decided that refusing of take a paper from the office, or removed and leaving it uncalled for Isfkima facie evidence of intentional fraud. FORGIVE AND FORGET, BY BELLE WILSON. Forgive and forget—let our motto be ever, Since offence in the pathway of mortalswill come; For surely no slight misconception could sever The pleasures of friendship and blessings of home. Forgive and forget—in the struggle for glory, Must the brave meet the brave in battle's array; War's clangor onceover, how pleasant the story, .W. Forgivenesscan bring for the wrongs of the day. ►it. *. u c . 7 iis the Forgiveand forget—w ho hath wounded no mortal With sting of reproof, accusation and strife? Yet, while we remember, must ever the portal Cf friendship be closed through the short span Os life! nil ' 1"- -Forgiveand forget —oh, the glorious pleasure ’Tis to clasp to the bosom the heart that was .)j e(! cold 1 And add tethe store of life's blessedest treasure The rare gem of friendship more precious than gold. Forgive and forget—'tis the holiest feeling, That prompts us to cherish the dejected and poor, But unbounded the pleasure to the spirits revealing. That a friendship long severed is severed no more. Forgive and forget—oh, how pleasant to wander O'er the pathway of life, ’mid its sunniest flowers, , i O'er no ill to repine, no unkindness to ponder, And feel that forgiveness and friendship are ours. Forgive and forget—how debased is the spirit That can brood over frailties of brother' or friend; Oh, who would desire the cold heart to inherit, That only forgives when remembrance shall end! Forgive at the instant, forget we at leisure. No ingenuous soul o’er a wrong can repine, But must feel with a glow of the liveliest pleasure, To err is but human, to forgive is divine. . RUNNING- ABLOC K ADE; -Q-i /<. oa > ROW TEE YANKEE SCHOONER DID IT. A Sketch of the War of 1813-11. ST SYLVANOS COBB, JR. During the summer of 1214 the British :<>k posession ol ail that part of the Slate E Main lying east of the I'cnohscot, and daimed it as a part of their lawful terrioiy. They established a sort ol a naval iead-quarters at Castine, and from tiienee ;ent out their cruisers. Upon the Ktnubeck River at that time were many Driving towns, and quiet a number of i anker privateers were titled out there, revtral sailed from Bath; and even as iigh up us liallowill were titled and manled some ot these troublesome little craft, in consequence of all these the British utned their attention to this little [river, ind established a blockade nt its mouth they knew that some privateers were beng tilted out somewhere up the stream, ind they were determined to take them f thev came out. And ibere was another thing which the insmv had in view to this blockade.—

There was a fort up the river a short distance, and also several military storehouses; and they (the British) had learned that provisions and amunition were expected from Boston or Salem for these places. So they meant to kill two birds with one stone: They would prevent the privateers from coming out; and also prevent the stores from going in. Many still living, who resided upon the Kennebcck during that war, remmber well the seasons of the blockade. They depended for much of their provisions up- , on the coasters which came from Massachusetts; and row that the small vessels were prevented from coining in they suffered much. In Hallowell, Waterville, Gardiner, and other places, provisions were so scarce that many people who were considered well off in ordinary times lived upon the swill-gatherings of the more wealthy,* a silver dollar’s worth of meal could be carried away in a common pocket-handkerchief. The suffering was great. The people knew that there were several vessels anxious to get in, but the British war-brig at the river,s mouth prevented them. Among the vessels which were expected at Hallowell was a heavy schooner called .The Eliza,’ which belonged to Abner Jenkins. The ‘Polly Ann’ and the ‘Eliza,* both cleared at Salem, Mass., the former loaded with one of the most valuable cargoes ever sent to the eastward; for besides a large lot of excellent provisions, such as flower, corn, rye, and pork and beef, she had a large quantity of arms and ammunitions for two privataers that were lying at Bath. The loss of the -Polly Ann’ would have been a severe blow in two ways: It would have sadly added to the want of the poor people of the Kenncbeck, and have prevented the outfit of two staunch privateers; and it would have also added much to the power of the enemy by furnishing them with things which they much needed. The ‘Polly Ann’ was a new and valuable craft; but not so the ‘Eliza.’ The latter was very old, and very rotten; and she was now on her last trip. Her owner had resolved to try the run to Hallowell, and then pull his old avbvuuoo «<> for fire-wood, as that was all she was good for. On the present occasion she was loaded with provisions; but the load was necessarily {flight one, as Jenkins dare not venture to sink her too deeply The two schooners sailed from Salem together. In fact Jenkins would not have dared to sail alone, for he was not sure that his rickety old craft would carry him through. The ‘Polly Ann’ was manned by Capt. Wait; hissonNathen a youth of nineteen; a man of thirty named Jim Tufts, and Samuel Locke, a young man of five-and-twenty. The ‘Eliza’ had beside her captain, David, a brother of the commander; Walter Davis and Charles Allen, both young men and able. When the two schooners reached Wood Island, which lies at the mouth of the Saco River, they were boarded by some Yankee fishermen who resided there, and who informed them that it would be of no use for them to go any further. ‘Ye can’t get into the river,, said one of them, ‘for a cussed brig-o-war’s a layin’ off an’ on there all the time. An’ I ken tell ye one more thing, too: Thera Britishers are on the lookout for you. They've hcered as liow’t yeou were a comin’in with provisionsan’ arms for privateers-— They’ve been informed somhow.’ This was a damper upon Capt, Eben Wait. He had known that there were British war-vessels upon the const; but he had Lope that there might be none in his way. He could not turn back. He knew that those whom he loved were suffering for the want of food he had with him, and that the privateers could not sail until thty had the stores he bad in charge for them. And futlier: much of the provision he had in cargo might spoil by being kept too long in the hold of his vessel.— What should he do? The loss to him, if he failed to make his tiip, would be great; but he thought ndt so much of that as he did of the loss to those who were depending upon him for the very means of sustaining life. He questioned the fishermen very closly. and was convince that they spoke truly. Three of them had come from Mauhegan only two days before, and had been robbed, of their fish by this same brig. •And,’ continued the informant, ‘one o’ the officers asked us es ne knowed the Yankee schooner ‘Polly Ann.’ We pretended’at we didn’t know anything about it. He said he’d have ye of ye come that Capt. Wait pondered a long while upon the information he had received. * A near and dear friend of the writer’s who lived in Hallowell at the. time, and whose father owned several valuable vessels, and was re ally wealthy, supported herself nnd mother, duringthat father's absence with one of his vessels, by going out to the neighbors and pick ing potatoes and other bits of food, from the reinn anta which had been thrown out for the bogs!

“Our Country’s Good shall ever be our Aim —Willing to Praise and not afraid to Elaine.”

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‘lt’s a hard case,’ he said to his friend, Capt. Jenkins. ‘J. know how those fellows watch. There’s no getting by them.’ “’Tis confounded bad,’ returned Jenkins. ’Now if 'twasn’t for the cargo I’ve got aboard they might have my old hulk in welcome. I don,t know but I’d be willin’ to pay ’em some'thtm’ to carry her off: for the fire-wood she’ll make wont hardly be worth the trouble of cut-.in’tier up.— She’s half rotten, and t’other half is as full of nails qpd spikes as her sails are full of holes. But with your vesifcl it’s different. She’s new and valuable. By thunder, Eben,l’m afeared we’ll have to go back, but it’s cussed hard, isn’t it?’ But a new light had gleamed upon the bronzed face of Capt. Wait. ‘Look ye,Abner,’ he said, eagerly,‘if 1 could carry your cargo ail. safely up the river would you give up your old vessel?.’ i ‘Would I?’ cried Jenkins. ‘l’ll bet I would. Yes, sir;—l’d let her go to grass ! in a minute.’ ‘Then I think wc can do it.'At all events ! ire’ll try. My schooner can easily carry all the load you’ve got, from here to Bath, j We’ll drop in shore and shift cargo as! quickly as possible.* Jenkins heard his friend’s plan explain- , ed, and his own face grew blight. The I two schooners were anchored, and then; lashed side to side; and then all hands turned-to with a will. Before night the : • Eliza’was flying’ light, with nothing, aboard that could be possibly taken away, They left her hull; her masts; her three sails; and such ri< r £rintr as was absolutely necessary to keep her on tb.c wind. The distance from Wood Island to the mouth of the Kennebcck is about thirty miles; so the run was not a long one.— Wait did not wish to start untill after midnight, ns his plan was to bring the warbrig in sight just about day-brake. The wind was-from the south’rd and blowing a fair breeze; and it was likely to remain so, at least, untill the sun rose again. At one o’clock in the morning the two schooners again made sail; and at three the light upon Cape Elizabeth was upon the larboad quarter. At half-past three Seguin light was in sight ahead. Seguin is an island al. the mouth of the Kcnnebeck. At tour 0 CIOCK lue iirsv gieaius ... | coming day appeared upon the horizon; and in a very few minutes afterwards the tall soars of the British brig-of-war could be- distinctly made out directly ahead, just outsidcof Seguin, and to the south’rd of it. ‘Now’s our time,’ shouted Capt. Wait, hailing his companion, who was close under his lec. Abner Jenkins ran Lis vessal to the windward of the ‘Polly Ann,’ and as he came abreast, he cried out, —■ ‘Would ye set her agoin’ now?’ •Yes. Are you sure she’ll mind her helm?’ ‘Yes. I can fix that sure.’ ‘Then do it as soon as ye can. The Englishman hasn’t seen us yet. Set her head a little to the north’rd of east!’ ,Aye, aye,’ responded Jenkins; nnd thereupon he set at work. In the meantime Wait had his sail all taken in, so that the Englishmen should not see him; and as the water was shoal he let go a light anchor. Jenkins’s first movement was to lower J his boat and secure her by the painter, to one of the stern davits. Next he put on , al! sail, and had the sheets belayed very carefully for running with the wind a little forward of the beam. I lie tiller was next set, and as toon as he was satisfied that the schooner would run in a direct line with the tiller thus, he lashedit fast.— He knew the ‘Eliza’ well enough to know that she would be true to the sourse he bad given her: and having seen that the sheets were securely belayed, and that I nothing e>f any value was left on bo .rd, ' he nnd his crew got into the beat and! pulled for the ‘Polly Ann.’ Away went the old schooner in the fine I style, dashing the foam from her, nnd leaping over the light waves as defiantly as could be. Capt. Wait took his glass! and went aloft. 11-* could now see the biig plainly. She was under easy sad, and appeared to be lying-to By the course upon which the old I schooner was smiling, she would pass only I about three miles from the brig; and that tuo, before many minutes. •lli-yi!’ cried Wait. ‘There she goes!’ As he spoke a wreath of smoke curled up from the Englishman's deck, and in a moment more the report of a heavy gun came booming over the water. ‘He’s taken the bate!’ shouted Jenkins. Another and another gun boomed away from the deck of the brig, but the schooner did not stop. -She dashed away over the water with her fi.ig flying, and showed no disposition to obey the Briton’s summons. ‘Hi! look’ cried Wait, as n round shot ploughed up the water under the stern of the flying schooner. But tins was not to last much longer. The brig soon put up her helm and bore away, and cracked on all sail.

Away went the schooner, and away . went the brig. Bang!—Bang!-Bang! went the Englishman’s guns; and the Yankee coaster seemed to fly the faster! But the brig was gaining rapidly. Ere long one of her round shot tore the poor ‘Eliza’s’ quarter-rail off; and next a shot struck her stern. Nearer and nearer came the | brig! and shot after shot riddled the poor ; devoted schooner. Presently her mainI mast went by the board—then her bow- ! spirit dropped,—and finally she lay, a ! .;eq 'ess, sinking, rollon, useless mass upon the water, which must soon open its ; bosom to give her rest. Meanwhile the ‘Polly Ann’ had run up her anchor and made sail; and as the briu ' overtook her prize, the successful Yankee was passing behind Seguin. Ina short ! time the island was left upon her star- | board quarter, and once more she was in I fuil view of the Englishman. ‘Let’s heave-to here a little while, just j to sea the fun,’ said Wait. This was readily agreed to; for the I ‘Polly Ann’ was just in the mouth of the I river, with the wind fair sot running her ! up at any moment. So the schooner was hove to, and al! j hatftls gathered aft to watch the operations of the evening. Beside the heavy guns which Wait had stowed away under the main-hatch, for the piivateers. he had a i lot of mu Lets. lie had eight of these , brought up and loaded, and the Yankee flag got ready for running up to the main [leak. The brig was seen to overhaul the poor, riddled, dismasted hulk, and our Yankees fancied they could almost hear the British cut sc and swear. ‘But wont they cuss a leetle more when they see us?’ said Jenkins. ‘Recon thev will,’ responded Capt. Wait. In a few minutes from that time the brig was seen to put up her helm, and very soon afterwards the old bulk gave a lurch and went down. ,They sec us!’ cried Wait, as the brig put her Lead about. And so it would seem, for the man-of-war not only put about, but her men crowded upon her forecastle and gazed | off to where the Yankee schooner lay.— 1 xjr i -—<»••••'» nnlL Lolnw nnrl aloft, and she came plouhing through the water at a swift rate. At length she fired one of her bow guns, and the ball fell directly beneath the end of the Yankee’s flying jib-boom. ‘Up with the helm!’ cried Capt. Wait ‘Hau! over the main sheet! Get out the muskets!’ The muskets were taken by tho men, i even the man at the helm going in from one, and so soon as the vessel was fairly headed up the river, they gathered along by tho taffrail. The Stars and Stripes were run up to the peak, and ns the glorious ensign opened its magic folds to the breeze the captain gave the order to fire. The reports of the eight muskets rang out upon tb.e air; three hearty cheers were given by the homeward-bound men; and then the ‘Polly Ann’ danced away up her native river. Snrely the officers and crew of the blockading brig must have felt particularly fool- ! ish about that time. And that they did ! feel so is evident from a remark her I commander made to a poor fisherman ! whom he overhauled for fish on the evening of that very day. It was a fisherman who had ventured down off Cape Small Point after haddock. He asked the fisherman if the ‘Poll Ann’ had entered the river. ‘Ye-e-es, sir,’ answered the poor fellow. •Did she carry up much of a load?’ ‘Gcrewsalem! yew’d a thought so, I reckon,’ answered the fisherman, who seemed desirous of giving an emphatic ! reply. ‘She was loaded down tothegun’lls j sir. It’s a mercy ’at she diden’t sink!’ ! • ,’ said the English- ! man. which being interpreted, meanelh a very extended an 1 very elaborately I wrought sentence of oatl.s. ‘1 wish she. | had sunk! I never was so fooled before; and never will be again!’ But the man spoke without counting Ids cost. Tlie ’Polly Ann’ stopped at i Bath union !e<l her large guns and atnmuniiioii; nnd three days afterwards two sprightly privateers sailed down the river nnd captured the brig-of-war, and carried her into port. Meanwhile the successful schooner kept on up the river, carrying gladness to al! patriotic hearts; furnishing food for hundreds of famishing bodies; and inspiring manv disponding souls with new hopes and aspirations. A good housewife hearing Venice Preserved highly spoken of, asks so.- a receipt to make it. I speak within bounds,’ as the prisoner said io the jailor. in —in -■ — ‘l’m bioWed if I do, as the trumpet said when it was asked to give a tune,

DOW JR. ON MATRIMONY. Youngman! If you have arrived a| 1 the right point in. life for it kt every other consideration give way to that of getting married. Don’t think of doing anything else. Keep poking about among the rubbish of the world till you have stirred up a gem Wofth possessing in the shape of a wife. Never think of delaying the matter; you know delays, ns well as wild boars, are dangerous. A good wife is the most constant and faithful companion yon can posibiy have at your side ! while performing the journey of iife—a dog isn’t a tonch to her. She is of more service too than you may at first imagine. Slie can smooth your linen and your cares for you— mend your trowsers and perchance your manners—sweeten your moments, as well as your tea and coffee for you; rufile perhaps, your shirt bosom, but not your temper; and instead of sowing the seeds of sorrow in your path, she will; sew buttons ou your shirt, nlant happiness instead of harrow teeth in your bosom. Yes and if you are too confounded lazy or too proud to do such work your- ! self she will cany swill to the hogs, chop wood, dig potatoes for dinner; for her iius- ■ band is such that she will do anything to please him except receive company in her every day clothes. When a women loves, she loves with a double distilled devotedness and when ! she hates, she hates on a high pfeSstfre i principle. Her love is deep as the ocean 1 as the strong as a hempen halter immutable as the rock of ages. She won’t change it except in a strong lit of jealousy, and even then it, lingers as if loth to part, like 1 evening twilight at the windows of the I west. Get married, by all means. All the excuses you can ffsh up against ‘doing the deed’ aren’t worth a spoonful of! pigeon’s milk. Mark this—if blessed with ; iiealth and cmplopment, you are not able to support a wife, depend upon it you are I not capablcofsupportingyourself. Therefore, so much more need of annexation;; for in union as in an onion there is strenght.; Get married I repeat, man! Concentrate | your affections upon one object and not distribute them by crumbs among a host Susans, Sarahs, Marys, Elizas, reggys, and Dorothas, allowing each scarcely enough to nibble at. Get married and nave some one io cuei-i you up, yvu journey throu !>. this ‘lowly vale of tears, somebody to scour up dull; melancholy moments, and keep your whole life, anil whatever linen you posess in some sort of Sunday go-to-meeting order. Young women! I need not tell you to look out for a husband, for I know that you are fixing contrivances to catch one, and are as naturaly on the watch as cat is for a mouse. But one word in your ear, if you please. Don’t bait your book with any artificial fly of beauty; if you do, the chances are ten to one you will catch a gudgeon—some silly fool of a fisli that isn’t worth his weight in saw dust‘Array the inner lady with the beautiful i garments of virtue, modesty, true moral-: ity, wisdom and unsophisticated love and : you will dispose of yourself quicker and to much better advantage, than if you displayed all the gewgaws, flipperings fol-de-rols and fiddl-o-de-dees in the uni-j verse. Remember it 13 an awful tiling to : live and die a self manufactured old i maid. My hearers—divide off into couples, i sexually, as soon as possible if you would add to your prosperity. Your days upon ■ earth are but short at the longest, and i they should be passed righteously and pleasantly as the weather and circumstan- i ces will permit. Get married while you are young, and then wh;>n tb.e host ofagc > shall fall and wither the Howers of youth- j fnl affection, the leaves of connubial love wiii still be green; and perchance, joyous ' offspring will surround and grace the parent tree like ivy entwining and adorning I the time scratched oak. So mote it bcGailastry.— at the age of ! ninety-seven, aftif'saying many amiable and gallant things to the young and beau- j tiful Madame Hclvetius, passed her once i without perceiving her. ‘See,’ said she, stopping and address-, ing him. ‘how I ought to value your gal-j lantries. You pass me without even! looking at ine.’ ‘Madame,’ said the old man, ‘if I had looked at you, I could not have passed.’ A new dodge is being practiced upon the Philadelphians, by sharpers after this style: A gentleman pulls the bell, one ! asks for a Mr. A., who of course is not in—tells his lady that lie owes Mr. A. one dollar and a half —gives a counterfeit five dollar bill, and gets three dollars and fifty cents of good money in change. M. Hum bolt, in his •Persoual.Narra-! five,’ states that in the thirteenth century ■ the habit of eating human flesh pervaded ! all classes cf society. Extra rdinary snares were spread for physicians in pnrI ticular. They were called to attend persons who feigned to be sick, but who I were only hungiy and it was not in order Ito be consulted, but devoured.

A «'• nible Duel A few days since as a New England gentleman, whose name we shall call Brown, was passing a ferv days at a hotel in one of our western cities, lie had the misfortune to unintentionally offend the susceptible honor of a tall militia colonel, who was one of his fellow boarders. His apologies not being satisfactory, a challenge was sent to him, which however, 1 he declined, upon conscientious scruples. The Colonel, who by the way, had won in two or three encounters, quite a reputation as a duellist, at once conceived the idea tiiat his opponent was a coward, nnd resolved to disgrace him, by flogging him in the face of the assmbled wisdom of the house, Accordingly, the next day, at dinner time, in marched the duellist* armed with a cowhide, nnd proceeding to Brown’s chair, proceeded to dust his jacket for him in the most approved style. Brown was astonished. Luckily, he had been a lieutenant of militia ia I his native State, and knew the importance of incommoding his enemy by a 'diversion. So seizing a gravy tureen, j lie tossed the contents into the face of the i belligerent Colonel, and before be conld ! recover from the drowning sensation this j occasioned, lie sprang upon him with a liberal hand the contents of the dishes I around. •You are nn infernal, — •Coward!’ the colonel was about to say, but at that moment a plate of greens | struck full upon his mouth, and the word I was blockaded, lost forever! ‘Ha!’ cried the New Englander, whose . blood was now up, ‘fond of greets, are you? Take a potato!’ and lie hurled a telling a volley of hard potatoes a' him; i ‘excellent eggs here, capital with calves' Jhead;’ and crash! came a plate of soft ! boiled eggs against the side of bis cra- ! nium. The blows of the cowhide which had : liitherto descended upon the Yankee’s i head and shoulders, now began to fall mon: weakly and wildly, and it became I evident that the assailant, half stunned, choked, and partially blinded, was getting the worst of it. His courage was oozing out. ‘Take a turkey ?’ shouted Brown, as a noble old '•-•■bbler descended fairlv upon his li.dr -Pkl eyes with dc-iicious lookI ing stuffing; ‘here's the fixings,’ he continued, as the squash and jelly followed after. By this time the Colonel was irretrievable defeat! J; and as his merciless opponent seized a huge plum pudding, steaming hot, and holding it above hia head with both hands, seemed to bury him beneath it, he quailed in terror, and throwing down his cowhide, turned about and made a rush for the door. ‘Stop for the pudding. Colonel; stop for the pudding!’ shouted Brcwn. .Pudding, Colonel, pudding!’ screamed all his fellow boarders, amid comvulsions of laughter. But the Colonel was too terri- | tied, and did not cease running until ho i had locked himself in his room. But although the Colonel escaped from the pudding, he diJ not escape from tho ridicule which the affair occasioned. He ’subsequently challenge four persons, I against whom his ire was prrticularly | excited, and they all consented ao fight, but availing themselves of the privilege ■of the challenged party, appointed pudding bags fortheir weapons. At length the unhappy duellist finding no one who ' was willing to shoot, or to be shot at, was obliged to quit the State. — Portfolio. —.♦l Hi Perforated Postage Stamps.—A : Great CoavEMEXCE.-llon. James Campbell, the Postmaster General, has recent--1 ly introduced an improvement in the postage stamps, which aJds greatly to their public convenience. He has had them I prepared on sheets with perforations i around the borders of each stamp, so that they can be seperated, one from the other without using a knife or sissors. Besides .the saving of time in tiiis improvement, , there is greater security that the stamp i will adhere to the letter, for the points or 'rough edge left by the perforations will stick better to the letter, there being none of the risk of the edge turning up as when iit is continuous. This plan of perforating i letter stamps is practiced in Europe, and I Mr. Campbell had the contractor to proI cure a machine from that country for use here. The contract is made with Tappan, : Carpenter ct- Co., of Philadelphia, and in addition to a supply for Philadelphia, the stamps have already been sent to New ; York, Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati, St. 1 Louis, New Orleans, Chicagoaud Albany. The amount of letter writing in tho United States may be inferred from tho number of postage stomps used. The number i ■ sold by the government last year reached nearly one hundred and fiifty milions of , stamps.

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