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discard theirs. At school and in life, it so happens that the tailless foxes constitute the anjority. They cling to the limitations imposed by implacable form" just as the Chinese cling to their queue. The slave becomes the ardent champion of his chains. Weadmit that in reporting His Excellency's speech we made a mistake; we anbmit the above reflections merely as an example of how a mistake may sometimes be an occs-

never shall be slaves, are all subject nover, to the tyranny of "form," however various ly it may be named. We are not saying that it is altogether a bad thing, though we would like to see it lets implacable. It was CO this very "form", which made Lieut. Woons recently resign his commiation in the Army, it is the same thing which nkes many dwellers in Subarbia straggle harder under the yoke of competitive ex-on of profit. istenca, striving in ways that really do not matter to respect the exigeneios of the in- palpable, implacable "Moloch of“ farm.” The new boy sees it in its bost and worat forms. It is bad forur forbes tale-bearer or a sneak; it is not good form"

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Mr. L. C. Rees has been appointed secretary to the Squatters Board in place of Mr. A. J. Darby,

Today is the anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor of Germany. His Majesty was

The Consul for Helgium-informs wa that * Universal and International Exhibition will-bet opened at Brussels on the month of April 1910 and will last for at least six months,

A new schoolbay "bowler" reported by a London contemporary nn chef d'ouvre a olerk of worka") reminds me of another boy's

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YANGTZE PIRATES.

SHANGHAI, January 26th, Pirates, about one hundred strong, held the river near Kashing yesterday

·THE SCOTCH CONCERT.

The St. Andrew's Society já seranging for their annual concert in selebration, of the birthday of Robert Burns had the advantage thir year of being assisted by the Cameron Highlanders, and a concert was given in the Theatre on Saturday evening which will leave many pleassat recollections in the memory of all who were present. It was a grand night" for the Seulsman, suri the Sassenach

Cameron Higtlandera is in itself a treat" to

thera WHE the Bigpipe Band! Could

The Imperial Disciplinary Court for the Colonial Protectorate revised the judgmont orning and summoned a Hangehow was no less enthusiastic, The Band of the passed in May I sat upon Here Horn, ox-Gover-boat train bound for Shanghai to stop.listen to. Tannbaser," "The Wee Mao- nor of Togoland, by the Disciplinary Chamber The flotilla refused and the pirates Gregor," and "La Ritirats Italians" wore of First Instance, which sentenced him to dis misst from the service with the loss of one fired a volley into them, killing three its contributions to the programme. Tusk third of his pension for sansing the death of und wounding seven. Later in the anything appeal more strongly to the sont & young native in 1963 through ill-treatment. same waters forty boats pirated two of an Here Horn has now been sentenced to be. transferred to another post, to pay a fine at 300 launches, killing one of the crew and Band of the regiment with their matches, atrathspeya and rela! "Aye,mon, it was wounding two, all Chinese. They gr-rand!" (Wo must bag Ísave to borrow also succeeded in clearing considerable booty. Troops have since been despatched to the scene of the outrage.

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but too individual for the taste of his new enviroment, it is implacable "form" that teare it from em, to collar, or bospat ersit with ink. In China we have a nation peculiarly uvish under this implacablo, ching. That Europeans tuve bon saved, from the stagnating uniformity of the Chinese civilization, is largely dus to their wholesome leaven of rebels against form They cannot claim any wental superiority, any racial advantage, other than their blessed diversity of cameter and culture, Eri ong never, nevi “,” We have to thank those singers who were shrewd ronough, or cantankerous enough, to see that the overs of their protestation involved a deliberate flowing of form," Empty na they are, the churches would have been emptier still had it not been for "form" Far novanced us science is, it might have projected the pier of knowledge further still, if intellect had always boer as sturdy a rebel against "form" aith grown to-be- MIL eared once that "form" was master-

ing the res; he complined that Britons were all reading the same things, listening to the same things, going to the same places, sharing the same hopes and fears-ryn hopes and feura and witing in the sime demand for the mischievous illusion of "form" that insists upon uniformity as the A S. WATSON & CO., chief aim and end. Bat implacable as it is,

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form" is happily tra great extent futile. Its anthesis my be carried to ex cesi some- times, and in such cases we can sympathise when men, as did His Excellency, put in a friendly word for the ciastening infi sence of fore." Taking Sir FREDERICK LUGARD'S referance with its context, we find, bow

On November 30th, 1907, the Colony's liabilities amounted to $323,91094, while the

assets stood at $317,9501. There is thera. forea blance of sisels over liabilitim of -$1,493;376,70-

Mr. Haldane, the War Secretary, made a sigillosnt raferong to the "two-Powar policy in regard to the Navy in a speech which be made to a gathering of Volunteers at Hanley, ̈He said :—* There may come a time when it The total receiptsinto the Treasury batween will not be so easy for us as to-day to command January at an November 3 th, 1907 were what is called the two-Power standard in the $13,202,830,12, while the payments out amount. Navy, Germany has a population of nearly 6) ed to $13,293,46.83-ayuents out theroorwillions to our 44 millions, and the United States will before long have a population of 100 orced receipts by 89 1,056,71.

millions. It will be very hard for us, with a population of 44 millions, to maintain a two-Power standard against two nations with a combibed population of 160 millions. We may not be able to days to come to depend wholly and absolutely on our Navy with the completeness of to-day, and should the time arrive, it will be un the home defence forcer that we shall have

A native who was caught in the act of pouring calf water down a bullock's throat Kennedytown last week we charged at the Police Court on Faturday with crusty to animals, and ordered to pay a fine of $25.

Monday, February 3rd, will be observed as a public holiday in Hongkong. During the Chineas New Year holidays from 2nd to 6t February, the offices of the Supreme Court will.

be open dail, from 10a.m. to I p.m.

His Excelloney the Governor has given his asent, in the name and on behalf of Majesty the King, to the following Ord asus pased by the Lopislative Council:Ortis No. 1 of 1968-An Ordinance to amend the Fire Brigade Ordinoco 1938.

His Excellogy the Governor has bien plonised 10 appoint, under the provisions of section of the Public Health and Bu ldings Amendment Ordinance, 1938, Inspector William Robertson to be a sanitary impactor vice Inspector D. Macdonald transferred.

The Ameer is considering his reply to the communication of the Government of ludis notifying him of the enelusion of the Anglo Russian Agreement. The notification cached

The A meer at Mazar-l-Sherif in October, but its cobsideration was postpined 'outil his return to Kabul.

The Eastern Sketch at Shanghai contains critiqus on the performance of the Lilliputians -or rather on the ethics of that performance with which the N.C. Daily News heartily agrees. As the critic expresses it pandering

te est our trust."

The work of making the savoy for the long talked-of Amar Railway has been Buished, and the Das has been asked tɔ grant the sum of £23,000 901 for laying down this line, which will be 1,301 miles in length, and which is to be Balabed during 1911. The original ides of giving a portion of the work to coute plors bas

been abandoned.

[REUTER'S SERVICE

THE CRUISE OF THE AMERICAN- FLEET.

Lospos, January 29nl The American fleet has loft Rio de Janerio.

exiled Scotsman that the Bagpipe

with due acknowledgements to many Scotsmen, this comprehensive eulogy of the performances obe pipe) But even the bagpips lectioas did not rafes enthusiasm to the pitch to which it was carried by the dances, for the Sassenach delights to applaud Scottish dances even thongh he bas no ear, for the music of the pipe. Mies Clark, a daughter of the regiment, just enter; ing her toons (if we may hazard a gness), sout the audienos into transports of delight with her dancing. She was on the programme for "Shean Trews" and the Highland Fling, but her accomplished performances evoked e› mach

THE UNITED STATES FINANCES, admiration that she was persistently stored, and she gave the Sailor's Hornpips with the same artis io encoe, Scottish dancer were also given by Pipe-Major Boaltic, Pipera Barrie, Cook and Reid. Their first was the

LONDON, January 23rd. Adviers from Washington state that Mr., Cortelyou andounces that owing to a great improvement in financial conlitions he has begun to withdraw moderate amounts of the deposits of public money in the National Braks.

JAPANESE IMMIGRATION.

Argyll Broadsword," & danos over the blades of fur sworde lying upon the ground. Not one was it apparent that in this wild-dance-ou-the- light fantastic toe the blade of a sword was touched. It is superfluous to my that this novej. performance was voceriferously redemanded, and so also was the 1ter dance,The Reel o Tulloch," by the tame pipers Wo sra. accustomed to seeing the Radlo Tullock at the

night at the Thoairs the audience had an opportunity of seeing it danced to perfection.

LONDON, January 25td. Thirty-one Japanese from Bloxico bare This may be due to the bean prohibited from landing at Vancouver Anal St. Andrew's ball, but on Saturday strange fact that no cuatrioto_s_lase_cunder the new regulations, requiring in- forward to undertake the work; however, as the authorities acknowledge that the projectsd migrants to travel direct from the country,nity of sing it railway will be one of immense strategia import of their origin. and, the Government has decided to build the line, and then to keep its management entirely under State pentre. It is quite possible that the Amar Railway will sooner or later form the boundary line of Russia's outposts in the Far East, and that private enterprise should not be forthcoming to undertake the work testifies to

the doubtful future that awaits the territory through which the railway will be laid dow

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Owing to the pravalanos in Manila of a few sporadic ceses of siatic cholers, His Excellency the Governor-General, nailed a special meeting. of the Axsontive committee of the Carnival Association, and after dus conside, ation, it was devided that in order to protect the visitors and

GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

· LONDON, Junnary 23rd. -

German East Africa Las memorialised the Reichstag protesting against Herr

vert the protectorate juto negro-Indian Dernburg's policy, and threatening to con.

colony.

Bara

THE INDIANS IN THE TRANSVAA

LONDON, January 3rd. The Indians, at a meeting held in Johan nesburg have resolved to intinue the struggle to the bitter end at any cost. At

Reverting to the Band, we must not omit 19 mention the pleasing item which included Annie Laurie "played as a trombine. solo” by Baudsman Boyack, and y-Protty Jane," played by Lanos Corp. Tavers as a coract.

Band, instruments supporting. solo, the chorus being sung by members of the

The soloists of the evening wore Mrs.

ever, that it was not "form" he was think Suggestiveness is infinitely more disgustini/tuo numerous crowds who will attand the meetings of Europezas in Johannesburg two of the programme; one of the indore Bonga-

ing of bat reprit de corps," a respectable cousin of form," but by no means the samo. The force with the French mame (for which it is to be regrets we have no exact idiomatic English equivalent) is a noble leader, a worshipful-captain, whom it is easy

No anonymously signed communication that haud pleasant to follow ;" fons," whether in already appeared in other papers will be inserted.

Orders for extra copies of Day Pass should be Public Schoul ur pubhe life, is to often a hour the supply is limited. Only supplied für Cush

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when little children are employed to convey it." His Honour the Chief Justics has appointed Mr. F. Howell, first bailiff of the Supreme Court, to be a commissioner to administer Es and take declarations, alfirmations and Bitestations of honour in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in all mattere under the Supreme Court (Admiralty Procedure) Ordinance, 1993, in which he abiliff may be required to administer an oath or declaration, so long us

Carnival, it would be most advisable to postpona and elsewhere, resolutions supporting the the date to February 27th, when it is hoped Government and urging firmness were the health condition will again rame the pissed. normal, The Director of the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands rendered an official report in which he referred to the outlook as very favorable. During the past year Manila has prided herself on her excellent health record, and while this drawback comes at a very inapportaue time, ne apprehension is felt toward the Carnival being in the least affected. In fact,

JAPAN AND CANADA. -

LONDON, January 23rd. The Times, and other papers compliment the Japanese on the statesminulike settlement of the Immigration question with Canada.

LATER,

mb Vefore 115 day of publícation, After that harsh lyrant, driving with whips and score shall coutines to hold the ofice of first with this additions! time at their disposal, of Commons, denied having instructed the again. Mr. Geo. Grimble played the sccom.

Telraphic rites: PRERS, Cortes: A.B. 5th BL Lieber

G. Gordon and r. J. D. Auld. Mrs. Gordon, always a favourite on the concert choice of songs, no less than the finished platform, was dawn for two songs, but hor

manner in which they ware sung, so gratified the audience that abe was recalled on vision and hang two other Scoteb songs which gave equal pleasure. My ain Folk" and Waly, waly up a Baik were the

was "ere's to the year that's awa" but as for the other, the reporter has to pled, that ke is a Sisseason to whom the Scottish dialset in an doult of comprehension as the Chinese language. Mre, Gordon was in capital, voise and all her songs wore given with that sympathy and charming expression which mark the accom plished vocalist. Mr. J. D. Auld, who has a good tenor voia, sang Boots who has" with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in the Ottawa House great acceptance, and be, also had to sing arrangements are now being made to hold the disallowance, in British Columbia, of the paniments both for Mre, Gordon and Me..

Humorous songs, which crusted Asiatic Restriction Bill, which was similar | Auld, Court on Saturday John Miscdonald, a seaman

Before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz at the Polico Carnival.on a much larger-scale then-wasto Natal's Bill, Mr. Hous; Liberal, 000- much laughter, were woll giv`n by Lanco- demned the reintroduction of the Natal Act Corp). D. Pollock, and by way of pa encore to on the 8.8.Jezeric" was charged by Captain

Lin view of the Japanese, selfieñent. is wanting in consideration for the public H. G. Thomson in thres conats with disorderly well—but often wrong, as when it meleg behavior, disabeying the lawful orders of 1be with individual enduet that affects only master and assault. Defendant pleaded guilty the interests of the individual.. Wo wero

un each count, and on the first be was fined $5,

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS." Lakk, he weighing the ind yidual case of the alternative being fourteen days hard Lieut. Woops, 10 docile that in his circum-laben; on the second le was sentenced to one

SIL-am glad to see again in your elama wecks imprisonment and ordered to forfeit two- s'ances, presumably working less for his own days pay; and on the third charge be warat stoppers which ornament the ropes of some criticism of those preposterous.so-called

interests than for the good of the army of ordered to pay a free of $15 or go to jail for a steamere at the wharves, Inculated in the which be formed apart, he was misdirected mouth. The sentences are to run cousecutively, Beard room, as usually lappoos in designs of There was an aspect of implacable form"

A fatal accident occurred on brand the 8.9. such origin, they are of no use whatever. I think A BYGONE English writer complained that about those who dealt with him, but a little Empress of Japan" last wosk. Mr. D. Maclen. I may claim as long at acquaintance with the system of storing explosives in British the hope that the Camerons during their stay

though an angel should write, still 'tis esprit de corps in his own make-up, the boatswain, was engaged with other wherres and steamers as any one around and I would have saved him. Every man has a sailors in lowering a beat on the starboard eido have never yet, te my rooullection, seen a ret duty-to-imself, Bat-e-leo hauales heef-the-ship. When the boat had tokton the watering use of such a mode of transit. Why be a voluntury and avowed Crusoe, a duty Isclennan noticed that shows without a choice of worls, has to-euluro the mortita otbers. Thre. "form", that is so in rudder, and picking it up irbe, where it had wants to go ashore, which I think as a rule he Almirally has, placed the Colossus at its dia. fication_uf seeing the children of his brain 'neable too often exaggerates the scope of been placed during the loworing operations hadossut, as a comfortable berth on a stearaer magazines similar to those in medera battle that he is a candidate for Presidential nomia-

P. O. Bor, 94 Telephone No. 1:

DEATHS

On air 18th, at Shanghai, J. C. Chaves, પાછી ન પામ

On Jury 19th, at Shanghai, Elizingern Dian, widow of Cheslate P. S, Ottoway of Chefoo, aged 10 years.

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HON RON JANUARY 27TH, 1908-

devi's must print," and in these days of rapid journalism, mkuy

pins, Form," implacable impalpable bailiff. "form" made charred corpses of conconform- ists; "form is the collective opiuibu of the

jority, often right--for "bad form

ofteu

contemplated.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE "RAT STOPPERS."

BATTLESHIP TO BE BLOWN, UP

COSTLY CORIOSITY,

The old battleship Colossus is the real which hee heet doomed to the fate of the Hero in a series of tests of magazine conditions in modern warships.

This is a result of the terrible acciden£in the French battleship Tens at Toulon early in the year, caused by the explosion of powder in the magazine. A committee was appointed by the Admiralty after the disaster to examine

Die outcome of this committee's warships. work has been the fi ting of a cooling apparatus in the ships' magazines, but the opmmittee is net rot estisfied that absoluto safety has been

his last, be imitated the manner in which an Englishman, & Ecotruan; as Irishman, a' Frenchman, a costurmonger and sou stej would recito The Charge of the Light Brigade." The humour reached its climax when the corale came to the antepenultimate- line, which he begged to be excused from completing.

It was Boarly twelve o'clock when the National Anthem was playad. The proceeds were in aid of the renovation fund of the Union Church and as the house was a crowded one the fund will doubtless benellt considerably.

The great snodes of the concert has unggas! od

may be induced to give a matinés performance in aid of a local eburity, say the Ladian

Benevolent Sysinty. a public spruker,

be he never so careful ant precise in his

mishandled by that overworked aco Mo'teur,

should he? Mas rattus'is a gentleman endowed with a large amount of common souse. If ho

eusared.

· THE UNITED STATES" PRESIDENCY.

DECLARATI N BY MR. CORTELYOU, A statement issued by Mr, Cortelyou denying ation, or that he is intriguing against any other candidate, is a symptom of tus friction existing in the Cabinet over the President's support of Mr. Taft as his successor.

In order to assist it in its researches, the

posal. The Colossus is to be fitted with the latter and ignores the former. Even the rudder get ortongled in bis jacket, and we

went to throw it overboard. Unfortunately must be much to his liking and "a life on the shits, and thins are to be stored with cordite, Maon, that subtle thinker on the social soon se le attempted to throw it he was dragged

ocent Ware" agrees with him just as woll as lyddit, and other explosives used in the Navy one on the dull tumo sbora," bo bas meny. A vories of Temperature tests will then be proof-reader. It is not always that the relations, erred, in our opinio, when be forward and overbalancing, fuaLinto the harways of doing as besides trasting himself on

made, and after.us much information as possible ead that if a person's self-regarding conduct hour. In his fall lestruck his head against the the rath perilous" of a swinging wire rope b exploded to find out what would be the bas been gained on this head the charges will preters, as we are fan to think is displeases us, we have a right to express our side of the boat and was removed. to hospital in Gargays don't trouble him. He is a very in effect of an acendent on a British battleship Cabinet, some of the President's advisers

the reporter, or by that monthly nurse, the

an unconscious condition, and-soba-ully died from, ba mortage.

"The Coloane was built et Portsmouth in.

there is a Talt and an anti-Taft wing in the It has been well known for some time that

similar to that which overlook the Juna resenting his pronounced preference in favour at a wist of £646,786 Stin is much larger than for Mr. Koosevelt to attempt to distate the of Mr. Taft, and believing that it was injudicions the Hero, having a displacement of 9,480 tons, choice of bis successor.

minst the other ship's 6,200. Previous experiments with ebaolate worships ara se follows:-

1872-The Glattoa (coast defence armour olad; shells fired to test turreta

1900 The Belleiske (battleship) ;.target for Channel Squadron.

197-The Hero batthship); target for Chanac Equadron.

orator profits by the blunders of liis. inter

distuste, and hold aloof from him. If it

conspicuous object on a dark night and with ellency thie. Coverior has just done. - Sir

the steamer close alongside of the wharf fenders were really self-regarding conduct, (ie FREDERICK LUGARD probably will not

conduct, that does not affect us personally Travelling the ordinary road, we macage us he can ohcose his place of oxit. It is a funny agree with us, but when we inadvertanti the currcet proto tare would surely be to aro to avoid kicking against a stone. Wher, exhibition of, common sense, to sec, on the

Mr. Cortelyou has been credited' pith loading pisreported his reference to that "im

take no notice of it whatever. We could do last we, the journalistic journey winds arrival of the stomer from Macao, the men

the Opposition and cherishing ambitions of his palpable" thing spoken of at School as

through ʼn stony desert, the path best with solemnly advancing the hawere with these | that without having to force ourselves to pitfal and with gin," there is nothing forit but double ended trombone contraptions, for a two

owa; and relativne between Mr. Taft's adheremin. and Mr. Cortelvan's supporters are strained." " form," and made him call it “implacable, endure at close quarters his listastoful to hnery on sed trast to the protection of our hours stay in broad sunlight.

What relations are between the two principala we are not submitting vain excuses when we manere. But to express our distaste, in the sandals. We are sorry to learn that we have

is not known owing to Mr. Taft's absence from I was once fued ten dollars for heinous

the United Ftates. There have been persistent, cinias that we theroby gild the golden case of the average individual, is to make marred some of the Governor's educational neglect of this important and indispensable

rumours during the last few days that Mr. speech. We have not lost be loathing yet him uncomfortable, to exercise the tyinuny speeches by leaders, His Excellency referred precaution. The callons minions of the law

Cortelyon would be forced out of the Cabinet for the pedagogie unction with which boys of implacable form, Fear of such ex thing, not implacable. We regard it as a characterising it as damned nonsense," Iglad to Public school form" as an impalpable spatted my default and although unofficially

when Mr. Tuft returned, put the President has The President of the Persian Parliament inauthorised a denial of thera rumours. ure sometima told that school is an epitome pressions makes the average peran conform rather happy error, tha's At-ths Diocesan me (metaphorically) before the Justice and I formed the House on Decarater 22nd that

Mr. Cortélyou in his statement-

while denying of the world, but we have ascertained, the in unimportant details of life and condest Boys' school, His Excellency quoted a reference was maloted the obovo amount. I have no hard the Shah, had accepted ratigas stipulations that he is a candidate for the Presidency, says, submitted to him--naniely-First, to send somewhat significantly, that he holds decided fact, and car admit it without unctuous in which he may be inclined to deviate to Chang Chih-tung beseeching his reature to feelings towards to magistrate. He was young, away Sasu-ed-Dowleh and the intriguing views as te policy and candidates, but refraine satisfaction. In school and out of it makes hii, for instance, Luy clothes be put aside their wang and Keu, and we printed "bis not to reason why:" it was the law, and priests and to punish the persons responsible from expressing them, tatil ho believes it in He adds that in extrems youth and in the subsequent half cannot afford; or abstain from business that in the book referred to, Kau was the of a late eminent parochial functionary on the lively, to assign a force of 200 infantry, as will frankly say so, and state the grounds upon

the last word queue.". We are now jufcrmed though I share to a great extent the opinion for the recent disordera Secondly, to permit proper for him to do so.

Ala-ed-Dowleb and his brother to return. fature be shall decide to become a candidate he dozen ages, that impalpable thing for "

helpful to himself that could not injure spelling, and the word is translated "slipalol subject, the law had to be obeyed. Beside the permanent guard for the Parliament which he asks for support Mr. Taft's sup is also one of the most implacable forces of Any other. Implacable form, finally, drifting habit of depending upon mere fortuity Colony, the only beneficiaries have been the buildings. Fourthly, to placa all, troops, includ.. Certain persons, amongst society. Britons of all sorts and conditions; encourages the worst kinds of proselytisus, for macese." Thas it is not to be understood brass men, makers and repairers of the ing the Cossack Brigade, which until now has portora esproially, read between the lines, and whether at Public School or Board School, with no higher montye, it is to be feared that the Viceroy recommended the severance of apparatus, who have had "No. 1 good chance been an independent command, under the see in thin declaration an intimation that ha

than that of the fox in the fable, who, having pigtails, but the abandonment of the habit of Yours eto.

Ministry of War. Fifthly, that the Bussina offriain contingencies Mr. Cortelyon may declara officers of the brigada Bhall only instruct themself candidate, and in that case they "trusting to lack."

wen and not command, as has hitherto been the believe that it would be as an opponent of some

of the President's views.

in Society or only ambitious to be, though they a'l take joy in singing that they never

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