fc f "1 4:^- BOSTON, May 22. The recruiting service of the additional permanent army ha 6 commenced under very i*v<>ui - .»U aulyicts —Tht; 13th regt. Col. Taylor's, will be laifed in Conneft:cut. the Col. R'ce's and the 15th Col. Hun newell's i;: tliis Commonwealth. Ths clothing for the new permament re giments, is making. Yesterday a party of French prisoners were landed from the Constitution frigate, under a guard.of marines, and confined in jail. The Merrimack, Capt. Brown, we learn is ordered to sea immediately. The keel of a seventy-sour, will, we learn, be immediately laid, at the Navy Yard in this town. NEW-LONDON, May 20. The clerical lunatic, confined in Litchfield jail, for money squandered away, is week af ter week filling the pages ps " the Hum Bug," ■Vrjth his foporific lucubrations. Having tir'ed Ills readers, with the preten ded claims of his mother-in-law, on the ge nial government j he has lately employed h feeble pen agrainfl the Debtor lav) of this (late. " No man e'er felt the baiter draw Wi.tTi good opinion of the lav.' !" A petition hasgonfc forth from the prison of Litchfield ; and is now circulating for iig nft-5 ; prVvi'ui for the abolition of imprison ment for debt, Undoubtedly it will meet with much support from a certain set of peo ple whole daily cry is " overturn and over turn i" . . mi» BALTIMORE, May 23. Extract from tbl Introductory Address to tie Pursuits ofliterature. {i THE sixth and lift of this imffiortal brotherhood, in the fulnefs of time, ahd iiv the maturity of poetical power, came Pope. All that was wanting to his illuflrious pie dec: ffor found its contamination in the genius, knowledge, correft sense, and coji denfation of thought and expression, which di(Ving"uifh this uoet. The tenor of his life was peculiarly favorable to his office. He had first cultivated all the flowtry grounds of poetiy. He had excelled in description, ill pastoral, in the pathetic, and in general crilicifm ; and had given an English exig ence in perpetuity to the father of all poetry. Thus honored, and with these pretentions, he left them all for that excellence, for which the maturity of his talents and judgment so emihent,ly defined him. Familiar with the great ; intimate with the polite ; graced by the attentions of the fair ; admired by the learned ; a favorite with the nation ; inde pendent in an acquired opulence, the honor able prod Lift of his genius and induflry ; the companion of perfohs distinguished for birth, high ftifliion, rank, wit, or virtue ; resident in the center of all public information and intelligence ; every avenue to knowledge and everv mode of obfefvation were open to his curious, prying, piercing, and unwearied in- . iTu w.mLc sroXi »ind ftiiuied, that I should not merely fatigue, but I (liquid almost insult you by such a necll !s i/ilquifition. " .' 5 :• diiciplo of these great mailers, md full of that I'pirit which an unbroken ind an honorable intimacy with their works lias mfpimcl, I now present myfelf a votary in tiie robes of their hereditary prielt'nood, I would also enter, and offer my oblation at the high aha r of my country. But if, u.'.woithy of tbis hallowed investment and interior mi n'ltiv, the door of the fanftuary is closed me ;"1 Ih'ill retire without murmur, 3').;! with devotion unimpaired worship in the voftilnsV. Voi, c bed judge of mv mo tives, whoJiave known racft intimately the nature and extent of my ftudiej, solitary so I>:it i;j their acquirement, and now public at lift in their application and in their With a neceiT.iry indulgence for all my frail ties, vices, errors, follies, and imperfeftions, and with the partiality of frieikiihip, you, '• iii*. b us you, may perhaps allow me to apply to mvfrlf, with lojTie little variation, the words of the noli served poet of anti- quitv: • Ncn tenuis ignavo ptllice chordat c ru!f>, fed Aurunci rcfidcns in mnrgine tetnpli ' Audix magnorum tumulis adcaiito Magiftrum.' ALEXANDRIA, May 23. Extract of a letter from a gentleman of ref pcfahility, residing at the Bay of Hun dura.,, to his friend in this Town, " February 18,1799. " I conceive it proper to communicate to you, that Captain Moss, commanding, the naval department lifie, has thought proper to coiilider all Americans vessels having Bri tilh mainifattured'goods on board, and arri- Ving, here, are liable to feizure—ln conse quence of fiich determination, he yesterday seized the ftiip Molly, froni New York eon ligned to MciTrs. Ryfain & Anderfon, with a valuable cargo. Should you therefore be dilpofed to fend vefTels this way, you will, no doubt, take care to provide agaiuft the fame. I understand that be has made a ver ba! declaration, that lie ftiall not trouble ves sels from America hiving the raw materials of that country 011 board—lt is therefore proper that this information fltould be made as public as possible, in order that the Citi zens of the United States of America may not be injured thereby." NOTICE. rpHE .p'tblic are r quested not to receive any dralts in favor of Abijah Hliut, drawn by Capt.iii. l!«ac Guion on the Spctetary at War— Danii I Ha'-l an on William Bell, or Francis Jones on John Wilkini. Thole on whom thfev are drawn are desired to fufperd acceptance until reference be had to the fubflrficr. Twenty five tho'ufand rlnl?arj of th» above defcribeVi bills hive bee# taken fforo the Cnrrier nearthe month of Tc»ntffee river t»y a party of Ji>d>n». SAMUEL MEEKEK. may 18 tu th &f tf Xlje (Jsajette. ' i* iff 1 L E.fc.P H *- , MONDAY f-VENING', MAT tj. The new Colleftion Law of the United States pasTed at the last fefiinn bf Congress, being of general importance to the Mercan tile interest, we have thrown it into a form more convenient for preservation and use, than it c&uld be in the common page of a newspaper. [TRANSLATION-] From vhk " Bwllei'jn Officiel he Sr. Domikguk." Extract fram the registry of the Delib erations of tbe Agency of the Executive Directory at St. Dominguc. The Agent of the Executive Directory at St. Domingo* eonfidering that the infrac tions committed upon the law of nations, by French privateers or vefiels pretending to be such, have occationed great dfieontents amongst.the neutral nations, and particular ly the United States of America, where a schism appears on the'pb'int of breakingout between that Government and ours. "That,- the agent Hedouvilley imprefled with- the ncceflity of taking competent mea fll res to prevent the cessation of commerce between St. Domingo and the United States, excepted by his arrSte of the 9 Floreal, year 6, from the dispositions of the law of the 29 Niv.ofe, of the fame year, neutral vessels bound for ppvis of St. Domingo, of whatfo-. ever nature their cargo ; and Ripulated by a second arre e of 30 Meffidor following, new. guarantees in favor of those velTt'ls, and par ticularly for the Americans, even in cafe of hostilities between the Republic and one sf those said powers at.present neutral'; "•" That, at the fame time the Executive Di- re ft or)- proclaimed its arreic of the 13 Ther midor, year fix, whicheflabiifhws precautions against the abuses of which our allies, the Americans, complain ; That, in spite of the wifdomandthe pub licity of those decrees things have arrived at such a pitch of animosity, that the Govern ment of the United States has judged it ne cefTary to persist in the. hostile attitude, it had before taken ; That, in the mean time, the general in chief, Touffaint Louverture, finding himlelf lolely charged with all the burthen of the Government during the vacation of the Agency, and wishing, after having quieted the colony, to avert the horrible famine with which it was threatened, had the prudence and the patriotism to commiflion the citizen BunH, to go and offer to the American go vernment bis views for the re-e"ftablifhment of a commerce no less necefTary to America than to St. Domingo ; Ttraf, in cmTlequnfce'or the'propofitions of the general in chief, the Congress hav; given power te the President to renew the commercial relations with the French, ac cording as he fhali find beneficial to his coun try ; That, in virtue of that authority,' the President has appointed the citizen Stevens to reside at the Cape in quality of Cotiful General, to rfleft th« renewal of commerce, provided that the privateers be prevented from continuing their excefles, and that all the abuses which may exist, be fupposftcd ; That, the ...bie&s of the miflion of citizen Stevens having besn difcufTed, between him, the General in Chief, the Agent, the control- Jer Dumaine, and the ordonnateur fdlinger, it has been agreed that the articles adopted on either pirt shall be firmly ellablifhed by a decree o£ the Agency ; Considering, that, besides the complaints adduced to the Executive Directory by tlfe government of the United States, other griefs of the fame nature have been laid be fore the agents -of the Directory at St. Do mingo by the Batavian governor of Curaipa, and by theSpanifh chiefs of - the Captaincy general of tlx: Caracas, who have pofiri.vek affured that their Colonies would fall into a total dearth of food- and raiment, if they [the Agents] fuffered longer to fubfiflan those seas thole rigproifs dispositions of laws and degrees, which the Legislative body and the Dire&ory have not promulgated but *f ter the sole coniideration of European con veniences, and by no means with the inten tion of ruining the colonies of France or of its Allies ; Confide ring, finally, that in the event of the French and American Governments a greeirfcr between them on the reciprocal repa tions which may be required, the Agency cannot suppose that they will ever come to a declaratibn of war, of which our common enemies alone would profit by the annihila tion of the commerce America, and by that of the cultures of St. Domingo ; And that upon this principle, it is the duty of the Agency to take upon itfelf the refponfihility of all measures necedary to the prefer vat ion of St. Domingo and the colonies of onr allies ; those measures being tao urgent to be adjourned unti l the receipt of new orders from the national government, decrees : Art. I. 1 he decree of the Executive Di rectory, of 13 Thermidor, year 6, relative to French privateers and to neutral vefiels, (lull be publifhecl immediately in the chief places of the departments of the North, the East anil the South of St. Domingo, to be 1 executed according; to its fom and tenor, j excepting with the explanation contained , below in the second aiticle. consequence, there {fcsll be rto more letters of marque ds- Jivered, either for cruiling,'or for war and merchandize, hut by the Agent himfcjf ; and thole which he left signed' in blank at his departure from St. Domingo, are' annulled. All thole heretofore issued fliall be regard ed as yoid after the ej-piration of thirty days from tIK d 't- hereof: the bear tliem are held to return apd uel.vyr up their commissions within the lame tune, up on pain ot incurring the ni'que oi being con sidered as pirates. The Agency fnall cause carefully to be relpeded the persons and efleits of /V men cans- and other neutrals or allies : the Au miniftrators of the Marine (hall not treat for their cargoes but by mutual consent, and (hall fatisfy them punctually' according to the conditions of theiv agreements. 11. The owners and captains of privateers, furnifhed with the commilfions ot the Age n c<v Ih'all Conform themselves exactly to the laws of the 23 Thermidor, year three, ana 3 Brumaire, year four, as well as to the or dinances and rules which have preceded them, and the firft of those laws (hall be maintain ed in operation. The laws of the Body, and the decrees of the Executive Directory, poitcnor to the date of 3 Brumaire, year tour, fhali have 110 operation relative to American ves sels jaf commerce, armed or unarmed, nor to those ofother allied or neutral natiens. 111. American vessels of tote, singly, or convoying vessels ot commerce to the trench ports of St. Domingo, as well as all other American vessels, (hall be free to harbor therein, and to porchafe those objects ot which they may stand in need ; they (hall be under the fafeguard of the national ho nor, at their arrival, during their toy, and at their departure. IV. The former decree* of the Agents of the Dire&ory at St. Domingo are annulled so far as they may be found contrary to the present dispositions. V. The fecurky prefcribcd by the law of 23 Thermidor, year three, (hall continue to be in the sum of fifty thousand francs, mo ney of France : nevertheless, if to defeat the execution of the present decree, the priva teers fend their prizes elEewhere than to St. Domingo, or to our allies, in those ports where reside French receivers, the owner and his feenrity Ikall answer wholly for all the charges, expencei and damages which shall refiilt from a definitive judgment, to the profit of the owners of the vessel capturedt VI. No change is to take place relative to feiitences yet to be palled upon the neu tral velTcls itlready captured. Those which lhall be captured through ig norance of the present decree, during the term of thirty days, dating from this day, fiiall be immediately re'.cafed on their entry into port, without the captors being held to indemnify them. After the fame term, the captains of pri vateers who (hall p\ake prizes iri violation of thele prelents, shall answer personally for ali the damages which shall reiult therefrom, and {ball be incapable of commanding dur ing the reft of the war. The citizen Edward Stevens is proviiional ly authorized to exercise the fun&ions of consul .general of the. United States at St. Domingo, per interim,, until definitively au thorized hy the Executive Dircd^ipry. The citizen Jacob Mayer lhall exercise those of provisional consul at the city of the Cape and its dependencies. The provisional consul general may dil cufsthe solidity of the securities which shall be offered, before the controller, the ordon nateur, and the commissary of the Executive Power at the municipal adminiflration, who (hall pronounce upon the queflion. VIII. The Agency may nlfo authorize American consuls provilionally, in other towns of the colony, as may be found con- vement. tX. All those who shall contravene any. of the preceding difpofitioiisj AttU-be-pmrith'-" to the laws. X, The preft-nt decree shall be transmit ted immediately to the Executive Diredliry to be fubniitted for its approbation ; and fhall-be provifiortally executed. . It shall be moreover addieffed to the mili tary and civil authorities of the Colony, as alfrrto the comrr)itTion of Santo Dolfiingo and. .to the receivers of Republic in the neighbour ing lllands, trail scribed into the registers ,of the tribunals evil and of commerce, enrcgif- in the Cotnptrollerie of the Marine, printed, read, pijblifhed, and ported whereso ever.need shall bp. Done at Cape Frangiis, the 6 Flo real, yekrfeven'of the Republic, one. and indiviil ble.'- Signed in the registry of the deliberations, The particular agent of the Executive Directory ROUME ; The secretary general of the Agency, L. BLANCHARD. Commeicial Information. Don Joseph Ipnatius de Viar, his Catho lic. Majefty'sconful general,lias received from the Intendant at the Havanna, the sol owing lift of articles now prohibited at that port. Vermileon. caps, silk, thread and cotton, Stpcking-web patterns (worded) Coarse shirts, Sieves. Bi'afs locks and nails, > (Coverlets (wool and cotton) Dimities, (thread and cotton) Oil Cloth 4flowered and plain) Paper hangings, Efterliaes, Tinsel Laeea, - Sealing Wax, Stockings (wcrfted and cotten) , Marseilles Quilting, "Handkerchieis, (linen) Hats (castor excepted) /jboes, Calicoes and printed linens, Plain and ornamented dreffe? for both sex es, of whatever manufacture soever, Extract of a letter from Reading, Berks county, dated May 7, 1799. ' I returned a few days ago iroai the ex peditipn againll the Northampton infur oppcjfmg the laws, have been apprehended and fcnt on to Philadelphia for trial. The Germans of this county have been in a fer ment for some tipe pa ft, and when I kit WV 1 .ia'.lv reriJan in thMfc God that is now at aft end—is an evi.l nee oi riraiv-e. a vium b-r of Germans in Allacc tov.-n!lii& apprc 1. rKlcd a iVllow for attempting to ip'™ d j c " diti-m aniens them, and I am tpU ;in-IToci.:- tion isforiringto take up alt perfoiu who Can-tot ffive a good account ot jhemkWes. I suppose you have great .electioneering m your county for the next Governor. W are peftercu with handbills. See. .l»m M'Kean's party, who are sure ot nicxvedui;; it is however, certain that Judge M ki.au is not generally liked among us; the -Ger mans in particular dislike him, they Jay «e is a proud man, that he bates-poor people, and that if he is made governor, Tench Luxe, the old ton, who was with lord li.wc, Wu ■:» p( ,Hire/bed into Philadelphia, exp&t? to'-' the Secretary of State,—We hear little ot ,vir. R Ts, but it is my opinion he -v4U have a large mr.joi ity oi votwS in tl By captain Ingcrfoll, arrived yesterday in I 5 days from ->t. Bartholomews, We are in formed, that since the American vefTc.s have left the Weil-Indies the French privateers are out in a swarm. . loSdon March 30. This day Government res'ived dispatches from the continent, brought by an extra packet. Thcv relate to an engagement in Swabia, about the 16th instant, between the Austrian army,, commanded by Prince Charles, and the French, commanded by General Jourdan. The left wing of the French, under Gen. S.t, Ct,r, fuffered grerft ly ; and the Audi ians, joined by a corps oi the Ruffians, were in the issue victorious ; ta king 7000 prisoners, and forcingtbeFrench from the field. In their retreat they were encountered by an Austrian corps, nnder Gen. Haicendouff, who ftompleted thede-. ftruftion of the whole left wing. In confe rence of this, Gen. Jouhdan retreated to wards Brisk. , ■ Mefl'engers were immediately dispatched for Windsor,and the Cabinet Minifiers, vith this agreeable news. Frofr. the (N. T.) Daily Advertiser, of Sa- turday last. NE-w'-TOHk, MAT 25. 'The following addrels to Stephen Decatur, Esq. elated Havannah, May 6, 1799, was lent to us ycfterday, by an -obliging mer chant of this city, for publication : The underfigrjfd agent, and - others, add ing ih behalf of American citizens trad ng to this island, beg leave to addfel's you, pre vious to your departure from this station. Impressed with the importance of t he eminent fervites you have rendered the commercial intcreft of the Unitrd States, and wilhing to bear that tfcftimony, which our Idral situ ation entitles us to appreciate, we re que ft your acceptance of our warmelYacknowledg ments and thanks. Insulated as you have been upon an extenlive coast, offering ajylum to the unprovoked enemy ; your *.-al and aftivify have afforded an efficient prote&ion to a trade, the most extenlive the United States have in the Weft-Indies, and which may be deserving the'attentien of our go vernment. It is not our intention to hurt your feelings by enumerating your fervicebut gratitude impels us te acknowledge, that without your friendly interference io port, itid ajftivity at sea, our commerce null hayc fullered such checks as. to have impeded its prosecution wit}i any degree of prudence. As much as we regret your departure frotn hence, yet the arduous c'ucumftancts under wtrirlr^oir-have labgured on this station, prompts us to congratulate you. on. your ap proaching. arrival amoegft your friends, and we are coniUou^gratjaliWUow-fcitize ns. We are with refpeft, 'Your humble fervent®,' (Signed) Jos. M,Y znanli,<yrfnf To, Cook,. Ignatius PalVart, . Js. Montgomery, Napt. Raymond, JcfTe Morris, Geo. C. Morton, Chs. Ramfun, Tlios. G. Carver, Henry .Duffey, John-Mumford, Tno. Roberts, Chas. Frailer, Mariano Cirbo 8< Co. Wm. Lawrence, F.benezfr Irving, Geo* Reynolds, W. L. Patterfon, \ Peter Blain, John Pa'nlode la Molti 8. Maria n:id Cuefta, Benj. Morris,' Jas. Kennedy, J. Baxter, Thos. Harper, Ant. Macorille. Sam!. Ber.net, To Stephen Decatur, Efq commander of the United States ship Delaware. Havmna, 6th M?.y. 1795. , <sasette farint Hitl. . . Port of Philadelphia, ARRIVF.I), aays Ship Swift Packet, Grib en, Savannah 9 Schr. Win'fit-ld Packet, M« Nearn Rich- Sloop Snlly, May, Richmond Nabby, Cox, Bermuda Mcliutha, . . . , Savann^i CLE RED, Brig Molly, Wilbar, Mary, Tarris, Jant, Whelen, iSchr. Hope, Lincoln, Sloop Harmony, Elwood, Loins, Cornftock, Arrival at the Fort Brig Mercury, Kuhn, St. Thomas The brig Rose, Meney, from the River La Plata, has arrived at New-Caule. The Ship Genera! Washington, Latimore from hence to New Orleans, sent iato Ber muda with the exception of the contraband goods on board. May 27. The brig Lively, Alvcrn, from hence to Porto Rico ; fckootier Little Fannv, Foi dick, fron» 'Surriiiaiii, bound to this' port, and three other American vefTeis, have been taken by a French cruizer, lent into Pwto Rico, andall condemned. B'Jlon, Mflj Arrived, fchoorrr Dolphin, Gove Tuikn-Ifla. d, brig AtaWa, Ellen Cadiz. . J Caj)t. BarziHa Worth, of the bri< land, I ar. written a leter, dated, A March 6, 1739 dated" to any Am in which he informs, that." he Boitrn'March 1 wiicrc l icii in wiiii uiy coniort, Inip Come. North Welt' co ait , but nieetinir with frvp 7 those seas Afif* <mje'"'' rr-ifTa' e f ndS]n ', r ' * r • |i • . r New-Bedford, May 4, Capt. Weldeti ins irms, that while at Qua dalope, the i'chooner Alligator, from Sac®, and a brij from Portsmouth, name not re iilk-Kled, viefe' brought in and condemned. The crews of American yeffcls were imprif oncd j's imprifcned v.-hen Capt. W. left ; msfirrs of w«!:re permitted to ler.ve the island. Ea'iimoif, May 24. This day arrived, the armed fclir. Ifubel la, capt. Howe, 43 days from Cadiz. The fjHoT'it -- vessels sailed under anvoy ef tie Isabella : Ship Phoenix, Er.ijf, of Philadelphia Brig Fly, Hiuvefs, Baltimore Fair Afhcrican, Salifkury, db. Lydia, Nicholfon, Jjjf Salem Olive, Sbutely, Portsmouth Scbr. Endeavor, (iriiTin, Jpfwich And a Portuguele fchoontr bound to L'il'or.. l-'<rtcd with them in lat. 35.9, long. -10. Left thire, Ship Venus, Dafhicl, of Baltimore Olive, M'Call, * New-York PegafuJ,——, do. Schr Fredei ickfburg Packet, , Phila delphia ; and a numb.r of u.her Ameri. can vefi'e's nr.me3 not recoil tied, paptaitv Howe spoke, on the Bth in(l, in the Gulph Stream, the brig Nancy, captni* Burrow*, from N, York bound to Lifton, 4. days out all well. When Captain H. left Gadiz it was ce lerally belie vedthat there would he a yiii ictween France and Spain ihori/y. PRICES OF STOCKS , PUH.A6M.F4UA, MA* 17. Six per Cent. Three per Cent. Deferred 6 per Cent. B 'YNK United States, Pdrinfy lvania, —■ North^-America, ifiiran* flUTe?> 34 8 fcr cent Scrip 5 "per centketow par , "I Ejlk-India Company of M-A- S T" «?»• COURSE Or s On London, J i Wjo'day* +"• -• • 50 at ftc a 90 dayfr Amsterdam, JJ a 17-too pe* floria IlitnbuTgh 30 •ZJ* -too per Mart | City Bridge Subscription. irHE Prsfident and Hireflors of the CoOTfU i ny for ere*sling a permanent Hridgi ovtr tha river iuhuylkli, st or near the city of Pto* ladelphia, having, at the time of their lirft pub licaticn, received fubferiptiem* to near half the amount of the capiial or joint stock therco , fufpetldcd further felicitations until a lite o,l which to erefi laid I,ridge Arnold be procured.- That objcdl bei g now effected, by a purcnj * of tht neccflary property at the weft end 0 High ftieer, ob hoth fides of the river bcfuiyi kilt Public No!ice is Given, . Thai the bock hr SHbJkrtpiioru ta >r joint stock of laid company will be opened at heir office No. 13. north Fifth Street, oW Mon jav tke totl. of Jufie next, aid eanttirtte to™ from !«r> to fine o'clock everyday JSttoWT ttceptei 1 ) ur il the whale ftiall he ftbfojtl 0 > in the terms fpccified in the a<B of inc.ffyW' twn. — , The time is extended it. ordtr to aflO'O 9<-* portunitv to the friends "I tJiis importat.t >«• derfbnd.Rfr, on the \« eft fide of Scilui) N" , at a diftance„to participate in an object otgr public good.—Sublcriptions and neverthclefs be previously madeat the 'i* ' er's office. No. 13 Churchalley,futy™*°*P. ixvtionate reduiSion on tktao»«unt °* u x "r tion* over the above lipited suffl ■ (hares, if any there (hall be,, at the end # ijth day of June eofning. . lti . Tn the lothf.-flioo of the law of in « or P° \ on it is enabled, that the nett profits en, to. miv equal, but (hall oOt exceed 15 P. . nually ; and that theexceisfhall compo e» for the redemption of (he fa id J? 1 ! I ?'® . t A port folio is opened at the said ouic., reive al communications, pr'P ts or , W u' u ;|. the lubjeiU ot bridges, ancient' or m°c ern V ont lit",; in water, cements, mortar centre', ca coffer, dams, c.~ aruv information w £ tend to matuve the knowledge of the ''' y. previous to the intended ereilion: ic y icited, care will be taken of tfcitf, an -* raond 4 3 9 9 Oporto St. Croix Martinique Bolton Alexandria N. York Ed if desired- JOHN DORSEY, Secry pro ten>. Philadelphia, May '799. PRINTED BY J. p. \ ii!ed \V u, r( > J*f4 ' -*• , -10 10 It : tn to iOi tfHsg 1 ; i ■■• 46 fer ctDt. M
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