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he was such a Child as to do so. The note was not written in or near a Straw House of mine where Cows are kept, I have no Straw House, but my Cows are kept in the Lower part of a brick house to the south of the house in which I live.
The Peon used to live and dress his Victuals under two Matts, and sleep in the Veranda, but my Cows are not near that place. Some times in the day time my Cows
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