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side of him. Each of [ILL] I cannot say whether each of them or only one had a slit Bamboo, in his hand rather smaller than the smallest part of my little finger. I saw him rec: 7 or 8 blows [from] one of them. Some words passed which I did not understand. The Stick in the T. Sewr’s hand broke, Mr. S. took the broken stick out of his hand & gave him 5 or 6 [ILL] I can’t say if it broke again but the man skipp’d
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