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Hog; I think; – I understood he meant fire & straw.
A Chokidar came & told me that [man] was dead. I could not believe it & was going to lick the fellow for telling lies. Clerk & I went to see the body, I examined it & seeing no marks of great beating I said to Clerk this man has not been dealt fairly by – I meant that I thought he had received ill usage after the beating.