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against me.
Mr. Cleveland gave me [ILL] Cottahs of ground, on 4 Cottahs I have made my house, & on 3 Cottahs I have made a garden, & planted Guava trees. on that part of my ground I keep a stack of Jancur or long grass, in which, on the day that has been mentd, the girl hid herself & went to sleep.
I was then asleep, when I awoke my wife sd the girl was run away. I went to [ILL] Beg’s house
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