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6、thefire,inthecommonroomoftheWallaceInn,winterandsummer,foreveryeveninginmylife,duringfortyyearsbypast(theChristianSabbathsonlyexcepted),musthaveseenmoreofthemannersandcustomsofvarioustribesandpeople,thanifIhadsoughtthemoutbymyownpainfultravelandbodilylabour.Evensodoththetollmanatthewell-frequent
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