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mud and gravel. From the close manner in which we 

 were all grouped, how the shot could have entered the 

 ground, without killing men or dogs, or both, was 

 miraculous. I was desperately frightened, and from 

 that moment foreswore, for ever, the use of weakened 

 locks and attenuated barrels. 



