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FOREST AND STREAM. 



yards distance, were missed, leaving the contest to li'tm and 

 me. In shooting at, the second live he killed four and I had 

 the goofi fortune to grass all of mine, making twenty, and 

 won the gold medal for first prize. The shorter distance I 

 fired was an undoubted advantage, but the event demonstrates 

 that light guns and charges can do fair shooting. E. R. 



Rochester, N. T., Aug. 24, 1878. 

 Tpon the same subject " Fusil" writes from Boston : 

 In your last issue I noticcd'an article from " Canvas Back," 

 which maybe good enough in theory; but before '.'Canvas 

 Back" convinces himself and others that a ten-gauge, nine 

 and one-half pound gun will burn only four drachms of pow- 

 der in the barrels, let him charge his gun say with six drachms 

 of powder (or six and one-half, if he thinks the gun will stand 

 it), and one ounce and one-quarter of shot, and then let htm 

 write you how he feels after the recoil, and whether he thinks 

 some of the extra powder, above four drachms, has not been 

 burned iu his gun-barrel. If this does not suffice, let him 

 gather up all the grains that are unexploded in his experiments 

 with four and a quarter drachms till he has enough for a full 

 charge ; load with this and test penetration with a common, 

 regular charge of powder that has not been used ; or use four 

 drachms of it and see if he cannot pick up for the second time 

 plenty of unexploded grains. 



For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. 

 GAME IN COLORADO. 



Fwas said at one time that deer were growing scarce In Colorado. 

 But tbe numbers brought into the various town* by sportsmen and 

 market nuaters during (.he last season certainly looked like a flat con- 

 tradiction of that assertion. It was the general testimony of the 

 hunters with whom I talked that, deer were just as abundant as ever 

 they had been, though, perhaps, it was necessary to penetrate a little 

 further into the mountains to secure them. A commission merchant 

 told me that he had shipped more deer East last winter than he had 

 done for several previous seasons. 



One can scarcely go amiss anywhere in the mountain region of this 

 State. He may select his own ground In the northern, middle or 

 southern part, mid he will be rewarded for his pains. It he chooses he 

 may leave the haunlsof men tar behind him, and rough it In the Snowy 

 Hange. He may camp In any of lite great parks, and bo live more 

 easily than in the former case. He may, if he choose, stop at some 

 ranche, or even live at a good hotel, and yet bring home an abundance 

 of game. 



Those who are willing to rough it need little direction. They may 

 make Denver, Colorado Springs, or Alamosa their starting poiut, and 

 from any of these places, going into the mountains, be sure of success. 

 There are tome men, however, who are not able to eudure the fatigue 

 of long journeys on horse or mule, who yet enjoy a hunt under less 

 fatiguing circumstances! For the sake of these I want to poiut out one 

 place where they may stay comfortably in a good hotel, and yet be able 

 to carry to their Bastcru homes some anllers as evidences of their skill 

 with the rille. 



JIanitou is seventy-live miles south of Denver, from whence it Is 

 reached by the Denver and Kio Grand K. B., and six miles of staging 

 from Colorado Springs, wheie yon leave the railroad. It may also ho 

 reached from the south by the same railroad, via I'ueblo. At Manitou 

 two good hotels remain open all the year round, ut either of which most 

 comfortable accommodations may be had. Within easy walking dis- 

 tance deer may be shot almost any day. Last season a gentleman, who 

 was something of an invalid, shot, two within three miles of the ilauitou 

 House, at which lie stopped. On another occasion four were killed in 

 one day witltiu four miles of ihe village. And so I might go on to 

 enumerate 



Those who love nature tn her wild beauty would 11 ml enjoyment 

 here. William's and Huston's canyons, though very uulike each other, 

 have great charms iu their picturesque scenery of stream leading from 

 rockio rock, massive boulders, and high, rocky walls, that the giants 

 built to towering heights. Caves, too, offer their peculiar attractions 

 to the adventurous. Tike's Peak looks down in silent majesty from his 

 Bolemn height upon the little village that nestles In Ilia very shadow at 

 his feet, whi,e to the east the bouudless sea of plains stretch away iu 

 limitless distance, always varying in shade and color with every hour 

 of the day, with every cloud or ray of sunshine. C. IS. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



-MASswutTSETTS— Milford. Sept. !>.— Ulass ba'l shoot No. a or the 



M.MMi7>ii y. r , r-n ': '' I'll., Mp.irie. I'mid, .'» endon, r'alui'day, Sept. 7. 



The raid rotary nap; prize, a silver cup : 



. c cnok 1 11110 1111101110011 1—lii 



VrankTaft'.'.'.". .".'.. i 0101011110111101110- M 



Olmries ilvans 1 OlllOOllOOUloooiKi 0- ,, 



<' H Allen 1 1 I 1 1 1 u I II II (I I 1 0- n 



TJ? Wilkinson.... o o 1 1 o 1 11 1 1 1 1 0- ,j 



Lono Branch Gum Club, Sept. 8.— Sweepstakes, 25 yards rise, live 



;i if,- Hi:.: J .;.'.! ' : '" 



C Butler 11111—5 H Munson 11111-5 



Dr Toluowskl I ill 1-B B ^ataon I X W 



pDugro 1 1111-5 GBnght 1 w 



The ties were shot oil on the next sweep, and C. Butler and Dr. Tol- 

 nowski divided the money. W. Stone aud J. Hainmericss entered, but 

 did not kill a bird. 



Sweepstakes, same conditions : 



DrTolnowski 1 l 1-1 1 1-0 JLBrigat 1. 1 1—11 1-6 



W HamrUig -...l 1 r— l 1 i— s 



Others w ithdrew. 



Handicap sweepstakes, same conditions: 



C Butler, 2S yards 1 1 1-3 F Dugro, SB yards 1 1-2 



it Prictii 33 yards 11 1—3 Dr Toniowski, nd yu'ds ...n I I -'J 



U Bright, 25 yards 1 1—2 J Uauiiuerle.-,s, 25 yards. , .0 1 0-1 



3 B Hoey, 25 yards 1 I II— a 



Butler and J. L. Bright divided Urst money, and Q. Bright won the 

 shooting off the tiea in lie- second class. 



Match between Ed-ar Murphy (at ■'■•:< yards) and W. Manning (at 2(i 

 yards, as follows ; live traps, Iliirllngliam rules : 



Minnins 111111110 110 10 111111 0-17 



Murphy ••'-'•—• 1011001101110011111001 0-14 



Xew York— Little. FalU, Sept. 3.— The Little Falls and Totowa Asso 

 ".-,,. ;., | ,,., mionol ■,/■■■:. ; i .a held the Ilrst of a series of 

 monthly shooting matches, Aug. 21 ; ten single and two double halls: 



00 00- 0— 1 

 00 10—1— 8 

 10 10— 2— 11 

 id 11— a-lo 

 li it— 4- a 

 i.,i! 00— 0— 



00 |i8— 0— 



01 00-1— 2 



U (i iia—o- i 



W. T. U. 



BSlmonson 10 0-1 



ii, ,-v 1 ' ■ 1 ■' '■ - - " ■'- ■- 



U Van Houten 1 111111110-9 



jlivanflouter. 11 1 1 10 1 1 0-; 



A Van Houten u 110 1110 0—5 



W VanHouten 0-1) 



WBunn U 0—0 



TPosier' 10 00 0—1 



i Stanley 1 oow -1 



Johnson vs. Kn:ii- prookhifl J), u-ujji Park Sept. C.-Me -, :-i ,ni. 

 pairs of birds iieiv.ei.-ii \i i lium Mi -:-. ui L.ooKlvn. uud Miles .loiiusou 

 of New Jersey. In addition lo tHe ■■.•...-_■• ■ B-in| 



matched to butt Ihe v •'.'■■ ' ' ( '. ; i"-.i"e i ., ...; „:. ...i:s ,-.t i ■ 

 last spring. The Bhootmg wai iivm twu H and 1 traps, 21 yards, vm 

 vard3 boundary. 



Mima Toimson-io 11 lp n io no id n io 01 u 11 n u n in n u 

 ,,%',',%; loji no in id ii in it 01 Oi odniu id 11 J" II 



1 



W King— ot io u ii n 00 10 10 in *oi it io lo on li 10 io 10 io 11 

 u ii io oi it io ii in ii io o'o oo ii io it oi lo ii ii ii io io oo to 



11 11 11 10 10 01— 64. 



Hester's Pabk— O/pras mils. h. I., Sept.. 10.— Monthly cortesl of 

 the Brooklyn nun Club for championship medal : Ave ground traps; 

 handicapped rise, SO yards boundary ; L. I. S. C. rules : 



Gildersleeve "as yds. 111111111 1—10 



Atkinson U7 " 111111111 1— 10 



DrBridges ..25 " 111111111 1—10 



Bnller 28 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- n 



Zellutr 28 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— !< 



Hnttles 25 " 11111110 11—0 



Woods 29 •' Ollllllll 1— S 



Dr Steele 25 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— S 



Ijlankley 29 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-8 



Dr Wynn 30 " 1110 10 111—1 



Ties shot off: 



Gl!ders!eeve....l 11111—0 Atkinson. 1 11000-3 



Bridges 1 1 w —2 



PENNeTLYANii— TitusvilU, Sept. T.— Glass ball contest, Pleasnntville 

 Pa., between ihe Titiisuilie aud Mt-asantri ]» teams. Ball thrown from 

 a revolving trap. Caters pab.-ni : distance, 21 yds. rise. Time of mated, 

 two hours ten minutes. Messrs. Wheeloek and Shalioek, of Titusvllle 

 Team, each lust a ball on errors. Following is official record of match 

 Pleasantville Team. Titusvllle Team. 



Sorry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1—10 McCrum 1 110 11111 1—9 



Patton 1 11111111 1—10 Wheeloek.,.. 1 til] * i I 0— li 



Zimmerman.l 010110110—6 Wallace 1 lliiiim i— 9 



Hancock....! 10 J 10 1 01 1—7 CBoughton..l 11111110 1—9 



Kaihemyer..1 1 o 1 1 1— 5 Hubbard 1 1 1 1 l 1 o o i— 7 



LShattock..l 11111111—9 F Eonghcon..t 1 1 1 1 I 0—6 



Streeter 1 111110 10—7 Shauk 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 11 1— 



Shattock ....0 11 1 1— 4 Burton 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1— 7 



Benedict.. ..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 9 Green 1 1 1 1 1 1—6 



Parks 1 101111110— S Shattock 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 1—7 



Total.. 



.75 Total 76 



Pleasantville, Sept. 6.— Beturn match, ric-a-antville having won lira, 

 one: 



Pleasantville Team. 



Sawrey 1 111111111- 



Patton 1 lllllilll— 



Zimmermanl 1 1 1 1 1 0— 

 Hancoek...,l 10 110 10 11— 

 Kublmever.l 10 10 11 

 Ly SUattuckl 01111 1 1 1 1 



Streeter ....1 1 1 1 1 1 l 0- 

 L Shattnck,.0 00110100 1- 

 Beni'dict....l 10 1111111 

 Parks lioiilllll- 



Titusvllle Team. 



-10 McCrum 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 



-HI Wheeloek. ...1 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 



6 Wallace 1 11111110 



7 C Bonghton..! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 



5 Hubbard 1 1 I 1 1 I 



9 F Boughton.,1 1 1 1 1 t 



7 Shank 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 



4 Burton 1 1 1 1 1 1 



9 Green 1 1 1 1 1 



5 111 Shaltuck.l i 9 1 1 1 a 1 



Total 78 Total 76 



(a) Broke the balls on errors. 



Grangers' Picnio.— Cumberland Grove, Pa., Aug. 29.— Match at 

 pigeons, 21 yards, SO yards boundary : 



Sible -...I 1111111110110 1-13 



Mumma (one aim) 1 1101111111111 0—13 



Humer 1 1011111111101 1-13 



McKeeban ..1 11111111 00 oil 1— u 



KiDgwalt 1111111110100 1— ll 



Wolt 1 1010110110 111 l—ii 



Head 100111111 Oil 1 I— 11 



Rupp 1 1101111100011) 1—10 



Silue 1 1 1 1 1 1 1110 1-10 



Uoas 1 11001001U110 11— 9 



overdeer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u u i_§ 



Weaver 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— u 



Uammond II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—8 



Brandt 1 1 1 I 0—4 



Ties on thirteen. 



Sible 1 1 «—2 Humer 1 1 1_2 



Muinnm 1 1 1—3 



Humma and Hnmer divldod. 



Messrs. Hatfleld aud Bowtu, judges. 



Second match, same day : 



Sible 1 111111—7 McKeeban 11 1001 1 1—4 



Stine 1 11111 1—7 Knpp 1 1 1 1—4 



Bead 1 1110 1—5 Kingwalt 1 1 11 u l—fi 



Wikel 11110 1 0-5 Boas u 1 I 1 o-a 



HKoat 110 1110-6 



Sibie and Stine divided putao. 



Third match ; glass bulla, 21 yards rise, Bogardus trap arm 1 



Wolf 1 lllllll-s "Smith" 1 101101 0—5 



ii 11 Keller 1 1110 1 I— li Browuawell 1 1 1 1 0—4 



G 11 Keller u 1110 11 0-5 Overdeer I II 1 1 0—3 



Slbie..' 11110 1 11-5 



Fourth match, same day ; glasB balls, 21 yards rise 



Hammond 1 1 1 111 li 0-0 Sible 1 n 1 1-a 



Roat .... 1110 1110 1—5 Head 1 1 1 11- 3 



Wade'" 10 1110 1—5 Keller 1 1 1 0—3 



Overdeer.... 1 1 1 1—1 Bowers. 10 1 11—2 



I iU pp 10 11 0— S Brandt u 0—0 



Hammond ivon flrst purse, Koat and Wade divided second purse, 



Tennessee— Nashville, Sept. 2.— Match at glass balls, Bogardns rules, 

 Bitterlich screened traps: 



First match: 



Wheat 1 1110-4 MeKlnnoy 10 11—8 



Maskey.... 1 1 1— a Braduuau 1 1 1 1— ■: 



Vaieutlne 1 1—2 



Ties on four divided slakes. 



Second match : 



Braekmon 1 1 1 1—4 Maakey 1 1 i — 



Wheat 00 1 1 1—3 Vulcmme 1 1 1 1— 



MclUnuey 1 1 1 1—1 



Ties on four shot off ut 2i yards— Maskey won the shoot oft. 



Third match : 



Valentine 1 1 1 1 0—1 Wheat 1 I 11 1—5 



Maskey 1 1 1 1 1— * Hooptr 1 1 1 1-4 



McKmney 10 1 1 1—4 Braekman 1 1 1 1 1—5 



Maskey and Brackmau divided on two each. 



Fourth match: 



McKinney 1 1 1—3 Hooper ..1 111 1—5 



Wheat 1 1 1 1-4 Maskey 1 u 11 1 1—3 



Valentine 10 111—4 Bracknian 1 1 1 1-4 



Fifth match: 



Brackman 1 1 1 1 0—4 McKmney 161 1—3 



Wheat I 11-3 Valentiue 1 1 t 1—1 



Carter 1 1 1 0— 3 Maskey 10111—4 



Maskey and Brackman divided on three each. 



Sixth match, double balls: 



Valentine 11 11 U— 6 Maskey 11 11 11—6 



MoKwney n 11 11—0 



lu the shoot off McKinney and Maskey tied and divided. 



Seventh match, 21 yards rise: 



Wheat 1 c 1 C— 2 MsBkey 1 1111 . 



Valentine 1 110 1-4 iicKinney 1 1 1 0—3 



Eighth match, ten balls each: 



Valentine.. .1 11111111 1— 10 Ragio 1 10011010 1—6 



Wheat 11110110 1—7 



Michigan— Howell, Sept. 5.— Second contest for the Jewett revolver 

 (30th ult.) resulted as follows. Bogardus new model trap, behind 

 screeu; 21 yards; direction of ball decided by loi. Fisher won first 

 march, and Kiunsey second. 



E Fisher. ...1 11001110 0—6 Hubert 1 00010111—5 



O Holt 111111111-9 JudUolt. ..101111 11 1 1—7 



Angel 10 11111 1-7 Wolcott 1 110 111 1 11 1- 8 



Beacn 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— s Kumsey....i 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1-10 



Wilder 1 110 10 110—6 WliCOX 01110001 l—o 



Mnlliken....l 111110 11—8 Jewett, 1 101111011—8 



OsiO— Cincinnati, Se:,t. 7 — The Qneen City Shooting Club will have 

 ...... toot at pigeons the 2jI,Ii of this month, at "Anderson's 



Place " Clifton. Only members of the club can enter, each member lo 

 shoot at 25 birds Tbeolrda are to be shot at out of H andT traps, 21 

 ....single birds. W. K. L. 



Ika \. Punb at MtLFOKD.— Mr, Paine nas been astonishing the Mll- 

 1 his exhibitions iu breaking glass balls with his gun. and 

 u. niiwi'U hid revolver, •■■ lOiMV.J'BlJM 



made a very flue score at double bills, breaking nine doubles, or 

 eighteen balls without a nus". Tin-; tiiarksiuan'n skill with a riOc is also 

 ing lo the front, and I hough lie disc.ai :11s at ti-iiipiiiigO Tver's teals, 

 rtheless Mr. Paine can surprise an audience with his 1 mo. Mr. 

 e met lately with an aeeKietit, firem a fui , wnld m»l ite 

 from continuing his engagements, but ia a lew days he will resume his 

 shooting. 



Bogahdus Crrs— Th" intrrnarional cops, which were won by Capt. 

 Bogardus, "the champion wing shot of ihe world," win p- 



prized iu the Custom House- ami held for rinlles, were released by 

 order of the Bccretaiy of ihe Treasury free of all duty and charges, 

 and, alter being delivered 10 the Captain's frk-uos, weie ,iu.v 

 forwarded to Him at St. Paul, Minn., by espreas. 



September Athletics.— There are to be three local ath- 

 letic meetings this month. The handicap games of the Scot- 

 tish-American Athletic Club will he held on their grounds. 

 Fifty-fourth street and Eighth avenue, the lith in'si. The 

 programme includes the usual contests. On the 2 1st the 

 Manhattan Club hold their tournament, Fifty-sixth street and 

 Eighth avenue, and the annual fall meeting of the 6tal.cn 

 Island Athletic Chi I) will he held on their grounds, Beau- 

 mont avenue, Hoboken, on the 20th inst. 



Bioxoling.— Just what the bicycle is capable of may bo 

 learned front the recent periormance of Appleyard, the Eng- 

 lish bicyclist, who won the last Bath lioad Medal of ihe Lon- 

 don Bicycle Club. This is given for the fastest time over 

 the one hundred miles Bath Road. Last year Appleyard won 

 it in 9h. lOJm. This year there were thirty-one entries. By 

 lot Appleyard's place was in the tenth row, twenty-seven men 

 being in front ofliim, only three behind. "At precisely 7:30 

 in the morning the start was made. Appleyard's machine 

 was a light racer of but twenty-eight pounds weight, yet ho 

 contrived to pass over the wet and greasy oolite macadam 

 between Bath and Devizes at the rale of twelve miles an 

 hour. At the outset he gained greatly on the mass of riders 

 by taking Box Hill without a dismount, and as ho approached 

 Marlboro, about thirty miles out, he caught up with Thorn, 

 and these two haviog now passed all the others, rode on to- 

 gether for ten miles lo Huugerford, where Thorn stopped for 

 food. It was Appleyard'3 determination to ride the entire 

 100 miles without stopping nt all, so, leaving Thorn, he rode 

 on toward Reading alone, and was never again sighted by 

 any man in the rear. His sustenance on the way appears to 

 have been taken while in motion. His Liebig's meat biscuits 

 were found too dry and he relied on a half pound 1 if steak 

 and a half pint of tea, with two eggs beaten up in it." 



— New England fairs are enlivened by bicycle raaes. 



The ArsTiui.uN Ceioketers. — The matches in which tho 

 coming Australian cricketers will meet United States and 

 Canadian teams have all been fixed, as follows : October 1 

 and 2, Australians vs. New York eighteen, at Hoboken; Oc- 

 tober 8, 4 and ."5, Australians vs. Philadelphia eleven, at 

 Philadelphia; October S and II, Australians vs. Tiuonto 

 eighteen, at Toronto; October 11 and 12, Australians vs. De- 

 troit eighteen, at Detroit; October 17 and 18, Australians VS. 

 Mound City twenty-two, at St. Louis; October 22, 84 and 

 25, Australians vs. all California tweuly-two, at San Fran- 

 cisco. The Australian team consists of ten amateurs and two 

 professionals, as follows: Messrs. T. Horuu, of the Victoria 

 eleven; F. Bpoffortb, of the New South Wales eleven (fast 

 bowler); F. E. Allan, of the Civil Service Club, of Victoria; 

 O. H. Bailey, of the eleven of Tasmania; J. McBlackluuu, 

 of the Victoria eleven (wicket-keeper); H. Boyle, of the 

 Victoria Club (bowler); D. W. Gregory, of the New Smiili 

 Wales eleven; W. Murdock, of the New South Wales eleven 

 (wicket-keeper); T. Garrett, of the New South Wales Unl- 

 versily eleven; A. Biumerman, of the New South Wales 

 eleven; Thomas Kendall, professional, of the Victoria Club; 

 Charles Banuerraun, professional, of the New South Wales 

 Club. The principal tmlsmeii are the two Bauneriiiniis and 

 Mr. Horan. The bowlers are Messrs. SpoHorlh, Boyle, Ken- 

 dall and Allan. 



— The Petersons beat tho St. Georges in their return game 

 at Huboken, last Saturday, with a score of 5S and 78 for the 

 two innings, to 55 for the first inning of St. Georges. The 

 latler club play the Slaten Island first eleven at Hoboken to- 

 day. 



Ceicket, — The game for the benefit of William Brewster, 

 played at Hoboken last Thursday, was very successful. 

 Messrs. Brewster and Giles having chosen sides, the game re- 

 sulted in the following score : 



BKBWSXBB'S BXDXi. GILKS' H1UE. 



A Marsh, o Soulier, h Slo- J Soutter, c Bornary, b Brow- 



vens C2 ter.... 39 



E Moeran, b Spragne 22 E Stevens, b Browator 5 



B Greig, b Stevens 7 J Sprague, b Brewster 



J Bornary. b Spraguo J Bogan, b Moorau 



C Williams, b bteveus W Hopes, c Greig, b Marsh. . 



C Middleton, L&vt'ler, b 



8tevens G F Hattssling, not out 3 



O Deliar, not out 4 A Lawler, b Greig 7 



J Yoorhees, Giles, b Ste- 

 vens G Giles, not out oq 



W \Yilson, b Sprague 1 



G liay ward, b Sprague 



W Brewster, Sprague, b 



Stevens... 



Byos, 2; leg-byes, 4; widea, 1 . 7 Byos, 1 ; leg-byes, 2 3 



Total 109 Total 83 



Bowling analysis— Soutter, 18 Bowling analysis— Moeran, 42 

 balls, 36 runs ; Spraguo, 101 balls, 30 runs, "l wicket ; Brews- 

 balls, 32 rims. 4 wickets -, Giles, ter, 'M balls, 'J9 runs, 3 wicl.ela ; 

 30 balls, 12 runs; Stevens, IU Marsh, 42 billh, is run,., 1 Hiol.el; 

 balls, 22 runs, 6 wickets. Greig, 12 balls, 3 runs, 1 wicket. 



Arohebt. — Meeting of the Oritani Archers, September 9. 

 24-inch targets at 30 yards : 



rinds. Hits, Value. 



J W Hopper 8 7 19 



,1 .Gardner 5 11 sa 



w Bolberton s 13 .jr. 



Miss Gardner a 8 33 



" Van BoBkercK I 1 26 



" Ward 7 8 ft 



Mrs Berry 5 2 8 



Total.. 



W Wells 



J J Berry 



F Poor 



Mrs W If' 

 MisaN Hopper..... 

 " Poor 



•• well* 



Ends. 



... 1117 

 Value. 



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