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MARION COUNTY.
Established by act of February 13, 1818. Territory taken from Tuskaloosa county. Named for General Francis Marion, the South Carolina revolutionary hero. Lies in northwestern Alabama, on the Mississippi line. Area, 796 square miles ; coal measures, 646 ; gravelly pine hills, 150. Surface, broken. Soil varieties, brown loam lands, black sandy lands, and the thin whitish or gray clayey loam of the marshes. The high table lands of the county furnish superior farming lands, desirable on account both of the natural fertility of the soil and of their favorable position with reference to drainage, etc. Underneath the overhanging cliffs, or "rock houses," as they are locally termed, in the ravines in certain parts of the county, grow abundantly some of our rarest ferns. The Buttahatchie river and its tributaries drain the greater part of the county. The other streams in the county are the Looxapalila and Sipsey rivers, and Beaver, Bull Mountain and Bear creeks. Popula- tion, white, 10,786 ; colored, 561, total, 11,347. County seat, Hamilton. Other towns, Pikeville, Shottsville, Guinn, Win- field, Darlington and Barnesville. Acres in county, improved, 38,784 ; unimproved, 386,574; total, 425,358. Assessed value of property in 1891, real, $487,054.00; personal, 8599,728.00; total, $1,086,782.00. County debt in 1892, none. Total rate of county tax, for all purposes, on property, 5 mills. News- paper, Herald, weekly, Hamilton. Railroads, miles of main track, Birmingham, Shetfield & Tennessee River, 7.70; Kansas 21
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City, Memphis & Birmingham, 13.814. Telegraph, miles of poles, 15. Products, cotton, corn, oats, wheat, etc. Stock raising profitable. Two cotton factories, both run by water power. Coal also exists, and gold has been discovered in some sections of county. Water for all purposes abundant and of purest quality. Health and climate exceptionally good. Churches and good schools exist throughout the county. Crops, in 1889 (census of 1890)-cotton, acres, 14,552 ; bales, 4,454; value, $207,084.00; corn, acres, 22,827; bushels, 200,- 035; oats, acres, 2,674; bushels, 16,783; wheat, acres, 288; bushels, 1,321. Lands, $2.00 to $20.00 an acre. Unappropri- ated government land in the county, 50,000 acres.
MARSHALL COUNTY.
Established by act January 9, 1836. Named for John Mar- shall, the eminent jurist and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Lies in northeastern Alabama, on the Tennessee river. Area, 580 square miles ; coal measures, 395 (255 on Sand mountain, and 140 on the mountain spurs north- west of the valleys) ; valley of the Tennessee, 185 (135 in Brown's and Gunter's valleys, south of the river, 50 in the Tennessee valley north of Guntersville). County divided about equally by a valley which traverses it from northeast to southwest, and down which the Tennessee river flows as far as Guntersville, where the river turns northwest, cutting through the rim of the coal measures which bound the valley on that side. Below Guntersville this valley extends through Marshall and Blount counties, under the name of Brown's valley. The valley lands are level or slightly rolling, with red or brown loam soils, based upon limestone, and similar in general char- acters to all the red soils of the Tennessee valley. Big springs and lime sinks are numerous and characteristic throughout the whole region. Ridge lands have mostly light gray soils, with reddish or yellowish subsoils, and are of varying degrees of fertility. Raccoon mountain, an elevated tableland or plateau, is in this county. County has a comparatively large propor-
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tion of valley lands suited to cotton culture. The sandy lands of the coal measures yield well with fertilizers. The surface of the county is mountainous and broken, in parts, and pre- sents much beautiful scenery. The water courses are the Tennessee and Paint Rock rivers, Loeust fork and Town creek. The Tennessee river makes its great and eccentric bend in the heart of this county, curving abruptly from is southerly course to the Gulf of Mexico, to flow northwestwardly and empty into the Ohio river. Paint Rock river bounds the county on the northwest. In every part of the county there are bold mountain springs of the purest and coolest water. Prevailing timber, oak, hickory, beech, walnut and cherry. Population, white, 17,552; colored, 1,381; all others, 2; total, 18,935. County seat, Guntersville ; population, 471. Acres in county, improved, 65,025; unimproved, 256,680 ; total, 321,705. As- sessed value of property in 1891, real, 81,266,102.00; personal, $629,502.00; total. $1,895,604.00. County debt, 1892, ---. Total rate of county tax, for all purposes, on property,
Newspaper, Democrat, weekly, Guntersville. Bank, 1, Gun- tersville. The county at present is without completed lines of railway, but the projected lines are the Tennessee & Coosa railroad, connecting Guntersville with Gadsden, in Etowah county, on the Coosa river ; the Birmingham Mineral railroad, and the Guntersville & Scottsboro railroad. Owing to lack of railroad facilities, the resources of the county, which are very rich, remain to a large extent undeveloped. Produets, cotton, corn, oats, wheat, potatoes, coal, iron, manganese, copper, lead and silver. Stock raising is also profitable. Crops in 1889, (census of 1890)-cotton, acres, 27,470; bales, 8,112; value, 8361,864.00 ; corn, aeres. 37,234; bushels, 607,488 ; oats, aeres, 6,425 ; bushels, 53,365 ; wheat, acres, 919; bushels, 3,506. The health, climate, church and school facilities of this county are among the best in the State. Lands, ¿2.50 to $50.00 an acre. Government land in county, 3,000 acres.
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MOBILE COUNTY.
Established in 1813 by proclamation of the Governor of the then Mississippi Territory. Named for the city, bay and river « Mobile .* Lies in the extreme southwestern part of the State, on the bay and river Mobile. Area, 1234 square miles ; rolling pine lands, 764; pine flats, 470; woodland, all, except coast marshes. County gently undulating, though the water sheds have considerable elevation above the sea. The Citronelle plateau, where crossed by the Mobile & Ohio railroad, is 317 feet and the Summit 333 feet above tide water. Prevailing timber, long leaf or yellow pine. Soil varieties, the red sandy loam with clay subsoil, peculiar to all the upland plains ; the dark loamy soil along the bottoms of the Mobile and Tombig- bee rivers, and the yellowish sandy loam along the western shore of Mobile bay. Mobile bay and the Mobile and Tombig- bee rivers make the eastern boundary of the county, and give it an extensive water front on that side. The other water courses of the county are the Escatawpa and Dog rivers and the Chickasaw bayou and several other large ereeks. Popula- tion, white, 28,136; colored, 23,046; all others, 405; total, 51,587. County seat, Mobile; population, 31,076. Acres in county, improved, 13,363; unimproved, 555,802. Assessed value of property in 1891, real, $10,678,277.00 ; personal, 86,297,210.00; total, $16,975,457.00. County debt in 1892, 8337,500.00, bonds. Total rate of county tax on property, one- half of one per cent .; school tax, one-tenth of one per cent. Newspapers, Register, daily and weekly, News, daily, and Item, Mobile. Banks, 5, Mobile. Railroads. miles of main track, Mobile & Birmingham, 31.18; Mobile & Ohio, 38 ; Louisville & Nashville (Mobile & Montgomery division), 14; Louisville & . Nashville (New Orleans & Texas), 27. Telegraph, miles of poles, 125.09. Products, cotton, corn, peas, potatoes, rice, sugar eane, garden products, fruits, lumber, timber, naval stores, fish and oysters. Gardening for northern and eastern markets is extensively carried on, and, in favorable seasons, very profit- able, the soil and climate of the county being peculiarly well
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adapted to this industry. Cotton is not cultivated to any extent. The open pine woods of the county afford most ex- cellent pasture. Crops in 1889 (eensus of 1890)-cotton, aeres, 48; bales, 2; value, $1,040 ; eorn, aeres, 2,398; bushels, 45,663 ; oats, acres, 64; bushels, 775. The shipments of early vegeta- bles from the county for the year 1891 amounted in value to more than $350,000.00, and the business grows with each year. In Mobile city there is considerable manufacturing in various lines. The water of the county is abundant for all domestie purposes, and of the purest quality, while the health and climate eannot be surpassed by any county in the State. There are good public schools throughout the county and in Mobile city the public schools are equal to any in the South. Churches of all denominations exist. Lands, 81.50 to $25.00 an aere. Unappropriated government lands in county, 67,670 acres.
MONROE COUNTY.
Established June 5, 1815, by proclamation of the Governor of the then Mississippi Territory. Named for James Monroe, of Virginia, then Secretary of State, and afterwards President, of the United States. Lies in southwestern Alabama and borders on the Alabama river, which makes its western bound- ary for nearly the entire distance. Area, 990 square miles ; undulating pine lands, 340 ; pine uplands, 550; brown loam or oak and hickory uplands, 130; lime hills, 270 ; woodland, all. Northern portion of county hilly and broken, with thin sandy soils on the uplands, but productive valleys ; central and southern portions generally level, with soils of a sandy loam on the uplands, and a gray and reddish, to nearly black, stiff soil of the creek and river bottom lands. The cotton lands of the county are the lowlands of flat and limestone ereeks and the Alabama river. The uplands are generally sandy and not very productive; but there are some good bodies of tableland with brown loam soil and red clay subsoil. Prevailing timber, long leaf or yellow pine, black, red and white oaks, poplar, ash,
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beech and sweet gum. The water courses, in addition to the Alabama river, are Flat creek and its several forks, Limestone, Tallatchee, Lovett and Randall creeks. Freestone wells and . springs are numerous, and water is abundant for all domestic purposes. Large tracts of yellow pine timber exist in the county. Population, white, 8,327 ; colored, 10,660 ; all others, 3; total, 18,990. County seat, Monroeville. Acres in county, improved, 68,109; unimproved, 498,949; total, 567,056. As- sessed value of property in county in 1891, real, $1,181,725.00 ; personal, 8572,135.00; total, 81,753,860.00. County debt in 1892, --- -. Total rate of county tax, for all purposes, on property, - - per cent. Newspaper, Journal, weekly, Mon- roeville. County at present without railroads, but is afforded transportation by the Alabama river, and the Selma & Pensa- cola and the Louisville & Nashville railroads in the adjoining counties of Wilcox and Conecuh. Resources, cotton, corn, oats, potatoes, peas, millet, sugar cane, orchard fruits, etc. Marl deposits of value are found in the county. Crops in 1889 (census of 1890)-cotton, acres, 41,882 ; bales, 15,959; value, $727,082; corn, acres, 26,715; bushels, 351,725; oats, acres, 4,704 ; bushels, 41,942. The school and church advantages of the county are good, and the health of the county, away from the river and creek bottoms, is excellent, and the climate good. Lands, $1.25 to $10.00 an acre. Unappropriated government land in county, 16,360 acres.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Established by an act of the Legislature of Mississippi Territory, dated December, 6, 1816. Named for Major Lemuel Purnell Montgomery, of Tennessee, who was killed in the fight with the Creek Indians at Horse Shoe Bend, Alabama, March 27, 1814. Lies near the centre of the State. Area, 772 square miles ; level and hilly prairies, 600; sandy and pebbly hills, with pine, 100; woodland, all, except a few square miles of open prairie. Soil varieties, the red lands, which are the sandy loams of the uplands ; the post oak and black prairie soils,
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and the light gray sandy soils lying between the red lands and the river bottoms. The greater part of the cotton, and of all the crops is made in the prairie belt and along the first and second bottoms of the rivers and of the numerous streams flowing into them. The bottom lands are of great variety, some being stiff prairie soils; others light and sandy. The Alabama and Tallapoosa rivers form the northern boundary of the county, and it is watered and drained by a number of large creeks. Water for all purposes is abundant. Timber trees, of the prairie, are post oak, hickory, hawthorn, wild plum, ash, etc .; of the red loam lands, oaks, hickory, short leaf pine ; of the bottoms, poplar, gum, magnolia, etc .; of the sandy lands, short leaf pine and oaks, with water oaks and sweet gum in the flats. Population, white, 14,530 ; colored, 41,636 ; all others, 6; total, 56,172. County seat, Montgomery ; population, 21,883. Acres in county, improved, 266,959; unimproved, 220,406; total, 487,365. Assessed value of property in 1891, real, $11,- 774,300.00 ; personal, $6,767,829 ; total, 818,542,129.00. News- papers, Advertiser, daily and weekly; Journal, daily and weekly ; Alliance Herald, daily and weekly, Montgomery. Banks, 6, Montgomery. Railroads, miles of main track, Ala- bama Midland, 44.17 ; Western of Alabama (Montgomery division), 19.73 ; Western of Alabama, (Selma division), 10.10; Montgomery & Eufaula, 21 ; Louisville & Nashville (Mobile & Montgomery division), 13; Louisville & Nashville (South & North Alabama division, 4.14; Savannah, Americus & Mont- gomery, 20. Telegraph, miles of poles, Alabama Midland Telegraph Company, 44.20; Western Union Telegraph Com . pany, 110.92. Products, cotton, corn, oats, potatoes, peas, etc. Crops in 1889 (census of 1890) -cotton, acres, 122,526 ; bales, 45,860 ; value, 82,202,363 ; corn, acres, 49,960 ; bushels, 739,516; oats, acres, 5,608 ; bushels, 55,670. Agriculturally, Montgom- ery county is one of the finest of the counties of the State, and it is the banner cotton county of the State, both as regards acre- age, number of bales produced and production per acre. The city of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, is located in this county and is its county seat. In Montgomery there are large and varied commercial and manufacturing interests. The Alabama river, flowing along the northern boundary of the county, and navigable to Mobile throughout the entire year,
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affords the county excellent water transportation facilities. The health and climate of the county are good, and the school and church facilities equal to any in the South. In Mont- · gomery are churches of all the leading denominations, and excellent public and private schools. Lands, $5.00 to 825.00 , an acre.
MORGAN COUNTY.
Established by act February S, 1818. Territory derived from Cherokee cession. First called "Cotaco," for the large creek that flows through it; but name changed to Morgan, in 1821, for General Daniel Morgan, of revolutionary fame. Lies in northern Alabama, on the Tennessee river, which forms the entire northern boundary of the county. Area, 686 square miles ; coal measures of Sand mountain, 275; sandy lands of Little Mountain, 140 ; valley lands, 271 (red lands, 100 ; coves and slopes, 171) ; woodland, all. The soil varieties are the loose, rich, alluvial soils of the Tennessee river bottom; the rich red or brown soils of the valley of the Tennessee, which is a nearly level plain, from 75 to 100 feet above the river level, and the sandy soils of the mountains and coal measures. Prevailing timber, post and blackjack oaks, hickory, poplar and walnut. Population, white, 17,903; colored, 6,183; all others, 3; total, 24,089. County seat, Decatur; population, 2,765. Acres in county, improved, 67,051 ; unimproved, 268,- 792 ; total, 335,843. Assessed value of property 1891, real, $3,165,212.00 ; personal, 81,629,762.00 ; total, $4,794,974.00. Newspaper, News, weekly, Decatur; Advertiser, weekly, New Decatur; Enquirer, Hartselle. Banks, 3, Decatur. Railroads, miles of main track, Memphis & Charleston, 7.70 ; Louisville & Nashville (South & North Alabama division), 22.46. Tele- graph, miles of poles, 33.92. Total rate of county tax, for all purposes, on property, - Resources, cotton, corn, oats, wheat, orchard fruits, coal, live stock, ete. The fine grasses of some parts of the county afford excellent pasturage and make stock raising profitable. Crops in 1889 (census of 1890)-cotton, acres, 23,628 ; bales, 6,241; value, 8266,171.00 ; corn, acres,
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38,048 ; bushels, 611,984; oats, acres, 6,395 ; bushels, 72,260 ; wheat, acres, 968 ; bushels, 6,309. Lands, 85.00 to $50.00 an acre. Health and climate good, and school and church facil- ities equal to those of any county in north Alabama.
PERRY COUNTY.
Established by act December 13, 1819. Named for Com- modore Oliver Hazard Perry, the naval hero of the war of 1812, with England. One of the central counties of the State. Area, 774 square miles; gravelly hills, 449; prairie, 325; woodland, all. Agriculturally the county shows two distinct characteristics-brown loam uplands in the northern half and prairie in the southern. The upland soil proper is a sandy loam, with subsoil of yellow clay, and varying in color from light gray, through brown, to almost black. The prairie soil proper is a stiff, putty-like soil, originally gray, but usually of dark to black color. The soils, as a rule, are fertile, and the county is considered one of the best of the agricultural counties of the State. Prevailing timber, the various species of oaks, hickory and short and long leaf pine. The Cahaba river flows through the centre of the county from north to south, and receives, directly or indirectly, all the drainage of the county. From Marion, the county seat, the prairies stretch away for twenty miles towards the south in a gently undulating, trough- like plain. Population, white, 6,806; colored, 22,524; all others, 2 ; total, 29,332. County seat, Marion ; population,, 1,982. Acres in county, improved, 170,613; unimproved, 287,558; total, 458,171. Assessed value of property, real, $2,158,803.00 : per- .sonal, $1,189,000.00 ; total, 83,347.893. No county debt. Total rate of county tax, for all purposes, on property, four-tenths of one per cent. Newspaper, Standard, weekly, Marion; Canebrake Herald, Uniontown. Bank, 1, Marion. Railroads, miles of main track, East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia (Cin- ·cinnati, Selma & Mobile), --; East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia (Meridian division). 6. Telegraph, miles of poles, 29.88. Products, cotton, corn, oats, potatoes, orchard fruits,
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etc. Stock raising is also profitable. Crops in 1889 (census of 1890)-cotton, acres, 79,739; bales, 24,873 ; value, 81,181,- . 785.00 ; corn, acres, 41,858; bushels, 590,094; oats, acres, , 6,920; bushels, 88,184. Lands, 85.00 to $25.00 an acre. Gov- ernment land, 520 acres. Health and climate excellent. School , and church facilities exceptionally good. Marion, the county seat, is a great educational centre, with three colleges. Near Uniontown, in this county, is located one of the agricultural experimental stations of the State.
PICKENS COUNTY.
Established by act December 19, 1820. Territory taken from Tuskaloosa county. Named for General Andrew Pick- ens, of South Carolina, a distinguished officer in the revolu- tionary war. Lies in western Alabama, on the Mississippi line. Area, 934 square miles ; gravelly pine hils, 884; prairie, 50; woodland all. Surface broken. Upland soils vary from the best brown to sandy loams, and all rest upon red clay loam. Bottom and hummock lands have in general the char- acters of the loam uplands which adjoin them, and are, in many cases, of superior quality. Prairie soils are the usual rotten limestone. Timber of the uplands, pine, red, black, spanish and blackjack oaks, hickory, chestnut, etc .; of the lowlands, white, water and willow oaks, ash, cypress, beech,. sweet and sour gums. County watered and drained by the Tombigbee and Sipsey rivers and Bear, Lubbub and Coalfire creeks. Population, white, 9,286; colored, 13,184; total, 22,470. County seat, Carrollton. Newspaper, West Allabamian, weekly, Carrollton. Acres in county, 540,334. Assessed value of property in 1891, real, 8960,802.00; personal, 8524,814.00; total, $1,485,616.00. Chief crops, cotton, corn, oats and pota- toes. More than one-half the cultivated land is in cotton. Orchard fruits do well. Stock raising profitable. County well watered. Climate and health excellent. School and church facilities good. Land, 85.00 to $30.00 an acre. Gov- ernment land in county, 6,240 acres. Crops in 1889 (census.
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of 1890)-cotton, acres, 59,949; bales, 18,904; value, 8868,- 770.00; corn, acres, 38,011; bushels, 513,410; oats, acres,. 7,579 ; bushels, 77,682.
PIKE COUNTY.
Established by act of December 17, 1821. Territory taken from Henry and Montgomery counties. Named for General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, who was killed at York (now · Toronto), Canada, in the war of 1812, with England. Lies in southeastern Alabama. Area, 710 square miles; oak and hickory uplands, with long leaf pine, 560; pine hills, 150; woodland, all. Surface rolling, and soil generally light, sandy, but productive with fertilizers. Bottom lands are of the best character. Prevailing timber, pine, oak, hickory, elm, poplar,. cypress and beech. County watered and drained by the Cone- cuh and Pea rivers and several large creeks. Population,. white, 15,633; colored, 8,789; all others, 1; total, 24,423. County seat, Troy ; population, 3,449. Other towns, Brun- didge and Orion. Acres in county, improved, 235,859; unim- proved, 164,377 ; total, 400,236. Assessed value of property in county in 1891, real, 81,787,580.00 ; personal, $1,706,530.00 ; total, 83,494,110.00. Newspapers, Inquirer, weekly, and Mes- senger, weekly, Troy. Banks, 1, Troy. Railroads, miles of main track, Alabama Midland, 45.40 ; Mobile & Girard, 15. Telegraph, miles of poles, Alabama Midland Telegraph Com- pany, 45.40; Western Union Telegraph Company, 15. Chief crops, cotton, corn, oats, wheat, rye, rice, sorghum, sugar cane, potatoes, peas and peanuts. Soil peculiarly adapted to sweet potatoes, sugar cane and peas. Orchard and other fruits also do well. Stock raising profitable. Other products, naval stores, pine timber and pine lumber. Large forests of valuable pine timber. Crops in 1889 (census of 1890)-cotton, acres, 66,625 ; bales, 25,879; value, 81,157,226.00; corn, acres, 46,450; bushels, 426,116; oats, acres, 4,958; bushels, 32,876. Ilealth and climate of county not excelled by any county in the State. Water for all domestic purposes abundant and of the purest.
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quality. Good schools throughout the county and church facilities excellent. At Troy is located one of the State nor- mal schools .* Lands, $2.00 to $15.00 an acre. Government land in county, 1,040 acres. County debt, none. Total rate of county tax, one-half per cent.
RANDOLPH COUNTY:
Established by act December 18, 1832. Named for John Randolph, the distinguished Virginia statesman. Lies in east- ern Alabama, on the Georgia linc. Area, 599 square miles ; all metamorphic; woodland, all. Surface broken and moun- tainous, with fertile valleys. Soil varieties, gray and red uplands, with pine, oak and hickory timber, and light, sandy, bottom soils, with white oak, beech and poplar timber. County watered and drained by the Tallapoosa and Little Tallapoosa rivers and a number of large creeks. Water for domestic purposes abundant and of most excellent quality. Wells and springs of best freestone water abound. Popula- tion, white, 13,984 ; colored, 3,235; total, 17,219. County seat, Wedowee. Acres in county, improved, 84,771 ; unimproved, 286,313 ; total, 371,084. Assessed value of property in county in 1891, real, $1,086,616.00 ; personal, $408,757.00; total, $1,495,- 373.00. Newspapers, Observer, weekly, Wedowee ; Herald, weekly, Roanoke. Railroads, miles of main track, East Ala- bama, 3. Telegraph, miles of poles, 3. Chief crops. corn, cotton, oats, wheat, potatoes, etc. All the fruits and vegeta- bles adapted to the latitude come to perfection. County pecu- liarly adapted to the production of peaches and grapes. Stock raising profitable. Lands easily tilled and, when fertilized, yield well. Gold, copper, mica, tin, graphite and kaolin found in county. Crops in 1889 (census of 1890) -- cotton, acres, 28,387 ; bales, 10,348; value, $469,958; corn, acres, 27,331; bushels, 331,213; oats, acres, 5,815 ; bushels, 41,746. Climate salubrious. Health exceptionally good. Churches numerous and good schools throughout the county. At Wedowee, Rock
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Mills and Roanoke are high schools of merit. Lands, $2.00 to. $15.00 an acre. Government land in county, 3,920 acres. County debt, $4,025.00.
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