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was dead, That he stuck, fast in the Mud in the
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with some Difficulty pulled the Deced out of the
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upon the Deced, and believes that the Deced Accidentally
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John Hardy
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on his
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away, and Deced immediately went away. but if
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being very dark Dept. could not see which way he went
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nor did he see him afterwards alive.
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