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War.--American Indian Sketches.—lllack-Fishin.—Tempera-
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Parody on the "Song of the Shirt.”—Curlosity.—The Two
Aunts, a Tale.—Nature at War, Second Article.—Shutting up
of the Ilighland Glens.—Anatomy of Vagrancy.--Tose Juan,
the Pearl Diver.—Historical Tableaux, Conquests.—The Fisher-
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Future.--The Geld-Slaking Delusion.—Small Country Papers.
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ofpnilieedusie,yunllvaltLCLoLptennhaaigidenit.—Museum
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