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f94r illustration detail f94 Text: The fire-bearing stones which ignite when near each other. Iron pyrites provide the geological basis for this account. Illustration: The initial represents the start of the later series of initials, type 4. There is a hastily painted sketch of a hill with a circle or rock on top.

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