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<text>Nuclear</text>
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<text>North Korea established a nuclear energy research complex at Yongbyon in 1964 and set up a Soviet research reactor at the site in mid-2002 .</text>
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<text>North Korea subsequently expanded the complex and built a number of new facilities , including a large plutonium reprocessing plant -LRB- Radiochemistry Laboratory -RRB- .</text>
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<text>North Korea signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons -LRB- NPT -RRB- in 1985 but did not submit to International Atomic Energy Agency -LRB- IAEA -RRB- inspections until May 1992 .</text>
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<text>Discrepancies between North Korean declarations and IAEA inspection findings indicate that North Korea might have reprocessed enough plutonium for one or two nuclear weapons .</text>
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<text>According to a December 2001 National Intelligence Council report , the U.S. intelligence community ascertained in the mid-1990s that North Korea had produced one , possibly two , nuclear weapons .</text>
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<text>In mid-2002 , U.S. intelligence discovered that North Korea had been receiving materials from Pakistan for a highly enriched uranium production facility .</text>
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<text>In October 2002 , the U.S. State Department informed North Korea that the U.S. was aware of this program , which is a violation of Pyongyang 's nonproliferation commitments .</text>
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<text>North Korean officials initially denied the existence of such a program , but then acknowledged it .</text>
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<text>The U.S. responded by announcing in November 2002 that it would suspend heavy fuel oil shipments being provided under the terms of the Agreed Framework , which had led North Korea to freeze its plutonium production facilities .</text>
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<text>Pyongyang then declared the following month that it was lifting the freeze on its nuclear program , ostensibly to generate electricity .</text>
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<text>In late December 2002 , North Korean technicians broke seals and disabled cameras that had been installed by the IAEA in order to monitor the freeze .</text>
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<text>North Korea expelled IAEA inspectors on 31 December 2002 , curtailing the Agency 's capacity to monitor Pyongyang 's nuclear activities .</text>
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<text>The IAEA has not been able to verify the completeness and correctness of North Korea 's initial declaration submitted in 1992 , and the Agency cannot verify whether fissile material has been diverted to military use .</text>
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<text>On 10 January 2003 , North Korea declared its withdrawal from the NPT .</text>
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<text>The treaty requires a 90-day waiting period , but Pyongyang claimed the withdrawal was effective immediately because 89 days had transpired in 1993 when North Korea initially announced its intention to withdraw before `` suspending its intention to withdraw from the treaty . ''</text>
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<text>In late February 2003 , North Korea restarted its 5WW-LRB-e-RRB- reactor , and in March , reports indicated that technicians were active at the Radiochemistry Laboratory , and on 2 October , the North Korean Foreign Ministry declared that the reprocessing of 8,000 spent fuel rods had been completed `` to increase its nuclear deterrent force . ''</text>
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<text>On 12 May 2003 , North Korea declared that the `` Joint Declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula '' of 20 January 1992 was no longer valid because of `` violations by the United States '' -LSB- Note : the U.S was not a signatory -RSB- .</text>
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<text>Estimates vary on how soon North Korea could begin operating a uranium enrichment plant , but North Korea probably could not produce significant quantities of weapons-grade HEU until the end of the decade .</text>
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<text>In April 2003 , Egyptian customs officials intercepted 22 tons of aluminum tubing from Germany that would likely have been used for a pilot cascade of about 100-200 gas centrifuges , which indicates North Korea is probably not yet ready to begin operation of a large-scale plant .</text>
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<text>North Korea has reportedly established a facility to produce UF6 at the Yongbyon nuclear complex , which gives Pyongyang the capability to produce the stock of uranium hexafluoride -LRB- UF6 -RRB- gas to feed the cascades of centrifuges in a large-scale plant .</text>
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<text>Since April 2003 , multilateral talks have been held in Beijing to resolve the nuclear crisis .</text>
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<text>All parties have agreed that they seek a non - nuclear Korean peninsula , but it remains unclear how this objective will be achieved .</text>
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<text>All parties have agreed that they seek a non-nuclear Korean peninsula , but it remains unclear how this objective will be achieved .</text>
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<text>During 19-21 April 2004 , North Korean National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong Il visited China and reportedly told Chinese President Hu Jintao that `` the DRPK side will continue to adopt a patient and flexible manner and actively participate in the six-party talks process , and make its own contributions to the progress of the talks . ''</text>
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<text>During 19-21 April 2004 , North Korean National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong Il visited China and reportedly told Chinese President Hu Jintao that `` the DRPK side will continue to adopt a patient and flexible manner and actively participate in the six - party talks process , and make its own contributions to the progress of the talks . ''</text>
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<text>The United States is insisting on the `` complete , verifiable and irreversible dismantlement -LRB- CVID-RRB- -RRB- '' of the North Korean nuclear program before addressing North Korean security and economic concerns .</text>
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<text>Biological</text>
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<text>Although Pyongyang acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention -LRB- BWC -RRB- in 1970s , North Korea is suspected of having a biological weapon -LRB- BW -RRB- program .</text>
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<text>Production of biological weapon agents appears to have begun in the early 1980s .</text>
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<text>To date , North Korea has likely developed and produced anthrax bacteria , botulinum toxin , and plague bacteria .</text>
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<text>Chemical</text>
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<text>North Korea 's chemical weapon -LRB- CW -RRB- production capability is estimated to be about 4,500 tons per year , though this could increase to 12,000 tons per year in case of war .</text>
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<text>North Korea appears to have emphasized the weaponization of mustard , phosgene , sarin , and V-type chemical agents .</text>
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<text>Reports indicate that North Korea has some 12 CW facilities where raw chemicals , precursors , and actual agents are produced and / or stored , and six major storage depots for CW ordnance .</text>
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<text>North Korea also has placed thousands of artillery systems -- including multiple launch rocket systems that are particularly effective for CW delivery -- within reach of the Demilitarized Zone -LRB- DMZ -RRB- and Seoul .</text>
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<text>Pyongyang has not signed the Chemical Weapons Convention -LRB- CWC -RRB- .</text>
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<text>Missile</text>
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<text>North Korea began its missile development program in the 1970s and tested an `` indigenous '' Scud-B ballistic missile in April 1984 .</text>
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<text>Pyongyang subsequently produced the 500 km - range Scud-C , the 800 km - range Scud-D , and a 1300 km - range missile known as the Nodong .</text>
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<text>In August 1998 , North Korea flight-tested the Paektusan-1 -LRB- Taepodong-1 -RRB- in a failed attempt to place a small satellite into earth orbit .</text>
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<text>North Korea is continuing to develop the so-called `` Taepodong-2 , '' which is estimated to have intercontinental range .</text>
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<text>The Taepodong-2 has not been flight-tested , but U.S. intelligence analysts believe it could be ready for testing at any time . Pyongyang has deployed as many as 600 - 750 ballistic missiles , including about 175 - 200 Nodongs .</text>
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<text>In December 2002 , Spanish and American naval forces intercepted a North Korean ship loaded with Scud missiles , but then allowed the ship to proceed to deliver the missiles to Yemen .</text>
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<text>There were rumors in 2003 of Burmese plans to purchase ballistic missiles from North Korea , but it is unclear whether any transactions have been completed .</text>
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<text>In late January 2004 , North Korea and Nigeria reportedly agreed to a missile deal , but Nigeria backed out of the agreement in early February under U.S. pressure .</text>
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<text>North Korea has exported missiles , missile components , and technology to Egypt , Iran , Libya , Pakistan , Syria , and Yemen .</text>
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<text>In September 1999 , Pyongyang agreed to a moratorium on missile flight tests and later announced that it would maintain the moratorium until at least 2003 .</text>
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<text>North Korea is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime -LRB- MTCR -RRB- .</text>
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<text>November 27 , 1995</text>
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<text>Dear Friend :</text>
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<text>What kind of people benefit by your contribution to Pleasant Run Children 's Homes ?</text>
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<text>Little ones , like Baby Jessica , caught in the struggle between adoptive and birth parents .</text>
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<text>Older kids , like Tracy and Kerry , left homeless after a recent murder - suicide in Indianapolis claimed Mom and Dad .</text>
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<text>Young adults , like Mary T . , a jobless mother of three , trying desperately to keep her kids out of trouble in a crime - ridden neighborhood .</text>
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<text>Real people !</text>
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<text>There are thousands more .</text>
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<text>Families are being torn apart , and too often , children are the victims .</text>
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<text>Kids like Tommie J . , made a ward of the court because of repeated beatings by an alcoholic father ; Alice , sent to a group home to get help because of severe behavior disorders ; and John H . , a recovering alcoholic , rebuilding a relationships with his family so they can live together again .</text>
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<text>Pleasant Run Children 's Homes began serving children nearly 130 years ago .</text>
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<text>Then the task was to help children who lost parents in the Civil War .</text>
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<text>Today , we serve children and families with a multitude of problems : emotional , physical , psychological and sexual abuse .</text>
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<text>Some come from families where , through therapy , there is hope for reunification .</text>
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<text>The biggest tragedy is that the problems do n't go away ; they only grow .</text>
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<text>In 1994 Pleasant Run served 346 children and 125 families .</text>
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<text>In 1995 we will serve over 850 children and 340 families .</text>
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<text>In 1996 , these figures will triple .</text>
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<text>They welcome the chance to belong , to become self - sufficient , to regain their self - esteem and confidence .</text>
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<text>Often it is a long , hard struggle , but the results are well worth it .</text>
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<text>Sincerely ,</text>
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<text>All right .</text>
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<text>Amy how are you doing today ?</text>
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<text>Fine .</text>
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<text>Fine .</text>
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<text>Oh all righty .</text>
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<text>How 's that ?</text>
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<text>Yeah .</text>
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<text>Okay .</text>
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<text>You go ahead .</text>
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<text>I saw report something the other night about it .</text>
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<text>Hm .</text>
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<text>Yeah .</text>
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<text>The temple is one of the many dedicated to Tin Hau , goddess of seafarers ; this one also houses an altar to Shing Wong , the city 's god .</text>
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<text>In the daytime the temple -LRB- open 8 am - 6 pm -RRB- attracts worshipers , and its park attracts strollers and mahjong players .</text>
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<text>Nathan Road goes all the way up to Boundary Street , which marks the boundary between Kowloon and the New Territories .</text>
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<text>Near Boundary Street , off Prince Edward Street West , is the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden -LRB- open 8 am - 7 pm -RRB- .</text>
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<text>Birds are favorite pets in Hong Kong , valued for their singing rather than their plumage , and here you 'll find all kinds of birds for sale as well as elaborate teak and bamboo cages .</text>
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<text>Off the beaten path in Sham Shui Po , west of the junction of Nathan Road and Boundary Street , is the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb and Museum on Tonkin Road -LRB- open Monday - Wednesday and Friday - Saturday 10 am - 6 pm , Sunday 1 - 6 pm ; closed Thursday -RRB- .</text>
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<text>This ancient burial vault is believed to date back to the Han Dynasty -LRB- a.d. 25 - 220 -RRB- .</text>
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<text>The barrel - vaulted chambers were discovered while excavating for a nearby housing project .</text>
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<text>New Territories</text>
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<text>Hong Kong 's New Territories begin at Boundary Street .</text>
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<text>Surprises spring up on all sides : new industrial complexes alongside sleepy farming villages , skyscraper towns blooming in the middle of nowhere , Hakka women in their traditional flat straw hats with hanging black curtains , water buffalo , and flashes of azalea everywhere .</text>
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<text>The New Territories can be explored by taking the Kowloon - Canton Railway -LRB- KCR -RRB- , which makes 10 stops between the station in Kowloon and Sheung Shui , the last stop before entering China .</text>
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<text>Ask the tourist authority about its interesting Heritage Tour from Kowloon and other countryside tours -LRB- see page 113 -RRB- .</text>
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<text>The main highway makes a circuit of the New Territories , beginning with the new town of Tsuen Wan , situated in an area of heavy industry just west of Kowloon .</text>
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<text>North of the town , a commanding view over all the New Territories to the north can be seen from Tai Mo Shan , Hong Kong 's highest peak at 957 m -LRB- 3,140 ft -RRB- .</text>
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<text>The highway continues parallel to the coast .</text>
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<text>One - third of all Hong Kong 's beaches are to be found in a single 14 - km -LRB- 9 - mile -RRB- stretch of this region 's shoreline .</text>
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<text>Place names are often based on the distance to the nearest mile-post , as measured from the tip of the Kowloon peninsula .</text>
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<text>Thus you will find `` 19 - mile Beach '' at Castle Peak Bay .</text>
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<text>The main road continues clockwise around the New Territories .</text>
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<text>As you approach the border , you can glimpse the skyscrapers of Shenzhen .</text>
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<text>The lookout point at Lok Ma Chau was once known as Hong Kong 's `` window on China `` - in the years of China 's isolation from the West , tourists would come to the lookout point here and rent binoculars in order to get a glimpse of the great mystery beyond .</text>
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<text>Not far away , at milepost 21 near the large new town of Tuen Mun , is a Taoist retreat known as Ching Chung Koon .</text>
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<text>This `` Temple of Green Pines `` is a spacious complex containing temples and pavilions , statues , and gardens .</text>
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<text>It is known for its collection of bonsai and houses a jade seal more than 1,000 years old .</text>
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<text>Among the ponds is one inhabited by turtles : Visitors toss in coins in the hope of bouncing one off a turtle 's head , a sure way of achieving good fortune .</text>
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<text>An even more interesting image out of Chinese history is the walled village of Kat Hing Wai , in the village of Kam Tin just outside the market town of Yuen Long .</text>
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<text>This is the most easily accessible of the New Territories ' walled villages .</text>
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<text>It is built in a square , and the only way in is through the gate in the brick defensive wall .</text>
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<text>Kat Hing Wai was built four or five centuries ago by the Hakka Tang clan , one of the Five Great Clans that migrated here from North China -LRB- see page 11 -RRB- .</text>
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<text>Many of the old houses in the village have been replaced by modern structures .</text>
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<text>The Tang clan 's earliest walled village was Lo Wai , which also has its defensive wall intact and is entered by a narrow gate .</text>
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<text>Adjacent to the village is the restored Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall .</text>
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<text>Few traditional ancestral halls remain in China since the anti-historical destruction during the Cultural Revolution , so these New Territories ancestral halls are rare survivors .</text>
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<text>Another such hall , belonging to the Liu Clan , is Liu Man Shek Tong in the village of Sheung Shui .</text>
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<text>One of the most interesting sites in the New Territories is Tai Fu Tai , another rare survivor , this one a mansion that belonged to a Confucian high official .</text>
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<text>The house was built in 1865 by a member of the Man clan who achieved the rank of tai fu -LRB- mandarin -RRB- by doing well in the Imperial Examinations .</text>
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<text>The preservation of this wonderful home is ongoing ; a projected restoration of the original garden is still in progress .</text>
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<text>The traditional Qing Dynasty style of the mansion is enlivened by a few Western touches : a Baroque - style ceiling and stained glass above the doorways , showing the builder 's up - to - date attitude at the time of construction .</text>
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<text>The highway and the railway stay close together from Fanling , site of the best golf courses in the area .</text>
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<text>Tai Po , just south of Fanling , is known for its market , Tai Po Market , which buzzes with activity daily from 7 am to 6 pm .</text>
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<text>Just up a lane from the market is the Man Mo Temple , with long-burning incense coils hanging from its ceiling , a popular spot dedicated to the Taoist gods of war and literature .</text>
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<text>The railway line then curves gracefully around Tolo Harbor , an idyllic body of water well-protected from the open sea .</text>
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<text>You can take a ferryboat through the harbor , past the ingenious Plover Cove reservoir , a water catchment area appropriated by damming and draining a broad inlet from the sea .</text>
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<text>The boats go on to the friendly fishermen 's island of Tap Mun , in Mirs Bay , with stops in remote hamlets of the Sai Kung Peninsula .</text>
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<text>The Sai Kung area is the location of two official parks and nature preserves , while on the south side of the peninsula are some of the territory 's best beaches .</text>
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<text>From the next railway station , the modern campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong is visible .</text>
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<text>Teaching here is conducted in both Chinese and English .</text>
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<text>The Art Gallery in the Institute of Chinese Studies Building is worth a visit for its painting and calligraphy collections .</text>
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<text>Sha Tin is the site of the Monastery of 10,000 Buddhas , which looks down on a burgeoning town .</text>
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<text>There are hundreds of stone steps in the hillside to walk up before you reach Man Fat Temple with its regiments of small gilt statues of Buddha lining the walls .</text>
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<text>Some indefatigable climbers will want to go up to the top of the nine - story pink pagoda for a panoramic view .</text>
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<text>There is a total of 12,800 Buddha statues here , plus the remains of the monastery 's founder embalmed in gold leaf .</text>
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<text>Also here is the Hongkong Heritage Museum -LRB- call Tel 2180 8188 for open hours -RRB- .</text>
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<text>The museum has an art collection , and displays of toys and other artifacts .</text>
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<text>Down to earth , the Sha Tin Racecourse can accommodate over 80,000 spectators and is equipped with every imaginable luxury , including a giant video screen facing the stands , and for the horses , air-conditioned stables .</text>
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<text>Opposite the Sha Tin railway station , New Town Plaza features shops , cinemas , and even a computer - controlled musical fountain .</text>
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<text>Two natural rock formations are always pointed out on excursions .</text>
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<text>Sha Tin Rock , better known as Amah Rock , is actually a pile of several rocks that resemble a woman with a baby in a sling on her back .</text>
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<text>Legend has it that a local woman climbed the hill every day to watch for her husband returning from across the sea ; one day the wife and her child were turned to stone as a permanent symbol of her enduring faith .</text>
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<text>Closer to town is Lion Rock , shaped like a lion lying in wait .</text>
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<text>It really looks the part ; the tourists know its name even before the guide can translate it .</text>
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<text>The Islands</text>
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<text>Excursion companies sell a variety of orientation cruises of Hong Kong harbor that include a look at some of its 235 outlying islands .</text>
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<text>These pleasant , but expensive , outings can lay the foundation for your own explorations aboard the cheap but usually comfortable ferries used by the islanders themselves .</text>
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<text>From the ferry terminals on Hong Kong Island you can escape to islands without cars or cares , where the local people smile `` hello '' and , if you 're lucky , point you to a secret beach for the ultimate in quality leisure time .</text>
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<text>For ferry information , call Tel 2542 3081 or 2525 1108 .</text>
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<text>Lantau Island</text>
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<text>The mountainous island of Lantau is the biggest in the colony , and covers nearly twice the area of Hong Kong Island .</text>
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<text>Chek Lap Kok airport sits on reclaimed land just off Lantau ; plans to build a bridge may change Lantau , but at present it is sparsely populated and makes a perfect getaway .</text>
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<text>At 934 m -LRB- 3,064 ft -RRB- , Lantau Peak is high enough to attract the occasional rain cloud - refreshingly cool breezes blow on most hot summer days .</text>
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<text>More than half the island is parkland , and there is a 70 - km -LRB- 45 - mile -RRB- circular hiking trail -LRB- see page 92 -RRB- .</text>
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<text>Ferries depart from Central every two hours between 6:10 am and 10:30 pm to Silvermine Bay -LRB- Mui Wo -RRB- , where a bus terminal has buses to all parts of the island .</text>
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<text>There are also ferries to Discovery Bay .</text>
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<text>A short bus ride away is Cheung Sha Beach , 3 km -LRB- 2 miles -RRB- long , and popular for its white sand and excellent facilities .</text>
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<text>The most famous site on the island is the world 's tallest seated bronze statue of Buddha at 22 m -LRB- 72.6 ft -RRB- , the Tiantan Buddha -LRB- see page 55 -RRB- .</text>
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<text>The statue and a small museum are on a peak , up 268 steps , above Po Lin Monastery .</text>
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<text>The monastery is strictly vegetarian , and visitors are warned not to bring any meat with them .</text>
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<text>You can have a delicious vegetarian lunch here .</text>
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<text>From the monastery , hikers enjoy the two - hour cross-country trek down to Silvermine Bay , but the authorities have warned walkers to be on the lookout for snakes , which can be plentiful in the Lantau hinterland , especially in summer .</text>
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<text>The hillsides that surround the monastery are the site of Hong Kong 's only tea plantation .</text>
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<text>Visitors are welcome to visit the 24 - hectare -LRB- 60 - acre -RRB- establishment , and may sample the end product , Lantau tea .</text>
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<text>The island 's largest community is Tai O . The people of this picturesque village make their living by fishing , duck - breeding , and food - processing .</text>
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<text>Many of the inhabitants live - by choice , not necessarily through economic hardship - on the water , aboard houseboats or in houses on stilts in the main creek .</text>
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<text>A Trappist monastery , situated on a hillside overlooking the east coast of Lantau , is also open to visitors .</text>
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<text>To get here , follow the path from the southwest end of Discovery Bay ; the walk takes about 30 minutes .</text>
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<text>Cheung Chau</text>
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<text>Some 10 km -LRB- 6 miles -RRB- west of Hong Kong lies this small , crowded island , only one square mile in size .</text>
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<sentence ID="1062">
<text>More than 25,000 people live here , mostly by fishing , but there are also ex-pats , attracted by its laid-back Mediterranean ambience .</text>
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<sentence ID="1063">
<text>The island has a checkered past of smuggling and piracy .</text>
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<text>That era is gone now , but other elements of the island 's old life are preserved .</text>
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<text>The people still carve jade and build seaworthy junks , all by hand .</text>
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<text>Fish -LRB- heads discreetly wrapped in paper -RRB- are still hung out to dry in the sun .</text>
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<text>Cheung Chau becomes the center of Hong Kong life once a year , usually in May , during the Bun Festival , a folklore extravaganza -LRB- see page 89 -RRB- .</text>
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<text>The rest of the year , life goes on at its accustomed pace : rickety machines chugging in two - man factories , children in school uniforms being ferried home to houseboats , and the old fishermen stirring shrimp paste .</text>
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<text>By way of formal tourist attractions , Pak Tai Temple , built in 1783 , has some fine carvings and a great iron sword said to be 600 years old .</text>
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<text>But the most interesting thing to do here is to explore the two villages on the island , Cheung Chau and San Wai .</text>
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<text>They are an easy walk apart by the harbor road , or a longer 45 - minute hike on the scenic Peak Road .</text>
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<text>The Praya , the promenade in front of the ferry pier , is a good place to observe the many junks and fishing boats in the harbor .</text>
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<text>There are also several open-air restaurants where you can enjoy fresh seafood .</text>
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<text>Lamma Island</text>
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<text>Only 35 minutes by ferry from Central , Lamma Island is perfect for swimming , hiking , picnicking , birdwatching , or just sitting back to watch the bananas grow .</text>
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<text>Hong Kong 's third largest island has a population of only about 12,000 ; it is still largely undeveloped , and life on Lamma , if not totally primitive , is close to the essentials .</text>
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<text>Archaeologists indicate that Lamma has probably been inhabited for some 4,000 years , and the island is known as `` Hong Kong 's Stone Age Island . ''</text>
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<text>The principal settlements are Yung Shue Wan on Lamma 's northwest , and Sok Kwu Wan , on the east coast .</text>
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<text>Both villages offer good waterfront restaurants with homestyle Chinese food , principally seafood fresh from the tank .</text>
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<text>The ports are within hiking distance of several beautiful beaches , and within a one - hour hike of each other on a marked trail .</text>
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<text>You can build an appetite for dinner by making your way from the beach to the restaurant .</text>
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<sentence ID="1082">
<text>Yung Shue Wan is still a very British residential enclave , with many nice pubs .</text>
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<text>An Excursion to Macau</text>
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<text>Macau , the final bastion of Portugal 's great 16th - century empire , is much more than just a quirk of history .</text>
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<text>Here , where East and West first met , life combines the spirit of Asia with something of the sunny atmosphere of the Mediterranean .</text>
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<sentence ID="1086">
<text>Macau 's historic center , with its colonial architecture , has a distinctly Mediterranean flavor .</text>
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<sentence ID="1087">
<text>Colonnaded public buildings , iron balconies , winding streets , flagstoned squares and the many churches all speak of the Portuguese inheritance as well as the Chinese , a fusion of East and West that has produced the unique Macanese culture .</text>
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<text>The story of the Western discovery of Macau begins in 1513 when Portuguese explorer , Jorge Alvares , reached the south coast of China .</text>
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<sentence ID="1089">
<text>Traders followed in his wake , setting up bases in several parts of the Pearl River estuary .</text>
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<sentence ID="1090">
<text>Finally , in 1557 , they were all consolidated in Macau .</text>
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<sentence ID="1091">
<text>It was the only European gateway to China , and through Macau flowed Western technology and religion .</text>
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<sentence ID="1092">
<text>In 1576 Pope Gregory XIII created the Macau diocese , covering all of China and Japan .</text>
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<text>No less impressive were the secular challenges .</text>
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<sentence ID="1094">
<text>China and Japan were not on speaking terms , so trade between them had to be channeled through a neutral middleman .</text>
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<sentence ID="1095">
<text>Lucky Macau fit the specifications exactly .</text>
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<sentence ID="1096">
<text>Portugal 's resulting near - monopoly of East - West trade understandably awakened the competitive instincts of other European powers .</text>
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<sentence ID="1097">
<text>The Dutch sent an invasion flotilla to Macau in 1622 , but the defenders triumphed .</text>
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<sentence ID="1098">
<text>However , the end of the golden age was drawing near .</text>
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<sentence ID="1099">
<text>China began to relax trade restrictions , and with the rise of Hong Kong , Macau became an isolated Portuguese outpost .</text>
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<sentence ID="1100">
<text>A haven for persecuted Japanese Christians in the 17th century , Portugal 's neutrality during World War II assured the territory a flood of refugees .</text>
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<sentence ID="1101">
<text>They were joined by a swarm of spies of all conceivable nationalities , and Macau won a name for international intrigue .</text>
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<sentence ID="1102">
<text>Portugal 's very precarious foothold on the Asian coast ended in 1999 with a formal handover to China .</text>
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<sentence ID="1103">
<text>Macau , now the Chinese Special Economic Zone of Zhuhai , is becoming something like a boomtown as an exporter of toys , furniture , and electronics .</text>
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<text>New construction in the past 10 years has changed the city 's skyline ; with new , glittering hotels and highrise apartment blocks , the city is beginning to look a little more like Hong Kong .</text>
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<text>Macau 's population is estimated at around 450,000 , an appallingly high figure for such a small area ; recent land reclamation has eased the situation to some extent .</text>
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<text>If a trace of tropical lethargy still adds to the charm in this city of sidewalk cafes , palm trees , and pedicabs , any torpor definitely ends once inside the doors of Macau 's casinos , scene of some of the liveliest gambling west of Las Vegas .</text>
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<text>Gambling provides almost 40 percent of the government 's tax revenues , and is a major source of employment .</text>
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<text>Its spin-off industries , prostitution and pawn shops , also thrive .</text>
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<text>Arriving</text>
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<sentence ID="1110">
<text>The easiest way to get to Macau is by jetfoil , operated by TurboJet -LRB- Tel 2859-3333 -RRB- .</text>
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<sentence ID="1111">
<text>The 40 - mile trip takes about an hour .</text>
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<text>Departures are from the Macau Ferry Terminal , just west of Central in the Shun Tak Centre , 200 Connaught Road , Central , in Hong Kong .</text>
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<text>Jetfoils leave every 15 to 30 minutes 24 hours a day .</text>
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<text>Entry procedures are similar to those in Hong Kong - most nationalities need only a passport to enter Macau .</text>
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<text>Macau 's own currency , the pataca , is pegged to the Hong Kong dollar , and you can use your Hong Kong currency freely in Macau .</text>
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<text>Upon arrival in Macau , be sure to stop by the Macau Government Tourist Office for a map , brochures , and directions .</text>
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<text>Outside the terminal , you will find taxis as well as buses to all points -LRB- take 3 , 3A , 10 , or 10A to the historic center ; exact change is required -RRB- .</text>
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<text>You 'll also be approached by pedicab drivers ; these are tricycles carrying two passengers .</text>
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<sentence ID="1119">
<text>Pedicabs were once the most common form of transportation in Macau , but today they are mainly a tourist attraction .</text>
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<text>Sights in Macau</text>
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<text>Directly across the street from the wharf where passengers arrive from Hong Kong is the first surprise to greet visitors to Macau - the vast Jai-alai Palace , said to be the world 's most luxurious fronton .</text>
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<text>In an effort to provide yet one more thing to bet on , players are imported from Spain to take part in this lightning - fast Basque ball game .</text>
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<text>The grandstand situated on the seaside road , the Avenida da Amizade -LRB- Friendship Avenue -RRB- , marks the finishing line for the Macau Grand Prix , the international car - racing event held here every November .</text>
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<text>Also in front of the ferry terminal is a new Cyber fountain , with 86 water spouts that shoot up to 70 m -LRB- 230 ft -RRB- and are illuminated at night by 288 spotlights producing 80 colors .</text>
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<text>Continuing around the peninsula in a clockwise direction brings you to the Rua da Praia Grande -LRB- Big Beach Street -RRB- - a pleasant promenade with shaded benches under the banyan trees .</text>
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<text>Along this elegant avenue is Government House , a modest pink palace .</text>
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<text>The central square of the historic city center is Largo do Senado .</text>
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<text>For an authentic feel of old Portugal , slip into the cool entrance hall of theimpressive Leal Senado -LRB- `` Loyal Senate `` building -RRB- , a fine example of colonial architecture .</text>
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<text>On the inside walls are flowered blue tiles -LRB- azulejos -RRB- and coats of arms .</text>
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<text>The inscription over the archway reads , `` Cidade do nome de Deus , nao ha outra mais leal '' - `` City of the Name of God , None is More Loyal '' - a bit of praise attributed to Portugal 's King John IV in the 17th century .</text>
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<text>For all its historic grandeur , the loyal Senate now is the equivalent of a city council , its statesmanship dedicated to water supplies , sewage lines , and the establishment of playgrounds .</text>
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<text>Macau 's most memorable monument is the Baroque facade of the ruins of Sao Paulo , the only remains of a beautiful 17th - century Jesuit church .</text>
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<text>On top of a hill in the center of the city , it 's approached by a grand staircase .</text>
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<text>The rest of the building and an adjoining college were destroyed in a typhoon - fanned fire in 1835 .</text>
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<text>The rich sculptural effects on the facade mix Eastern and Western symbols : familiar saints , Chinese dragons , and a Portuguese caravel .</text>
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<text>Beneath the church , the Museum of Sacred Art houses a collection of sacramental objects .</text>
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<text>The ambitious Museum of Macau -LRB- open Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 6 pm ; admission HK$15 -RRB- opened in 1998 in the lower levels of the Monte Fortress .</text>
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<text>-LRB- Entrance is by escalator , near St. Paul 's -RRB- .</text>
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<text>It gives an overview of Macau 's history and its daily life and traditions .</text>
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<text>A recreated street of colonial Macau is lined with traditional Chinese shops .</text>
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<text>The fort , built by the Jesuits in the 17th century as a defense against the Dutch , was largely destroyed by the same fire that burned St. Paul's .</text>
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<text>Luis Vaz de Camoes -LRB- 1524 - 1580 -RRB- , the Portuguese national poet whose work immortalized that country 's golden age of discoveries , may have stayed in Macau .</text>
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<text>Local legend claims that he wrote part of his great saga , Os Lusiadas , in what is now called the Camoes Grotto , situated in the spacious tropical Camoes Garden .</text>
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<text>Next to the museum , behind a gate -LRB- opened to anyone who knocks -RRB- , is the Old Protestant Cemetery .</text>
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<text>Those whose fate was to die on some far foreign field could not have wanted a more peaceful , lovely graveyard .</text>
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<text>The small , whitewashed chapelwas the first Protestant church built in China .</text>
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<text>For a different vision of Old China , spend a few quiet moments in the classic Lou Lim Ieoc Garden .</text>
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<text>Here , arched bridges , pagodas , fish ponds , and stands of bamboo create the mood of a timeless Chinese painting .</text>
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<text>Nearby is the Memorial House of Dr . Sun Yat-sen , founder of the Chinese Republic .</text>
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<text>Photos and documents tell the life story of the physician - revolutionary - statesman , who lived for a time in Macau , but never in this building .</text>
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<text>Kun Iam Tong , off Avenida do Coronel Mesquita -LRB- open daily 8 am - 6 pm -RRB- , is a 17th - century Buddhist temple of considerable splendor and charm .</text>
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<text>Surrounded by statues , carvings , and incense burners , here the faithful make their devotions and check their fortunes , and traditional funerary displays give a cheerful send-off to the recently departed .</text>
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<text>An unexpected piece of historical memorabilia turns up in the monastery garden , where guides point out a small stone table used for a treaty - signing ceremony in 1844 .</text>
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<text>The signatories , who were the Chinese viceroy from Canton and the minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America , put their names to a historic document - the first - ever treaty between the two countries .</text>
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<text>Another important ceremony took place in 1999 when Macau became part of China .</text>
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<text>The Handover Pavilion was meant to be a temporary structure , but public outcry ensured its preservation -LRB- located on Xian Xing Hai ; open weekdays 10 am - 6 pm , until 10 pm weekends -RRB- .</text>
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<text>Nearby is the Macau Cultural Center and the Museum of Art -LRB- open Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 7 pm ; closed Monday ; small admission -RRB- .</text>
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<text>Macau 's oldest museum , the Maritime Museum -LRB- Wednesday - Monday 10 am - 5:30 pm ; admission HK$10 , HK$5 children over 10 -RRB- traces the history of Macau 's connection to the sea .</text>
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<text>Exhibits cover fishing , seaborne trade , sea transport , and there is an aquarium .</text>
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<text>The museum also offers boat tours aboard a fishing junk .</text>
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<text>The museum is almost on the spot where the Portuguese first landed .</text>
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<text>When they came ashore they found the A - Ma Temple -LRB- properly called Ma Kok Temple ; open daily dawn to dusk -RRB- , dedicated to the favorite goddess of fishermen , who is also known as Tin Hau .</text>
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<text>The area was called A - Ma Gau -LRB- `` Bay of A - Ma `` -RRB- , and in this way , Macau got its name .</text>
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<text>The ornate , picturesque temple dates from the Ming Dynasty -LRB- 1368 - 1644 -RRB- and is the oldest building in Macau .</text>
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<text>The remains of the 17th - century Barra Fortress , which once defended the southern tip of the peninsula , contains the chapel of Santiago -LRB- St. James -RRB- .</text>
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<text>The saint is much revered in the surrounding area .</text>
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<text>Among other legends surrounding the statue is a very modern one : During the Chinese Cultural Revolution , when Red Guards were running rampant on Wanchai island , just a swim away , the image of St. James is said to have stepped down from the altar and halted an invasion .</text>
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<sentence ID="1168">
<text>Part of the fortress has been converted and is now used as a luxury inn .</text>
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<sentence ID="1169">
<text>The northernmost point in Macau is the frontier between two contrasting worlds .</text>
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<sentence ID="1170">
<text>The Barrier Gate -LRB- Portas do Cerco -RRB- , which was built more than a century ago , marks the boundary between the enclave of Macau and the People's Republic of China .</text>
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<sentence ID="1171">
<text>Trying Your Luck</text>
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<text>Macau 's casinos are a source of non-stop excitement .</text>
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<text>There are 12 of them ; you ca n't miss the eye-popping Lisboa , which has several floors of gambling , but there 's also the Hyatt Regency , the Mandarian Oriental , and Taipa 's Jockey Club .</text>
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<text>The fancifully decorated Macau Palace , a floating casino moored on the western waterfront , is fitted out with gambling tables , slot machines -LRB- known locally as `` hungry tigers '' -RRB- and , for hungry humans , a restaurant .</text>
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<text>Gambling is wildly popular with the Chinese of Hong Kong , and they make up nearly 80 percent of all visitors to the casinos .</text>
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<text>The casinos offer familiar international games - baccarat , blackjack , boule , craps , roulette - along with more exotic Chinese pastimes .</text>
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<text>Watch the fantan dealer for a few minutes and you 'll almost be an expert : It 's simply a matter of how many odd buttons are left after he has divided a pile of them into groups of four .</text>
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<sentence ID="1178">
<text>Dai-Siu -LRB- Big and Small -RRB- is a dice game in which the croupier throws three dice inside a glass container .</text>
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<sentence ID="1179">
<text>Players bet on the numbers that will come up , and on whether the result will be `` big '' or `` small . ''</text>
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<sentence ID="1180">
<text>Keno is a variation of bingo in which the player chooses numbers to bet on before the draw is made .</text>
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<text>The casinos have no admission charge and formal dress is optional , though long pants for men are required .</text>
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<text>They keep busy 24 hours a day , but if you want a change of scene there are always more gambling opportunities available .</text>
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<sentence ID="1183">
<text>You can try your luck at pari mutuel betting on jai-alai at pari mutuel , greyhound - racing at the Canidrome -LRB- one of the largest in the world -RRB- , and harness - racing on Taipa .</text>
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<text>Shopping in Macau</text>
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<sentence ID="1185">
<text>Like Hong Kong , Macau is a duty - free port .</text>
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<sentence ID="1186">
<text>It is famous for its gold jewelry .</text>
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<sentence ID="1187">
<text>Market prices per tael -LRB- 34 grams / 1.2 ounces -RRB- of gold are set daily .</text>
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<sentence ID="1188">
<text>You should always ask for a certificate of guarantee when you buy gold or jewelry .</text>
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<sentence ID="1189">
<text>Look for jewelry shops along Avenida do Infante D. Henrique and Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro .</text>
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<text>Browsing is a real pleasure in Macau 's main streets and byways , where shops aimed at the tourist market are interspersed with the more workaday ironmongers , herbalists , and noodle stalls .</text>
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<text>Knowledgeable visitors look for antiques - either Chinese heirlooms or leftovers from the gracious Portuguese colonial days .</text>
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<text>However , you are not likely to find bargains , and you should be aware that unless you are an expert , you can end up with a fake .</text>
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<text>Also worth investigating are contemporary handicrafts , both Portuguese and Chinese , from across the border .</text>
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<text>Food and Drink</text>
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<sentence ID="1195">
<text>Gourmets award Macau high marks for dependable Chinese cooking with an exotic bonus : Portuguese food and wines .</text>
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<text>Macau 's own cuisine is a combination of Chinese flavors with the flavors imported from Portugal , Brazil , and Africa .</text>
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<text>Whether you choose to dine in one of the Macanese , Chinese , traditional Portuguese , or international - style restaurants , you will be treated to a hearty meal at a good price .</text>
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<text>The ingredients , especially the fresh fish and seafood , are first-rate .</text>
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<sentence ID="1199">
<text>A delicate , delicious fish is Macau sole -LRB- linguado -RRB- .</text>
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<sentence ID="1200">
<text>Imported dried cod -LRB- bacalhao -RRB- is the Portuguese national dish ; several varieties are available , usually baked .</text>
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<sentence ID="1201">
<text>Macau has an ample supply of Portuguese wines .</text>
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<sentence ID="1202">
<text>Try a vinho verde , a mildly sparkling young wine from northern Portugal , or a hearty red Dao or Colares .</text>
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<sentence ID="1203">
<text>After dinner , a glass of Madeira or port is recommended to round off the meal .</text>
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<sentence ID="1204">
<text>The more abstemious can stick to Portuguese mineral water .</text>
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<sentence ID="1205">
<text>Taipa and Coloane</text>
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<sentence ID="1206">
<text>Bridges link Macau with its two islands .</text>
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<sentence ID="1207">
<text>Since the construction of the New Macau - Taipa Bridge has allowed easy access to the airport , the population has grown to more than 30,000 , with industrial development , new apartment blocks , and luxury resort hotels .</text>
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<text>The quaint Taipa Village , with its narrow lanes and colonial buildings painted yellow , blue , and green , has almost been completely swallowed up by the development of nearby housing projects .</text>
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<sentence ID="1209">
<text>The island is also the designated home of the University of East Asia .</text>
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<text>Pay a visit to the Casa Museu da Taipa , and you 'll be able to get a glimpse of how Macanese families lived in former days .</text>
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<text>A grand colonial house , fully restored and outfitted with period furnishings , provides the centerpiece for this expanding `` cultural village . ''</text>
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<text>Farther away is Coloane , connected to Taipa by a causeway and a large land reclamation project .</text>
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<text>Not as developed as Taipa , it offers the joys of sand and sea and is known for its beaches .</text>
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<sentence ID="1214">
<text>Cheoc Van and Hac Sa -LRB- `` Black Sands `` -RRB- are both popular resort areas , with lifeguards on duty in summer and windsurfing boards for rent .</text>
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<text>There are restaurants , swimming pools , and changing facilities .</text>
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<text>The village of Coloane is picturesque , with a central square lined with cafes .</text>
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<sentence ID="1217">
<text>The waterfront drive parallels the shore of a Chinese island , and boats headed to China pass through the narrow waterway .</text>
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<text>The small Chapel of St. Francis Xavier is dedicated to the 16th - century patron saint of missionaries , and has on display the elbow of the saint , along with the bones of numerous Japanese and Vietnamese martyrs .</text>
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<text>Seac Pai Van Park , on the west coast of the island is an interesting natural preserve with aNatural History Museum .</text>
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<text>An Excursion to Guangzhou -LRB- Canton -RRB- Guangzhou was China 's major seaport for 2,000 years and the center for European traders in the 19th century .</text>
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<sentence ID="1221">
<text>The city still maintains its important gateway role .</text>
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<sentence ID="1222">
<text>Ever since 1957 the Canton Trade Fair -LRB- officially the Chinese Export Commodities Fair -RRB- has attracted throngs of international business people every spring and autumn .</text>
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<sentence ID="1223">
<text>Guangzhou , with a population of more than 5 million , straddles the Pearl River - China 's fifth longest - which links the city to the South China Sea .</text>
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<text>This waterway accounts for much of the local charm and excitement , as the daily drama of the ferryboats , junks , sampans , freighters - and even small tankers and big gunboats - unfolds right in the center of town .</text>
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<text>The river also irrigates the carefully tended surrounding farmlands , creating a beautifully lush , subtropical scene .</text>
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<text>Guangdong Province has some of China 's most fertile land , and grows two crops of rice a year , along with vegetables of all kinds .</text>
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<sentence ID="1227">
<text>Guangzhou today is mostly about business and industry , featuring new development , skyscrapers , a whole new business area , and raised expressways .</text>
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<sentence ID="1228">
<text>The scary traffic is a real experience - vehicles of all kinds jockey for position on crowded streets , missing each other by inches , and speeding on the freeways is rampant .</text>
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<sentence ID="1229">
<text>Guangzhou is interestingly one of China 's most prosperous cities , determinedly on the move into the modern world .</text>
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<text>It seems that the picturesque older sections with their old houses , narrow streets , and winding alleyways may not be around much longer .</text>
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<text>Arriving in Guangzhou</text>
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<text>There are many package tours to Guangzhou from Hong Kong -LRB- see page 113 -RRB- , and this may be the easiest way to visit the city .</text>
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<text>However , it 's also easy to get to Guangzhou by train or ferry .</text>
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<text>Four comfortable express trains depart the Kowloon - Canton Railway -LRB- KCR -RRB- Station in Hung Hom , Kowloon , making the trip in less than two hours .</text>
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<sentence ID="1235">
<text>Turbo Cat ferries leave the China Hong Kong City -LRB- CHKC -RRB- terminal twice a day ; the journey takes two hours .</text>
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<text>Citibus also travels to Guangzhou from CHKC ; there are five round-trips a day , taking 3 1/2 hours .</text>
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<sentence ID="1237">
<text>You will need a visa to enter China -LRB- see page 109 for information -RRB- .</text>
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<text>Hong Kong currency is widely accepted in Guangzhou , or you can change your currency into RMB -LRB- yuan -RRB- at any bank or hotel .</text>
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<sentence ID="1239">
<text>Note , however , that the exchange does not go the other way -LRB- see page 116 -RRB- .</text>
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<text>Guangzhou , like Hong Kong , is primarily Cantonese - speaking , but many people also speak Mandarin .</text>
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<sentence ID="1241">
<text>English is spoken in hotels and tourist destinations .</text>
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<text>If you travel by train , you will arrive at the Guangzhou East Station , a large modern complex , which connects with the subway , buses , hotel transfer services , and taxis .</text>
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<text>The train station is in the newer business district ; nearby is Asia 's third - tallest building , at 83 stories , which will often be pointed out to you .</text>
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<text>Sights in Guangzhou</text>
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<text>Yuexiu Park , situated near the Trade Fair in the northern part of the city , is Guangzhou 's largest ; it covers a hilly 100 hectares -LRB- 247 acres -RRB- .</text>
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<text>The park is landscaped with lakes and gardens .</text>
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<text>In the park is the 1380 Zhenhai Tower , one of the city 's oldest buildings .</text>
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<text>Actually a five - story pavilion on a hilltop , it contains a fine collection of historical exhibits .</text>
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<sentence ID="1249">
<text>Dr . Sun Yat-sen 's Memorial Hall honors the founder of the Chinese Revolution , flanked by his heroic statue in copper .</text>
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<sentence ID="1250">
<text>Dr . Sun Yat-sen -LRB- 1866 - 1925 -RRB- began his political career in Canton .</text>
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<text>This enormous , modern version of a traditional Chinese building , with sweeping blue tile roofs , contains an auditorium big enough to seat 4,700 people .</text>
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<text>It was built in 1931 with contributions from overseas Chinese .</text>
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<text>The center of the park is the Five Rams Statue .</text>
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<sentence ID="1254">
<text>It celebrates the founding of Guangzhou , when five spirits rode their goats down from the celestial realm to present the inhabitants of the city with their very first grains of rice .</text>
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<text>Guangzhou 's most important Buddhist monument is the 1,400 - year - old Temple of the Six Banyan Trees -LRB- open 8 am - 5 pm -RRB- .</text>
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<text>Although the banyan trees that once flourished here are now no more , the often - restored complex has remained a focus of local Buddhist activities .</text>
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<text>Golden Buddha statues in several of Buddha 's aspects adorn the temples , and overlooking them is the 17 - story Flower Pagoda , a slender relic of the Song dynasty -LRB- a.d. 960 - 1279 -RRB- .</text>
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<text>In the early Middle Ages , Canton had a significant Muslim population as a result of its trade with the Middle East .</text>
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<text>This explains the presence in Guangzhou of the Huaisheng Mosque , reputed to be China 's oldest , and traditionally dated a.d. 627 .</text>
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<sentence ID="1260">
<text>Rebuilt in modern times , the mosque serves the small local community of Muslims .</text>
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<text>The modern minaret is known as the `` Plain -LRB- or Naked -RRB- Pagoda , '' in contrast to the Flower Pagoda of the Buddhist temple .</text>
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<sentence ID="1262">
<text>Chen Jia Ci , the Chen Family Institute -LRB- open daily 8:30 am - 5 pm -RRB- , was built in the late 19th century to promote arts and crafts .</text>
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<sentence ID="1263">
<text>An architectural wonder , it is itself a beautiful piece of craftsmanship with its sculpture and carved stone balustrades .</text>
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<sentence ID="1264">
<text>Porcelain friezes adorn the rooftops and ridgepoles , telling the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis - 08.1 .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis - 08.2 .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis - 09.2 .</text>
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<text>Sardar Patel faced imprisonment for the first time when he was assisting Gandhiji in the Salt Satyagraha .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis - 10.1 .</text>
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<text>Darryl Strawberry recently avoided imprisonment when a judge sentenced him to a drug treatment center for violating his probation .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis - 10.2 .</text>
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<text>Darryl Strawberry recently avoided imprisonment when a judge sentenced him to a drug treatment center for violating his probation .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis -11 .</text>
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<text>Three patients declined further surgery .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis -12 .</text>
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<text>Foodstuffs are being blocked from entry into Iraq .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis -13 .</text>
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<text>QN : Did Compaq increase its manufacturing capacity in the Erskine plant ?</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis -14 .</text>
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<text>The purchase was subsequently rejected by regulators .</text>
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<text>Milton Roy disclosed in May that it was approached for a possible acquisition by Thermo Electron .</text>
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<text>President Clinton and Blair will stand together on arresting the terrorists suspected of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland .</text>
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<text>48 Kuwaiti jet fighters managed to escape the Iraqi invasion .</text>
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<text>It appears that allied troops have n't yet fully engaged Iraq 's Republican Guard .</text>
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<text>British police officers concluded Howes had probably been killed soon after being captured .</text>
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<text>QN : Did Howes die ?</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis - 26.2 .</text>
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<text>British police officers concluded Howes had probably been killed soon after being captured .</text>
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<text>The police allowed the crowd to demonstrate on nearby streets .</text>
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<text>In Pakistan , the Taliban have forbidden women to work .</text>
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<text>Helicopters are trying to locate people stranded without food .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis -31 .</text>
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<text>MCA agreed to wait on purchasing Cineplex .</text>
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<text>ID: Brandeis -32 .</text>
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<text>MGM Grand Inc. has agreed to pay $93 million to buy 117 acres of land in Las Vegas .</text>
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<text>The Sheiks started teaching people about these ideas .</text>
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<text>This conspiracy is led by two sides .</text>
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<text>The first is the heads of the tribes .</text>
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<text>The second is the leaders of the Islamic Party and mosques speakers .</text>
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<text>So they announced their war on the Mujahidin .</text>
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<text>It increased during the elections for the new constitution .</text>
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<text>Their danger was so great , that hundreds of people volunteered in the police and the army , and thousands of people participated in the elections , renouncing their religion , and listenning to the erratics .</text>
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<text>After we took a look at the situation , we found that the best solutions to stop thousands of people from renouncing their religion , is to cut the heads of the Sheiks of infidelity and erratic .</text>
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<text>Before we start reviewing the events that accured here , we ask two questions:</text>
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<text>First : If there were people who are raping thousands of Muslim women taking their honor , and stealing muslim money and land , and other people who do n't rape or steal , but they take the religion away from thousands of Muslims , what 's more important , religion , or honor and land ?</text>
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<text>What we learned from Muslim scholars is that robbing the religion from Muslims , is greater than robbing their honor and land .</text>
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<text>God said `` turmoil is greater than murder '' , and for those devils , their danger is greater than who rapes , or rob and steal money or land .</text>
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<text>Second question : Why did we announce and started fighting the Shiites and police from the start , even though most of the Jihadist sectors and the public did n't understand what we want , and did n't know the importance of starting with those ?</text>
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<text>So what 's the objection on killing and executing the Sheiks now and without a notice , with continiuing making people understand it , just like we did by killing the police then ?</text>
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<text>Were people satisfied with us ?</text>
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<text>Actually lot of the public thinks that who killed the police is Badr organization or gangs from Iran !</text>
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<text>And that who 's killing Shiites is hired by Israel and the U.S. to start an ethnic war and so on .</text>
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<text>From what we saw , the damage caused by those erratic infidels -LRB- Tribes Sheiks , The Islamic Party -RRB- is more dangerous than the Shiites and the peaceful police as people call them .</text>
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<text>You Sheik announced war on those , with the opposings of many sectors and scholars of decision making .</text>
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<text>The brothers now are wiping out the heads of infidelity , as soon as they started , and never claiming responsibility , we found among us who wants to make fuss about it , and regretfully some of the brothers with us in the organization -LRB- al-Qa'ida -RRB- see it as nonsense , and God is my witness .</text>
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<text>My Sheik , here 's some of the events that happened in Ramadi :</text>
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<text>1- Sheik Nasr al-Fahdawi , Sheik of AlbuFahd tribe , was nominated to be the governor of Anbar , this man worked so hard fighting the -LRB- Tanzim -RRB- organization , with all he 's got , from money to power , and reputation in Ramadi .</text>
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<text>So we tried this with him : First , we backed off during the elections .</text>
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<text>They had checkpoints .</text>
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<text>Utens of his tribesmen who started checking cars , they violated our brothers many times .</text>
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<text>They even announced it , then our brothers attacked the field leader , the brain behind people revolting at al-Anbar in AlbuFahd .</text>
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<text>So the brothers raided his house in the middle of the night wearing the national guards uniform and driving similar cars .</text>
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<text>They took him and killed him .</text>
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<text>Thank God .</text>
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<text>The next morning his households and neighbors started talking to the tribe saying it was the national guards , they added that they heard some of them speaking English , meaning that the Americans are the ones who took Abu Dhari -LRB- Sheik Nasr al-Fahdawi -RRB- .</text>
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<text>No one claimed responsibility for his killing .</text>
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<text>Thank God .</text>
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<text>2- Around the same period , our brothers on the other side of Uphrate river , killed Jasim al-`Awwad in al-Malahima and AlbuHazim .</text>
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<text>He 's considered as important as Abu Dhari in AlbuFahd .</text>
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<text>He 's a big spy / agent , invited Americans to his house for big dinner parties many times , regardless , our brothers did n't claim resposibility for killing him .</text>
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<text>3- After our brothers killed three of the infidels in AlbuFahd , some of them claimed he 's for Jihad , at the same time , protects with his soldiers the election centers , and encourages people to volunteers in the police force and the Iraqi army , and it was the second hit for Nasr al-Fahdawi .</text>
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<text>In the morning infidels announced in their satellite channels that Nasr al-Fahdawi welcomed Ibrahim al-Ja'fari in Ramadi , then by noon , they announced his assasination .</text>
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<text>Thank God .</text>
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<text>Then there was a complete change of events than is was before .</text>
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<text>Thank God .</text>
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<text>Cousins of Sheik Nasr came to the Mujahidin begging , announcing their repentance and innocense , saying we 're with you , we 'll do whatever you want .</text>
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<text>The turmoil is over .</text>
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<text>Our brothers now are roaming the streets of AlbuFahd without any checkpoints .</text>
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<text>For the other tribes , their reaction was as follows:</text>
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<text>1- Sheik of al-Bubali tribe in al-Jazira , Sheik Sarhan , who 's one of the traitors , and every time one of their traitors gets killed , he shows outrage and packs his tribe with their guns against the brothers .</text>
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<text>After the cleaning in AlbuFahd , the brothers killed three of the spies in his tribe , and for the first time there was no reaction against the brothers , but instead he came to them , asking for forgiveness , and he 's ready to cooperate .</text>
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<text>2- Sheik of Albu'Ubaid -LRB- Salah al-Dhari -RRB- , who slaughtered thirty sheeps in one dinner party , where he invited heads and Sheiks of tribes in Ramadi , to encourage their youth to join the police and the national guard , and that 's two days before the murder of Sheik Nasr al-Fahdawi .</text>
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<text>After that he announced his repentance at the mosque twice in front of Albu'Ubaid tribe , denouncing who joins the police and army , and sorry for all he 's done , without any pressure or threats from the brothers .</text>
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<text>Also the brothers did n't announce the claim for any of the killings .</text>
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<text>When Mazhar al-`Alawani a candidate for the elections was murdered , his pictures were all over Ramadi , where the entire Albu'Alwan tribe was supporting him , proud of him .</text>
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<text>One day before the elections , the brothers killed him while he was visiting Ramadi .</text>
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<text>No one from his tribe opened his mouth , instead they got more scared and weaker .</text>
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<text>The same with the killing of Muhammad Saddak the Sheik of AlbuJlayb tribe , and president of al-Anbar revolutionists , who released statements in mosques and markets , promising to eliminate who he called Sheiks of sodomite and thift , and agents for the Zionists , like our brother Abu Mustafa Midhatt , our brother Abu Khattab , and Sheik Abu al-Harith al-Shar'i , and many others .</text>
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<text>This vicious organization -LRB- al-Anbar revolutionists -RRB- attempted to assasinate our brother Abu Khudayr , in Ramadi .</text>
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<text>When armed men shot him , was injured in the thigh .</text>
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<text>Sheik Muhammad Saddak said himself that he 's nominated for the position of the interior minister , and Sheik Nasr al-Fahdawi for the governor of Anbar , like the Americans promised him , and Abu Raghghal al-Dulaymi and others .</text>
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<text>Thank God .</text>
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<text>His was eliminated by the brothers inside the city of Baghdad .</text>
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<text>Until now no one knows who killed him in Baghdad .</text>
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<text>With all that , our policy is to eliminate the heads of infidelity without any announcements .</text>
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<text>As for the heads of the Islamic Party , our brothers been monitoring them for so long , but ignored them during the elections .</text>
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<text>Then their vicious role appeared , with their call to form police and army after the elections .</text>
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<text>We found that the main thinker behind the Party 's ideas is Sheik Abd al-Ghafur al-Kubaysi the Imam and speaker - of - of al-Shafi 'i mosque in Ramadi , and made his mosque the center of all the Party 's meetings .</text>
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<text>With all that , he did n't stop fighting the brothers with his speeches at the mosque , so the brothers assasinated him near his house , after he left the mosque going home .</text>
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<text>And there was no reaction by the Islamic Party or people , except that they raised signs condemning the killing .</text>
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<text>The same thing exactly happened after the killing of Abu Bilal in Ramadi .</text>
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<text>The manager of the media office at the Islamic Party as it was announced in some media sources , he disallowed and torn any Jihad related posters on the walls .</text>
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<text>He was caught in the act by the brothers .</text>
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<text>They beat him and arrested him .</text>
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<text>He routed out lots of the Party 's leaders , like Abd al-Ghafur al-Kubaysi , and their conspiracies against the Tanzim -LRB- al-Qa'ida organization -RRB- .</text>
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<sentence ID="2092">
<text>He was ill , got transferred to a hospital where he later died .</text>
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<text>There were no puplicity to his death by people , expect condemning it by the corrupted satellite channels .</text>
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<text>We did not follow this policy until we ran out of time , from past experience where we let things go , like Kataib al-Hamza -LRB- Hamza brigades -RRB- , and AlbuMahal tribe in al-Qaim , where we should 've eliminated them then , but what happened happened , also Muhsin Abd al-Hamid etc ... And you Sheik said that yourself God bless you .</text>
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<sentence ID="2095">
<text>Also in Fallujah where brothers neglected on killing the heads of infidelity , and what happened also happened .</text>
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<text>Now we have Kabisah .</text>
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<sentence ID="2097">
<text>This small village announced this week that 130 policemen volunteered from there .</text>
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<sentence ID="2098">
<text>Next day they started working .</text>
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<text>It was secretly prepared from before , and the Islamic Party was behind recruiting those policemen , like we proved .</text>
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<text>Our state council forbids from targeting Sunni police , or killing and eliminating the infidels and traitors without going back to the council , and you know that assasinations are about good opportunities , and monitoring a person could take days or weeks .</text>
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<sentence ID="2101">
<text>The best solution is to cut the head of the snake .</text>
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<text>We say that the brothers are following this method .</text>
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<text>That 's what we learned from you and promised you , I said that this is Abu Bakr 's period .</text>
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<sentence ID="2104">
<text>Toughness toughness .</text>
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<sentence ID="2105">
<text>We in Iraq will defend the muslim nation , and Jihad is everybody 's responsibility .</text>
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<sentence ID="2106">
<text>Do n't miss it .</text>
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<sentence ID="2107">
<text>Other groups pretends that they never killed an Iraqi or Sunni in particular , and that its goals are patriotic .</text>
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<text>What we know about our Jihad , that it 's Jihad of faith , and what you stated over and over before my Sheik about the method of the group , and the honorable resistance in many of the speeches to our brothers and people .</text>
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<text>In fact Sheik we are joyous for forming the state council , although we say , to save this blessed work , which we pray to God that Islam and Muslims would benefit from it , everyone should agree on our policy in the war against the renegade , without these restrictions we have at the state council .</text>
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<text>We have no problem with you saying for us to give the name of the person before killing him , but we owe God , this will only be a delay for us , and time is not on our side , and for you to say to kill him outside his city , sometimes it take months before the person leaves his city , like if it 's in Baghdad for example , that 's difficult , and time is not on our side , we waited to cut the heads of the renegades in Hit , then 130 renegades came out to us for the reason that we did n't destroy the Islamic Party there .</text>
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<text>But we 're working on it , for example we did n't kill Nasr al-Fahdawi at his home in al-Sajriyah , but the guys waited for him until he got out of the Ramadi province .</text>
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<text>We need premission for these names:</text>
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<text>1- Sheik Hatim Abd al-Razzaq Mu'jil al-Ka'ud , Sheik AlbuNimr tribe .</text>
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<text>2- Sheik Anwar Abd al-Razzaq al-Kharbit , AlbuKhalifah .</text>
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<text>3- Sa'id Nattah , one of AlbuJlayb Sheiks .</text>
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<text>4- Maj . Gen Sa'ab al-Rawi .</text>
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<text>5- Dr . Muhammad Mahmud Latif , Prince of the movement .</text>
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<text>6- Maj. Gen . Khalid `Arrak Hutaymi .</text>
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<text>7- Mamun al-`Alwani , al-Anbar governor , attached to you the security report in Ramadi .</text>
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<text>8- Zahir Muhammad ` Awwad al-`Ubaydi , manager of Sunni endowment , for attending the last meeting with al-Ja'fari , also for attending a conference in Jordan , that was presesnted to you .</text>
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<sentence ID="2121">
<text>He 's one of the people calling to form the police and national guard .</text>
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<text>We 'll kill him outside al-Ramadi zone , when he goes to the government building .</text>
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<text>We have restrictions on beheading the heads of the Islamic Party members , the Sheik of the tribes , and renegades. present it to the council if you prefer:</text>
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<text>1- There must be time priorities .</text>
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<text>3- Must differenciate between who 's in the village , where relations are stronger , than it is in the city , where there 's different people with different ideas .</text>
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<text>4- Differenciate between an area where there are brothers have interests in -LRB- financial ? religious -RRB- , and area they don't. 5- Differenciate between who 's in a position where he 's liked and respected , and another who 's not .</text>
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<text>6- There 's who we prepare for him in few steps , like bringing him down through the media , then kill him , or kill his assistant who does the work for him , and see his reaction , then kill him , or fight him through the media , until his publicity is dead .</text>
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<text>7- First kill the corrupted and the ones with negative effects , before the ones who try to guide people , and has a positive effect .</text>
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<text>8- Differenciate between targets in the Islamic Party , or the Ba'ath Party , who proved their failure to people in running the nation , and Sheiks and leaders of the tribes where most people especially in villages love and respect them , the first kind 's reaction is lefting signs and condemning , the second kind blames , and sometime opens a front against us .</text>
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<text>9- Whoever we ca n't kill , and ca n't reach , we should at least warn or threaten him so he could back off at least .</text>
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<text>10- In case there was a tribe who 's not obeying , and their renegade is obvious , the Mujahidin release a statement to expose them , with mass media , then do vicious military operations against them , so they would be a lesson to others .</text>
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<text>11- If the targer was decent , and has good reputation , but he 's a hypocrite , only teases the Mujahidin , we kill him gradually , by killing his big supporters .</text>
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<text>12- We should make the public and the ignorant know clearly about our policy fighting the renegades , so they wo n't side with them for their fight against the Mujahidin .</text>
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<text>13- Priority in killing those who are damaging to us and Muslims , before the ones who are not .</text>
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<text>With stating this to you , we know your intend. whenever we meet with you , you tell us that this is the right way , but we want this in writing by the state council , so all of our members would observe it. but if it 's not written it will go away after you 're gone. if you die of get killed , the council after you Inshallh -LRB- in god 's well -RRB- will stay on good grounds , where the fate of an entire nation depends on it .</text>
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<sentence ID="2137">
<text>God is the protector of his religion .</text>
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<text>Let 's have a big role in it .</text>
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<text>We ask God to keep us guided not lost .</text>
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<text>One of Sherlock Holmes 's defects -- if , indeed , one may call it a defect -- was that he was exceedingly loath to communicate his full plans to any other person until the instant of their fulfilment .</text>
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<text>Partly it came no doubt from his own masterful nature , which loved to dominate and surprise those who were around him .</text>
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<text>Partly also from his professional caution , which urged him never to take any chances .</text>
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<text>The result , however , was very trying for those who were acting as his agents and assistants .</text>
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<text>I had often suffered under it , but never more so than during that long drive in the darkness .</text>
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<text>The great ordeal was in front of us ; at last we were about to make our final effort , and yet Holmes had said nothing , and I could only surmise what his course of action would be .</text>
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<text>My nerves thrilled with anticipation when at last the cold wind upon our faces and the dark , void spaces on either side of the narrow road told me that we were back upon the moor once again .</text>
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<text>Every stride of the horses and every turn of the wheels was taking us nearer to our supreme adventure .</text>
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<text>Our conversation was hampered by the presence of the driver of the hired wagonette , so that we were forced to talk of trivial matters when our nerves were tense with emotion and anticipation .</text>
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<text>It was a relief to me , after that unnatural restraint , when we at last passed Frankland 's house and knew that we were drawing near to the Hall and to the scene of action .</text>
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<text>We did not drive up to the door but got down near the gate of the avenue .</text>
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<text>The wagonette was paid off and ordered to return to Coombe Tracey forthwith , while we started to walk to Merripit House .</text>
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<text>`` Are you armed , Lestrade ? ''</text>
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<text>The little detective smiled .</text>
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<text>`` As long as I have my trousers I have a hip-pocket , and as long as I have my hip-pocket I have something in it . ''</text>
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<text>`` Good !</text>
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<sentence ID="2156">
<text>My friend and I are also ready for emergencies .</text>
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<text>`` You 're mighty close about this affair , Mr . Holmes .</text>
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<text>What 's the game now ? ''</text>
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<text>`` A waiting game . ''</text>
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<text>`` My word , it does not seem a very cheerful place , '' said the detective with a shiver , glancing round him at the gloomy slopes of the hill and at the huge lake of fog which lay over the Grimpen Mire .</text>
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<text>`` I see the lights of a house ahead of us . ''</text>
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<text>`` That is Merripit House and the end of our journey .</text>
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<text>I must request you to walk on tiptoe and not to talk above a whisper . ''</text>
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<text>We moved cautiously along the track as if we were bound for the house , but Holmes halted us when we were about two hundred yards from it .</text>
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<text>`` This will do , '' said he .</text>
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<text>`` These rocks upon the right make an admirable screen . ''</text>
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<text>`` We are to wait here ? ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2168">
<text>`` Yes , we shall make our little ambush here .</text>
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<text>Get into this hollow , Lestrade .</text>
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<text>You have been inside the house , have you not , Watson ?</text>
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<text>Can you tell the position of the rooms ?</text>
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<sentence ID="2172">
<text>What are those latticed windows at this end ? ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2173">
<text>`` I think they are the kitchen windows . ''</text>
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<text>`` And the one beyond , which shines so brightly ? ''</text>
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<text>`` That is certainly the dining room . ''</text>
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<text>`` The blinds are up .</text>
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<sentence ID="2177">
<text>You know the lie of the land best .</text>
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<text>Creep forward quietly and see what they are doing -- but for heaven 's sake do n't let them know that they are watched ! ''</text>
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<text>I tiptoed down the path and stooped behind the low wall which surrounded the stunted orchard .</text>
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<text>Creeping in its shadow I reached a point whence I could look straight through the uncurtained window .</text>
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<text>There were only two men in the room , Sir Henry and Stapleton .</text>
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<text>They sat with their profiles towards me on either side of the round table .</text>
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<text>Both of them were smoking cigars , and coffee and wine were in front of them .</text>
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<text>Stapleton was talking with animation , but the baronet looked pale and distrait .</text>
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<text>Perhaps the thought of that lonely walk across the ill - omened moor was weighing heavily upon his mind .</text>
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<text>As I watched them Stapleton rose and left the room , while Sir Henry filled his glass again and leaned back in his chair , puffing at his cigar .</text>
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<text>I heard the creak of a door and the crisp sound of boots upon gravel .</text>
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<text>The steps passed along the path on the other side of the wall under which I crouched .</text>
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<text>Looking over , I saw the naturalist pause at the door of an outhouse in the corner of the orchard .</text>
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<text>A key turned in a lock , and as he passed in there was a curious scuffling noise from within .</text>
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<text>He was only a minute or so inside , and then I heard the key turn once more and he passed me and re - entered the house .</text>
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<text>I saw him rejoin his guest , and I crept quietly back to where my companions were waiting to tell them what I had seen .</text>
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<text>`` You say , Watson , that the lady is not there ? '' Holmes asked , when I had finished my report .</text>
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<text>`` No . ''</text>
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<text>`` Where can she be , then , since there is no light in any other room except the kitchen ? ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2196">
<text>`` I can not think where she is . ''</text>
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<text>I have said that over the great Grimpen Mire there hung a dense , white fog .</text>
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<text>It was drifting slowly in our direction , and banked itself up like a wall on that side of us , low , but thick and well defined .</text>
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<text>The moon shone on it , and it looked like a great shimmering ice - field , with the heads of the distant tors as rocks borne upon its surface .</text>
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<text>Holmes 's face was turned towards it , and he muttered impatiently as he watched its sluggish drift .</text>
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<text>`` It 's moving towards us , Watson . ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2202">
<text>`` Is that serious ? ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2203">
<text>`` Very serious , indeed -- the one thing upon earth which could have disarranged my plans .</text>
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<text>He ca n't be very long , now .</text>
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<sentence ID="2205">
<text>It is already ten o'clock .</text>
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<text>Our success and even his life may depend upon his coming out before the fog is over the path . ''</text>
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<text>The night was clear and fine above us .</text>
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<sentence ID="2208">
<text>The stars shone cold and bright , while a half - moon bathed the whole scene in a soft , uncertain light .</text>
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<text>Before us lay the dark bulk of the house , its serrated roof and bristling chimneys hard outlined against the silver - spangled sky .</text>
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<text>Broad bars of golden light from the lower windows stretched across the orchard and the moor .</text>
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<text>One of them was suddenly shut off .</text>
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<text>The servants had left the kitchen .</text>
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<text>There only remained the lamp in the dining room where the two men , the murderous host and the unconscious guest , still chatted over their cigars .</text>
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<text>Every minute that white woolly plain which covered one half of the moor was drifting closer and closer to the house .</text>
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<text>Already the first thin wisps of it were curling across the golden square of the lighted window .</text>
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<text>The farther wall of the orchard was already invisible , and the trees were standing out of a swirl of white vapour .</text>
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<text>As we watched it the fog - wreaths came crawling round both corners of the house and rolled slowly into one dense bank , on which the upper floor and the roof floated like a strange ship upon a shadowy sea .</text>
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<text>Holmes struck his hand passionately upon the rock in front of us and stamped his feet in his impatience .</text>
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<text>`` If he is n't out in a quarter of an hour the path will be covered .</text>
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<sentence ID="2220">
<text>In half an hour we wo n't be able to see our hands in front of us . ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2221">
<text>`` Shall we move farther back upon higher ground ? ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2222">
<text>`` Yes , I think it would be as well . ''</text>
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<text>So as the fog - bank flowed onward we fell back before it until we were half a mile from the house , and still that dense white sea , with the moon silvering its upper edge , swept slowly and inexorably on .</text>
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<text>`` We are going too far , '' said Holmes .</text>
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<text>`` We dare not take the chance of his being overtaken before he can reach us .</text>
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<text>At all costs we must hold our ground where we are . ''</text>
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<text>He dropped on his knees and clapped his ear to the ground .</text>
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<sentence ID="2228">
<text>`` Thank God , I think that I hear him coming . ''</text>
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<text>A sound of quick steps broke the silence of the moor .</text>
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<text>Crouching among the stones we stared intently at the silver-tipped bank in front of us .</text>
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<text>The steps grew louder , and through the fog , as through a curtain , there stepped the man whom we were awaiting .</text>
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<sentence ID="2232">
<text>He looked round him in surprise as he emerged into the clear , starlit night .</text>
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<sentence ID="2233">
<text>Then he came swiftly along the path , passed close to where we lay , and went on up the long slope behind us .</text>
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<sentence ID="2234">
<text>As he walked he glanced continually over either shoulder , like a man who is ill at ease .</text>
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<sentence ID="2235">
<text>`` Hist ! '' cried Holmes , and I heard the sharp click of a cocking pistol .</text>
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<sentence ID="2236">
<text>`` Look out !</text>
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</sentence>
<sentence ID="2237">
<text>It 's coming ! ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2238">
<text>There was a thin , crisp , continuous patter from somewhere in the heart of that crawling bank .</text>
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<sentence ID="2239">
<text>The cloud was within fifty yards of where we lay , and we glared at it , all three , uncertain what horror was about to break from the heart of it .</text>
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<sentence ID="2240">
<text>I was at Holmes 's elbow , and I glanced for an instant at his face .</text>
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<text>It was pale and exultant , his eyes shining brightly in the moonlight .</text>
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<text>But suddenly they started forward in a rigid , fixed stare , and his lips parted in amazement .</text>
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<text>At the same instant Lestrade gave a yell of terror and threw himself face downward upon the ground .</text>
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<text>I sprang to my feet , my inert hand grasping my pistol , my mind paralyzed by the dreadful shape which had sprung out upon us from the shadows of the fog .</text>
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<text>A hound it was , an enormous coal - black hound , but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen .</text>
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<text>Fire burst from its open mouth , its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare , its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame .</text>
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<text>Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage , more appalling , more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog .</text>
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<text>With long bounds the huge black creature was leaping down the track , following hard upon the footsteps of our friend .</text>
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<text>So paralyzed were we by the apparition that we allowed him to pass before we had recovered our nerve .</text>
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<text>Then Holmes and I both fired together , and the creature gave a hideous howl , which showed that one at least had hit him .</text>
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<text>He did not pause , however , but bounded onward .</text>
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<text>Far away on the path we saw Sir Henry looking back , his face white in the moonlight , his hands raised in horror , glaring helplessly at the frightful thing which was hunting him down .</text>
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<text>But that cry of pain from the hound had blown all our fears to the winds .</text>
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<text>If he was vulnerable he was mortal , and if we could wound him we could kill him .</text>
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<text>Never have I seen a man run as Holmes ran that night .</text>
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<sentence ID="2256">
<text>I am reckoned fleet of foot , but he outpaced me as much as I outpaced the little professional .</text>
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<text>In front of us as we flew up the track we heard scream after scream from Sir Henry and the deep roar of the hound .</text>
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<text>I was in time to see the beast spring upon its victim , hurl him to the ground , and worry at his throat .</text>
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<text>But the next instant Holmes had emptied five barrels of his revolver into the creature 's flank .</text>
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<text>With a last howl of agony and a vicious snap in the air , it rolled upon its back , four feet pawing furiously , and then fell limp upon its side .</text>
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<sentence ID="2261">
<text>I stooped , panting , and pressed my pistol to the dreadful , shimmering head , but it was useless to press the trigger .</text>
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<text>The giant hound was dead .</text>
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<sentence ID="2263">
<text>Sir Henry lay insensible where he had fallen .</text>
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<text>We tore away his collar , and Holmes breathed a prayer of gratitude when we saw that there was no sign of a wound and that the rescue had been in time .</text>
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<text>Already our friend 's eyelids shivered and he made a feeble effort to move .</text>
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<text>Lestrade thrust his brandy - flask between the baronet 's teeth , and two frightened eyes were looking up at us .</text>
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<sentence ID="2267">
<text>`` My God ! '' he whispered .</text>
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<sentence ID="2268">
<text>`` What was it ?</text>
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<sentence ID="2269">
<text>What , in heaven 's name , was it ? ''</text>
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<text>`` It 's dead , whatever it is , '' said Holmes .</text>
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<sentence ID="2271">
<text>`` We 've laid the family ghost once and forever . ''</text>
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<text>In mere size and strength it was a terrible creature which was lying stretched before us .</text>
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<text>It was not a pure bloodhound and it was not a pure mastiff ; but it appeared to be a combination of the two -- gaunt , savage , and as large as a small lioness .</text>
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<text>Even now , in the stillness of death , the huge jaws seemed to be dripping with a bluish flame and the small , deep - set , cruel eyes were ringed with fire .</text>
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<text>I placed my hand upon the glowing muzzle , and as I held them up my own fingers smouldered and gleamed in the darkness .</text>
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<sentence ID="2276">
<text>`` Phosphorus , '' I said .</text>
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<text>`` A cunning preparation of it , '' said Holmes , sniffing at the dead animal .</text>
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<text>`` There is no smell which might have interfered with his power of scent .</text>
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<text>We owe you a deep apology , Sir Henry , for having exposed you to this fright .</text>
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<text>I was prepared for a hound , but not for such a creature as this .</text>
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<text>And the fog gave us little time to receive him . ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2282">
<text>`` You have saved my life . ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2283">
<text>`` Having first endangered it .</text>
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<sentence ID="2284">
<text>Are you strong enough to stand ? ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2285">
<text>`` Give me another mouthful of that brandy and I shall be ready for anything .</text>
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<sentence ID="2286">
<text>So !</text>
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<sentence ID="2287">
<text>Now , if you will help me up .</text>
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</sentence>
<sentence ID="2288">
<text>What do you propose to do ? ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2289">
<text>`` To leave you here .</text>
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<sentence ID="2290">
<text>You are not fit for further adventures tonight .</text>
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<sentence ID="2291">
<text>If you will wait , one or other of us will go back with you to the Hall . ''</text>
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<text>He tried to stagger to his feet ; but he was still ghastly pale and trembling in every limb .</text>
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<text>We helped him to a rock , where he sat shivering with his face buried in his hands .</text>
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<text>`` We must leave you now , '' said Holmes .</text>
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<text>`` The rest of our work must be done , and every moment is of importance .</text>
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<text>We have our case , and now we only want our man .</text>
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<text>`` It 's a thousand to one against our finding him at the house , '' he continued as we retraced our steps swiftly down the path .</text>
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<sentence ID="2298">
<text>`` Those shots must have told him that the game was up . ''</text>
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<sentence ID="2299">
<text>`` We were some distance off , and this fog may have deadened them . ''</text>
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<text>`` He followed the hound to call him off -- of that you may be certain .</text>
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<sentence ID="2301">
<text>No , no , he 's gone by this time !</text>
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<text>But we 'll search the house and make sure . ''</text>
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<text>The front door was open , so we rushed in and hurried from room to room to the amazement of a doddering old manservant , who met us in the passage .</text>
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<text>There was no light save in the dining room , but Holmes caught up the lamp and left no corner of the house unexplored .</text>
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<text>No sign could we see of the man whom we were chasing .</text>
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<text>On the upper floor , however , one of the bedroom doors was locked .</text>
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<text>`` There 's someone in here , '' cried Lestrade .</text>
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<text>`` I can hear a movement .</text>
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<text>Open this door ! ''</text>
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<text>A faint moaning and rustling came from within .</text>
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<text>Holmes struck the door just over the lock with the flat of his foot and it flew open .</text>
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<text>Pistol in hand , we all three rushed into the room .</text>
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<text>But there was no sign within it of that desperate and defiant villain whom we expected to see .</text>
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<text>Instead we were faced by an object so strange and so unexpected that we stood for a moment staring at it in amazement .</text>
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<text>The room had been fashioned into a small museum , and the walls were lined by a number of glass - topped cases full of that collection of butterflies and moths the formation of which had been the relaxation of this complex and dangerous man .</text>
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<text>In the centre of this room there was an upright beam , which had been placed at some period as a support for the old worm-eaten baulk of timber which spanned the roof .</text>
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<text>To this post a figure was tied , so swathed and muffled in the sheets which had been used to secure it that one could not for the moment tell whether it was that of a man or a woman .</text>
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<text>One towel passed round the throat and was secured at the back of the pillar .</text>
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<text>Another covered the lower part of the face , and over it two dark eyes -- eyes full of grief and shame and a dreadful questioning -- stared back at us .</text>
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<text>In a minute we had torn off the gag , unswathed the bonds , and Mrs . Stapleton sank upon the floor in front of us .</text>
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<sentence ID="2321">
<text>As her beautiful head fell upon her chest I saw the clear red weal of a whiplash across her neck .</text>
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<text>`` The brute ! '' cried Holmes .</text>
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<text>`` Here , Lestrade , your brandy - bottle !</text>
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<text>Put her in the chair !</text>
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<text>She has fainted from ill - usage and exhaustion . ''</text>
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<text>She opened her eyes again .</text>
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<text>`` Is he safe ? '' she asked .</text>
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<text>`` Has he escaped ? ''</text>
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<text>`` He can not escape us , madam . ''</text>
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<text>`` No , no , I did not mean my husband .</text>
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<text>Sir Henry ?</text>
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<text>Is he safe ? ''</text>
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<text>`` Yes . ''</text>
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<text>`` And the hound ? ''</text>
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<text>`` It is dead . ''</text>
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<text>She gave a long sigh of satisfaction .</text>
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<text>`` Thank God !</text>
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<text>Thank God !</text>
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<text>Oh , this villain !</text>
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<text>See how he has treated me ! ''</text>
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<text>She shot her arms out from her sleeves , and we saw with horror that they were all mottled with bruises .</text>
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<text>`` But this is nothing -- nothing !</text>
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<text>It is my mind and soul that he has tortured and defiled .</text>
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<text>I could endure it all , ill - usage , solitude , a life of deception , everything , as long as I could still cling to the hope that I had his love , but now I know that in this also I have been his dupe and his tool . ''</text>
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<text>She broke into passionate sobbing as she spoke .</text>
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<text>`` You bear him no good will , madam , '' said Holmes .</text>
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<text>`` Tell us then where we shall find him .</text>
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<text>If you have ever aided him in evil , help us now and so atone . ''</text>
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<text>`` There is but one place where he can have fled , '' she answered .</text>
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<text>`` There is an old tin mine on an island in the heart of the mire .</text>
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<text>It was there that he kept his hound and there also he had made preparations so that he might have a refuge .</text>
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<text>That is where he would fly . ''</text>
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<text>The fog - bank lay like white wool against the window .</text>
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<text>Holmes held the lamp towards it .</text>
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<text>`` See , '' said he .</text>
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<text>`` No one could find his way into the Grimpen Mire tonight . ''</text>
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<text>She laughed and clapped her hands .</text>
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<text>Her eyes and teeth gleamed with fierce merriment .</text>
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<text>`` He may find his way in , but never out , '' she cried .</text>
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<text>`` How can he see the guiding wands tonight ?</text>
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<text>We planted them together , he and I , to mark the pathway through the mire .</text>
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<text>Oh , if I could only have plucked them out today .</text>
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<text>Then indeed you would have had him at your mercy ! ''</text>
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<text>It was evident to us that all pursuit was in vain until the fog had lifted .</text>
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<text>Meanwhile we left Lestrade in possession of the house while Holmes and I went back with the baronet to Baskerville Hall .</text>
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<text>The story of the Stapletons could no longer be withheld from him , but he took the blow bravely when he learned the truth about the woman whom he had loved .</text>
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<text>But the shock of the night 's adventures had shattered his nerves , and before morning he lay delirious in a high fever , under the care of Dr . Mortimer .</text>
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<text>The two of them were destined to travel together round the world before Sir Henry had become once more the hale , hearty man that he had been before he became master of that ill - omened estate .</text>
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<text>And now I come rapidly to the conclusion of this singular narrative , in which I have tried to make the reader share those dark fears and vague surmises which clouded our lives so long and ended in so tragic a manner .</text>
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<text>On the morning after the death of the hound the fog had lifted and we were guided by Mrs . Stapleton to the point where they had found a pathway through the bog .</text>
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<text>It helped us to realize the horror of this woman 's life when we saw the eagerness and joy with which she laid us on her husband 's track .</text>
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<text>We left her standing upon the thin peninsula of firm , peaty soil which tapered out into the widespread bog .</text>
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<text>From the end of it a small wand planted here and there showed where the path zigzagged from tuft to tuft of rushes among those green-scummed pits and foul quagmires which barred the way to the stranger .</text>
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<text>Rank reeds and lush , slimy water - plants sent an odour of decay and a heavy miasmatic vapour onto our faces , while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark , quivering mire , which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet .</text>
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<text>Its tenacious grip plucked at our heels as we walked , and when we sank into it it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths , so grim and purposeful was the clutch in which it held us .</text>
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<text>Once only we saw a trace that someone had passed that perilous way before us .</text>
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<text>From amid a tuft of cotton grass which bore it up out of the slime some dark thing was projecting .</text>
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<text>Holmes sank to his waist as he stepped from the path to seize it , and had we not been there to drag him out he could never have set his foot upon firm land again .</text>
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<text>He held an old black boot in the air .</text>
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<text>`` Meyers , Toronto , '' was printed on the leather inside .</text>
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<text>`` It is worth a mud bath , '' said he .</text>
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<text>`` It is our friend Sir Henry 's missing boot . ''</text>
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<text>`` Thrown there by Stapleton in his flight . ''</text>
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<text>`` Exactly .</text>
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<text>He retained it in his hand after using it to set the hound upon the track .</text>
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<text>He fled when he knew the game was up , still clutching it .</text>
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<text>And he hurled it away at this point of his flight .</text>
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<sentence ID="2388">
<text>We know at least that he came so far in safety . ''</text>
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<text>But more than that we were never destined to know , though there was much which we might surmise .</text>
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<text>There was no chance of finding footsteps in the mire , for the rising mud oozed swiftly in upon them , but as we at last reached firmer ground beyond the morass we all looked eagerly for them .</text>
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<text>But no slightest sign of them ever met our eyes .</text>
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<text>If the earth told a true story , then Stapleton never reached that island of refuge towards which he struggled through the fog upon that last night .</text>
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<text>Somewhere in the heart of the great Grimpen Mire , down in the foul slime of the huge morass which had sucked him in , this cold and cruel - hearted man is forever buried .</text>
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<text>Many traces we found of him in the bog - girt island where he had hid his savage ally .</text>
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<text>A huge driving - wheel and a shaft half - filled with rubbish showed the position of an abandoned mine .</text>
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<text>Beside it were the crumbling remains of the cottages of the miners , driven away no doubt by the foul reek of the surrounding swamp .</text>
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<sentence ID="2397">
<text>In one of these a staple and chain with a quantity of gnawed bones showed where the animal had been confined .</text>
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<text>A skeleton with a tangle of brown hair adhering to it lay among the debris .</text>
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<sentence ID="2399">
<text>`` A dog ! '' said Holmes .</text>
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<text>`` By Jove , a curly - haired spaniel .</text>
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<sentence ID="2401">
<text>Poor Mortimer will never see his pet again .</text>
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<text>Well , I do not know that this place contains any secret which we have not already fathomed .</text>
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<text>He could hide his hound , but he could not hush its voice , and hence came those cries which even in daylight were not pleasant to hear .</text>
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<text>On an emergency he could keep the hound in the outhouse at Merripit , but it was always a risk , and it was only on the supreme day , which he regarded as the end of all his efforts , that he dared do it .</text>
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<text>This paste in the tin is no doubt the luminous mixture with which the creature was daubed .</text>
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<text>It was suggested , of course , by the story of the family hell - hound , and by the desire to frighten old Sir Charles to death .</text>
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<text>No wonder the poor devil of a convict ran and screamed , even as our friend did , and as we ourselves might have done , when he saw such a creature bounding through the darkness of the moor upon his track .</text>
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<text>It was a cunning device , for , apart from the chance of driving your victim to his death , what peasant would venture to inquire too closely into such a creature should he get sight of it , as many have done , upon the moor ?</text>
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<text>I said it in London , Watson , and I say it again now , that never yet have we helped to hunt down a more dangerous man than he who is lying yonder '' -- he swept his long arm towards the huge mottled expanse of green - splotched bog which stretched away until it merged into the russet slopes of the moor .</text>
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<text>In 1945 , the twenty - seven - year - old Anwar al-Sadat and his friends decided to assassinate the on - and - off prime minister of Egypt , Nahhas Pasha .</text>
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<text>Religious decrees were used to justify the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat .</text>
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<text>The Islambouli Brigades is named after Lt . Khaled Islambouli , the leader of a group of militant Islamists who assassinated Sadat during a 1981 military parade in Cairo .</text>
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<text>Islambouli and four associates were captured and executed for the plot to kill Sadat , which was carried out by Egyptian Islamic Jihad and another Egyptian militant group , al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya .</text>
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<text>When did Khaled Islambouli die ?</text>
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<text>Islambouli , an Egyptian military officer and member of Al-Jihad Organization , assassinated President Anwar Sadat during a military parade in Cairo in October 1981 for signing a peace treaty with Israel .</text>
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<text>Lt . Khaled Islambouli was the leader of the group of soldiers who assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Cairo in 1981 .</text>
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<text>Lieutenant Khaled Islambouli was the leader of the group of soldiers who assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a military parade in Cairo in 1981 .</text>
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<text>The group 's late , eponymous leader , Lt . Khaled Islambouli , killed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a military parade in Cairo in 1981 .</text>
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<text>He was executed for the crime a year later .</text>
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