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a noted robbers' range & the peaceable inhabitants still dislike being out at night.

Only a few years since the soldiers raided one of the neighboring villages and captured twenty-five men accused of being robbers - all of whom were sentenced to prison or more summary punishment.

The valley is largely devoted to the cultivation of corn, & long open roads are left crossing the fields at right angles so that at their intersection a person can command a view to the borders of the fields. In such places & also so to command the