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Earlier editions of this work are available under the title Twenty Years in the Philippines (First copy at Google Books, second copy at Google Books, first copy at The Internet Archive, second copy at The Internet Archive). This earlier edition includes a short appendix on the Philippines and its agriculture, and a number of attestations not reproduced here.

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