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Natural History ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠠⠁⠝⠙⠀⠇⠁⠎⠞⠀⠝⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠠⠊⠀⠀⠗⠑⠉⠑⠊⠧⠑⠙⠀⠁⠀⠇⠑⠞⠞⠑⠗⠀
⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠍⠽⠀⠝⠑⠏⠓⠑⠺⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠊⠞⠽⠂⠀
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⠛⠥⠊⠇⠞⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠀⠎⠞⠑⠁⠇⠊⠝⠛⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠎⠑⠝⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑
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⠺⠕⠗⠅⠲⠀⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠠⠊⠀⠎⠥⠏⠏⠕⠎⠑⠀⠓⠑⠀⠺⠊⠇⠇⠀⠙⠊⠑⠀⠋⠕⠗
⠀⠓⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠝⠕⠺⠀⠕⠇⠙⠆⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠺⠋⠥⠇⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠊⠝⠅
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