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The Orkney book ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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645,871 braille cells · 674 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,192 unrepresentable characters omitted

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

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