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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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