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Announcement and Instructions on the Use of the Small Firehose and Garden Spouts...useful to save country houses from fire, and the means by which dry gardens, plants, and foliage, [can be] watered.
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Title: Announcement and Instructions on the Use of the Small Firehose and Garden Spouts...useful to save country houses from fire, and the means by which dry gardens, plants, and foliage, [can be] watered.
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