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    CHANGE ENCOUNTERS. 183

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    Change Encounters. 183

    CHANGE ENCOUNTERS . 183

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1860, page 183, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111860/page/39/