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Le grand fleuve la traversant en était considéré maintenant comme un très triste, avec beaucoup de souvenirs malheureux, comme beaucoup de gens eussent essayé de traverser la rivière illégalement et la frontière au risque de la vie, et nombreuses vies eussent été perdues.
The great river traversing there was now considered a very sad one, with many miserable memories as many people have been trying to cross the river illegally and the border at risk of life, and many lives have been lost.
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