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Excerpt from The Hermit, or an Account of Francis Adam Joseph Phyle, a Native of Switzerland: Who Lived Without the Use of Fire for Upwards of Twenty-Two Years, in a Small Cave, in the Midst of a Wood, Near Mount-Holly, in Burlington County, New-Jersey, and Was Found Dead Therein, in the Year 1780
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