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..........    .#.      ALVAR WEST COAST      .#.    ..........
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~^........ GOING  SOUTH  BY  THE  ROCKY  SHORE. THE ........^~
*~^.......     MONTANEOUS SHORE, THE CLIFFS AND     .......^~*
=*~^......      RAVINES, AND THE OCEANS RAVING.     ......^~*=
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&£=*~^.... WATCH YOUR STEP  OR, OR  YOUR WHEELS, IF ....^~*=£&
@&£=*~^... YOURE  SUCH  A BEING,  FOR  TO  THE WEST ...^~*=£&@
#@&£=*~^.. LIES  THE  SEA.  AND  TO  THE  EAST  ARE ..^~*=£&@#
##@&£=*~^. THORNY BUSHES,  LARGE AS TREES BUT  ALSO .^~*=£&@##
#@&£=*~^..   MINISCULE, CAMOUFLAGED IN THE GRASS.   ..^~*=£&@#
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&£=*~^....     OLD TERRITORIES POKE THROUGH AND     ....^~*=£&
£=*~^..... RESURFACE.  NEVER  MIND THEM, BUT  MAYBE .....^~*=£
=*~^...... THE  BEAUTY  IN  THEIR  WALLS   TELL  US ......^~*=
*~^....... SOMETHING. I ADMIRE THE  WAY THEY STRECH .......^~*
~^........ OVER  THE  LAND  TO  THE EASTERN SHORES, ........^~
^.........       BUT NEVER NORTH, NEVER SOUTH.      .........^
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.......... THE ROAD IS  OLD AND  BROKEN,  AND WOULD ..........
.......... STRESS YOUR JOINTS, EVEN IF YOU  WERE TO ..........
.......... NEVER  LEAVE  IT  (WHICH  YOU   SHOULD). ..........
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