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{{Short description|Island group in the Inner Hebrides}}
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[[File:Easdale Village - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|The village of [[Ellenabeich]] with the outline of the former island of [[Eilean-a-beithich]] at centre left, the island of [[Easdale]] beyond and the [[Garvellachs]] in the distance]]
The '''Slate Islands''' are an [[island]] group in the [[Inner Hebrides]], lying immediately off the west coast of [[Scotland]], north of [[Jura, Scotland|Jura]] and southwest of [[Oban]]. The main islands are [[Seil]], [[Easdale]], [[Luing]], [[Shuna, Slate Islands|Shuna]], [[Torsa]] and [[Belnahua]]. [[Scarba]] and [[Kerrera]], which lie nearby, are not usually included.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slate Islands |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10357.html|website=Gazetteer of Scotland |publisher=University of Edinburgh|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>

The underlying [[geology]] of the islands is [[Dalradian]] [[slate]], which was quarried widely until the mid-20th century. Quarry working began in 1630 and at the turn of the 20th century, the quarries were yielding some eight million slates every year.

The [[Garvellachs]] lie to the southwest.

== Definition ==
[[File:Ordnance Survey One-inch Sheet 52 Loch Awe, Published 1956.jpg|thumb|1956 [[Ordnance Survey]] map of the area]]
Unlike some of Scotland's larger [[archipelago]]s such as [[Orkney]] and the [[Outer Hebrides]], which are distant from other islands and also have their own [[Council area|local authority]], the Slate Islands have no formal definition. The islands from which the [[slate]] that gives rise to the name was quarried on a substantial commercial basis are Easdale, Belnahua, Luing and Seil.{{sfnp|Withall|2013|loc=front cover}} The website of the Slate Islands Heritage Trust also prominently lists these islands as their remit<ref>[https://slateislands.org.uk/ Slate Islands Heritage Trust] Retrieved 6 June 2020.</ref>{{#tag:ref|In 2007 the Slate Islands Heritage Trust was less exclusive, suggesting that the Slate Islands "include" Seil, Easdale, Luing, and Belnahua.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070615001105/http://www.slate.org.uk/islands.htm "The Islands"] Wayback 15.06.07 Retrieved 6 June 2020.</ref>|group="Note"}} although other sources are slightly more inclusive.

According to the [[Gazetteer for Scotland]] these islands "include Luing, Seil, Shuna, Torsay, Easdale, Belnahua and Fladda".<ref>[https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10357.html Slate Islands]. ''Gazetteer for Scotland''. Retrieved 6 June 2020.</ref> [[W. H. Murray]] in ''The Companion Guide to the West Highlands of Scotland'' goes so far as to say: "Seil and Luing, Shuna, Torsa, Belnahua and many others are collectively known as the Slate Islands."{{sfnp|Murray|1977|p=121}} Torsa is a tidal island, joined to Luing at low tide.{{sfnp|Haswell-Smith|2004|p=72}} From a geological perspective Shuna has "no workable slate", although [[limestone]] was once worked there.{{sfnp|Haswell-Smith|2004|p=63}} The neighbouring islands to the west, [[Lunga, Firth of Lorn|Lunga]] and [[Eilean Dubh Mòr]], are constituted of [[quartzite]], "Scarba conglomerate" and other rocks that lack a commercial value.<ref name="British Geological Survey">{{cite web |title= Kilmartin, Scotland sheet 36, Bedrock and Superficial deposits |url=http://www.largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/iip/mapsportal.html?id=1002368 |website=BGS large map images |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>{{sfnp|Haswell-Smith|2004|pp=65,73}}
 
It therefore seems reasonable to conclude that this collective noun includes the commercially quarried Easdale, Belnahua, Luing and Seil, plus their larger and relatively recently inhabited close neighbours of Shuna and Torsa with the "many others" being the smaller uninhabited islands and [[skerry|skerries]] in their immediate vicinity.{{#tag:ref|Other sources that support this definition are ''Southern Hebrides Scotland'': "The main islands are Seil, Easdale, Luing, Lunga, Shuna, Torsa and Belnahua"<ref>[https://www.southernhebrides.com/slate-islands-roofed-the-world/ "Slate Islands Roofed the World"]. Southernhebrides.com. Retrieved 6 June 2020.</ref> and ''Electric Scotland'' which re-publishes Patrick H Gillies' 1909 writings on Netherlorn.<ref>[https://electricscotland.com/books/netherlorn4.htm "Netherlorn and its Neighbourhood"]
Chapter IV - The Slate Islands: Luing, Torsa, Shuna. Electric Scotland. Retrieved 6 June 2020.</ref> Rather idiosyncratically ''Scottish Island Bagging: The Walkhighlands Guide to the Islands of Scotland'' suggests that Scarba is "the southernmost of the Slate Islands". {{Sfnp|Webster|Webster|2019|loc=Scarba}}
|group="Note"}} This then excludes Lunga and Eilean Dubh Mòr and their own outliers that lie to the west of Luing, between [[Scarba]] and The Garvellachs.

==Geography==
[[File:Blaeu - Atlas of Scotland 1654 - LORNA - The Firth of Lorn.jpg|thumb|[[Joan Blaeu]]'s Firth of Lorn in the 1654 ''[[Blaeu Atlas of Scotland]]'' - the main Slate Islands are all identified although their locations and shapes are at variance from modern maps]]
The main islands of the group are as follows.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:60%; border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
|-
! style="width:10%;"|Island
! style="width:10%;"|Gaelic name<ref>{{Gaelic Placenames}} unless otherwise stated.</ref>
! style="width:5%;"|Area ([[hectare|ha]])<ref name=area>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 30 unless otherwise indicated.</ref>
! style="width:5%;"|Population (2011)<ref>{{NRS1C}}</ref>
! style="width:5%;"|Population (2001)<ref>{{GRO10}}</ref>
! style="width:20%;"|Highest point<ref name=high>Haswell-Smith (2004) and [[Ordnance Survey]] maps. Blanks indicate that no name is recorded for this eminence.</ref>
! style="width:5%;"|Height (m)<ref name=OS>{{Ordnance Survey}}</ref>
|-
|[[Belnahua]]
|''Beul na h-Uamha''
| {{nts|c.6}}<ref>Estimate from [[Ordnance Survey]] maps.</ref>
|0
|0
|
| {{nts|22}}
|- 
| [[Easdale]]
| ''Eilean Èisdeal''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/1513/5;jsessionid=0ADF6958B89E44DD63E0C2FF9B2162C8 |title=How Easdale got its name. |publisher=Tobar an Dualchais |access-date=26 May 2011}}</ref>
| {{nts|25}}<ref name=Rick>{{RLTIS}}</ref>
| {{nts|59}}
| 58
|     –
| {{nts|38}}
|-
| [[Luing]]
| ''Luinn''
| {{nts|1430}}
| {{nts|195}}
| 212
| Binnein Furachail
| {{nts|87}}
|-
| [[Seil]]
| ''Saoil''
| {{nts|1329}}
| {{nts|551}}
|  560
| Meall Chaise
| {{nts|146}}
|-
| [[Shuna, Slate Islands|Shuna]]
| ''Siùna''
| {{nts|451}}
| {{nts|3}}
|  1
| Druim na Dubh Ghlaic
| {{nts|90}}
|-
| [[Torsa]]
| ''Torsa''
| {{nts|113}}
|0
|0
| –
| {{nts|62}}
|}

Torsa was inhabited until the 1960s.{{sfnp|Haswell-Smith|2004|p=72}} Belnahua had a significant population during the height of the commercial slate quarrying there but in 1914 quarry work ceased, the island was completely abandoned and it has been uninhabited ever since.{{sfnp|Withall|2013|p=11}}

Smaller islands, tidal islets only separated at higher stages of the tide, and skerries which are only exposed at lower stages of the tide pepper the seas surrounding the main islands. Most of them are obscure and only [[Fladda, Slate Islands|Fladda]], which has an abandoned lighthouse keeper's cottage, and perhaps [[Insh, Slate Islands|Insh]] are ever likely to have been inhabited.

*'''Belnahua''': [[Fladda, Slate Islands|Fladda]], Ormsa
*'''Easdale''':  None 
*'''Luing''': Diar Sgeir, Dubh-fheith, Dubh Sgeir, Eilean Loisgte, Fraoch Eilean (2), Funaich Mhòr, Glas Eilean, Rubh Aird Luing, Sgeir Bhuidhe
*'''Torsa''': Eilean Fraoch, Glas Eilean, Torsa Beag
*'''Seil''': Dubh-sgeir, Eilean à Chomraidh, Eilean Bàn-leac, Eilean Buidhe, Eilean Dùin, Eilean nam Beathach, Eilean nam Freumha, Eilean Tornal, Henderson's Rock, [[Insh, Slate Islands|Insh]], Sgeir Beul na h-Uamhaidh
*'''Shuna''': None
[[File:Eilean nam Beithich.JPG|thumb|The southern rim of the former island of Eilean-a-beithich showing the breach]]
[[Eilean-a-beithich]] ("island of the birches") located in Easdale Sound was once one of the Slate Islands. However, it was quarried for slate to a depth of {{convert|75|m|ft|abbr=off|round=10}} below sea level leaving only the outer rim of the island. Part of this rim was breached by the sea in 1881 flooding the quarry and little visible sign of the island now remains.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southernhebrides.com/slate-islands.html |title=Slate Islands Roofed the World |website=South Hebrides |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>

==Etymology==
Belnahua is from the [[Scots Gaelic]] ''Beul na h-Uamha'', meaning "the mouth of the cave"{{sfnp|Mac an Tàilleir|2003|p=18}} and Torsa is also a Gaelic name although ultimately derived from [[Old Norse]]. It means "Thorir's island".{{sfnp|Mac an Tàilleir|2003|p=113}} The derivations of the other main islands are less clear. Seil and Luing are probably pre-Gaelic in origin {{sfnp|Mac an Tàilleir|2003|pp=83, 104}} and of uncertain meaning. Shuna is ''Siùna'' in Gaelic and may derive from the Norse for "sea island".{{sfnp|Mac an Tàilleir|2003|p=105}} Easdale appears to be the combination of  ''eas'', which is Gaelic for "waterfall" and ''dal'', the [[Old Norse|Norse]] for "valley".{{Sfnp|Haswell-Smith|2004|p=78}} However, it is not clear why either description should apply to this tiny island which is low lying and has no waterfalls and the name may have come from  the nearby [[Ellenabeich|village of the same name]] on Seil.{{sfnp|Murton|2017|p=29}}

==Geology==
The most important bedrock on the islands from a commercial point of view is the [[Neoproterozoic]] age Easdale Slate Formation, a [[pyrites|pyritic]], [[graphite|graphitic]] [[pelite]] belonging to the Easdale Subgroup of the [[Dalradian]] [[Argyll Group]]. Zones of [[metamorphism|metamorphosed]] intrusive [[igneous rock]]s occur within the southeast of Seil and [[Andesite|andesitic]] [[lava]]s of the Lorn Plateau Lava Formation dominate the west of the island. There are numerous NW-SE aligned [[basalt]] and micro[[gabbro]] [[dike (geology)|dykes]] which form a part of the ‘Mull Swarm’ which is of early [[Palaeogene]] age. [[Raised beach|Raised marine deposits]] of sand and gravel occur widely around the margins of some of the islands, a legacy of late [[Quaternary]] changes in relative sea-level.<ref>{{cite web |title=Onshore Geoindex |url=https://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex/home.html |website=British Geological Survey |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="British Geological Survey"/><ref>{{cite web |title= Lismore, Scotland sheet 44(E), Solid Edition |url=http://www.largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/iip/mapsportal.html?id=10023689 |website=BGS large map images |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

Prior to the [[Quaternary glaciation|Pleistocene ice ages]] the Slate Islands were part of a long [[peninsula]] that ran from what is now mainland Scotland out through Scarba and Jura to Islay until the Firth of Lorn glacier cut through it, creating the islands that exist today. The entire area was covered by an ice sheet during the maximum extent of glaciation and deep channels were cut into what is now the sea bed, creating deep waters of {{cvt|210|m}} or more in the Firth of Lorn.{{sfnp|McKirdy|Gordon|Crofts|2007|p=179}}{{sfnp|Murray|1973|p=58}}

==History==
From about the 6th to the 8th century AD the [[Loarn mac Eirc|Cenél Loairn]] kindred controlled what is today known as [[Lorne, Scotland|Lorn]], which region includes the Slate Islands, in the then kingdom of [[Dalriada]].{{sfnp|Fraser|2009|pp=245-46,250}} Their main base may have been at [[Dunollie Castle|Dunollie]] near [[Oban]].{{sfnp|Woolf|2007|pp=7-8, 28}}
[[File:Kingdom of Mann and the Isles-en.svg|thumb|Location of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles at the end of the 11th century]]
By the late 8th century the area was a zone of conflict between the Celtic rulers of mainland Argyll{{#tag:ref|The placename "Argyll" is from the Gaelic ''Airer Goídel'' and can be translated as "Coast of [the] Gaels". It has been suggested that this name replaced Dál Riata when the 9th-century Norse conquest of the islands led to their new name in Gaelic of ''Innse Gall'' - the "islands of the foreigners" - which contrasted with the renamed mainland area.{{sfnp|Woolf|2006|pp=94–95}}|group="Note"}} and the newly arrived [[Norsemen|Norse]] settlers.{{sfnp|Woolf|2007|p= 57}} It has been suggested that Seil may be the ''Innisibsolian'' referred to in the ''[[Chronicle of the Kings of Alba]]'', which records a victory by the Scots over a [[Viking]] force during the time of [[Donald II of Scotland|Donald II]].{{sfnp|Hudson|1998| p=9}} The [[Francia|Frankish]] ''[[Annales Bertiniani]]'' may record the conquest of the Inner Hebrides by Vikings in 847{{sfnp|Woolf|2007|pp= 99–100, 286–89}} and there is an early reference to the Norse presence in the Irish records to a king of "Viking Scotland" whose heir Thórir brought an army to Ireland in 848.{{sfnp|Ó Corráin|1998|p=24}} Although there are few written references to the Slate Islands for this period the influence of the Norse language on placenames suggests that these islands then became part of the [[Kingdom of the Isles]]. [[Clan MacDougall]] were an important force in the area responsible for their mainland territories to the Scots crown, but to the Kings of Norway for their island territories until the 1266 [[Treaty of Perth]]. At this point the Hebrides and Mann and all rights that the Norwegian crown "had of old therein" were yielded to the [[Kingdom of Scotland]].{{sfnp|Barrett |2008|p=411}}{{sfnp|Hunter|2000|pp= 106–11}}

During the [[Wars of Scottish Independence]] the MacDougalls sided with [[Clan Comyn]] against King [[Robert the Bruce]], defeating him the [[Battle of Dalrigh]] in 1306. Two years later Bruce led three thousand veterans into Argyll against the MacDougalls and at the [[Battle of the Pass of Brander]] they were defeated and King Robert held most of their lands to be forfeit, including all their island possessions save for [[Kerrera]].{{sfnp|Campbell|2006|p=185}}<ref>[http://www.battlefieldsofbritain.co.uk/battle_methven_1306.html "Battle of Methven (1306): Aftermath"] Battlefieldsofbritain.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.</ref> Their fortunes were restored somewhat under [[John Gallda MacDougall]]. In the mid-14th century, he relocated from England to Scotland, married a niece of the reigning [[David II, King of Scotland]], and regained the clan's ancestral lands in Lorn.{{sfnp|Sellar|2004|loc=MacDougall, John, lord of Argyll}}

Three centuries later, Clan Dougall was on the losing side again. The failure of King [[James VII]] to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland led to the MacDougalls losing much of their land to the [[Duke of Argyll]].{{sfnp|Withall|2013|p=5}} The Slate Islands then became part of the Netherlorn estates of the [[Earl of Breadalbane and Holland|Breadalbane]] family, a branch of [[Clan Campbell]]. From the late 17th century the Dukes of Argyll began to lease land on a competitive basis rather than as a means of strengthening the welfare of their senior clansmen. This resulted in mass evictions in 1669, long before the [[Highland Clearances|clearances]] as such. During the 20th century the Breadalbane land on the islands was sold off as smaller farms and individual houses.{{sfnp|Withall|2013|p=viii}}{{sfnp|Duncan|2006|p=156}}

===Slate quarrying===
[[File:Flooded slate quarry on Easdale - geograph.org.uk - 140356.jpg|thumb|left|Flooded slate quarry on [[Easdale]]]]
Easdale slate had been quarried from as early as the 12th century using seasonal labour from the Breadalbane's Ardmaddy estate. In 1730 Colin Campbell of Carwhin was appointed as the Captain of Ardmaddy and tasked with exploiting the area's natural resources.{{sfnp|Withall|2013|p=5}} In 1745 Campbell created the Easdale Marble and Slate Company in order to place  extractions from the area on a more commercial basis.{{sfnp|Withall|2013|p=6}} At that point Easdale was producing 1 million slates per annum; when [[Thomas Pennant]] visited two years later production had increased by 250% and as further quarries were opened this further increased the company's production to 5 million per annum by 1800.{{sfnp|Withall|2013|p=7}}

Slate quarries were opened on Eilean-a-beithich, Belnahua, Luing and at Balvicar on Seil. Railway lines were laid to take the rock from the quarries to nearby harbours. Peak production was reached in the 1860s at 9 million slates per annum, with export destinations including England, [[Nova Scotia]], the [[West Indies]], the US, Norway and New Zealand. The [[John Campbell, 6th Earl of Breadalbane|6th Earl of Breadalbane]] had less interest in the industry than his predecessors although during the time of the [[Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane|7th Earl]] a new quarry was opened at Ardencaple in the north of Seil.{{sfnp|Withall|2013|pp=7-9}} However, disaster struck in 1881. In the early morning of 22 November a severe gale from the south-west wind and an exceptionally high tide flooded the quarries on Easdale and at Eilean-a-beithich "a large rocky buttress which supported a sea wall gave way under the excessive pressure of water".<ref name=electric>[http://www.electricscotland.com/books/netherlorn2.htm "Netherlorn and its Neighbourhood:Chapter II - Easdale"] Electric Scotland Retrieved 18 March 2012.</ref><ref name=southern>[http://www.southernhebrides.com/slate-islands.html "Slate Islands - The Islands that Roofed the World"] Southernhebrides.com. Retrieved 14 November 2009.</ref>  Eilean-a-beithich was never re-opened although production did continue at Easdale, Luing and Balvicar. Changes in demand - clay tiles were rapidly replacing slate as the roofing material of choice - led to commercial production ceasing by 1911 on Seil and in 1914 on Belnahua. Balvicar quarry re-opened from the late 1940s until the early 1960s{{sfnp|Withall|2013|pp=9-10}} but slate is no longer mined anywhere in the Slate Islands.

The Isle of Insh was bequeathed to the National Trust for Scotland by the island's former owner, David Brearley, when he died in 2016. After assessing the island's 'heritage significance' the trust attracted criticism when it subsequently decided to sell the island to a private company for £353,000 in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Trust deemed 'imperious' for selling Scottish island|url=https://theferret.scot/national-trust-imperious-for-sellingscottish-island/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=theferret.scot|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Economy and transport== 
Today, the islands' commerce is largely dependent on agriculture, tourism and lobster fishing.{{sfnp|Withall|2013|pp=46-47}} The Ellenabeich Heritage Centre which opened in 2000, is run by the Slate Islands Heritage Trust. Located in a former slate quarry-worker's cottage, the centre has displays about life in the 19th century, slate quarrying and the local flora, fauna and geology.<ref>{{cite web| title=Ellenabeich Heritage Centre| publisher=[[Gazetteer for Scotland]]| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10016.html | access-date=2007-07-25}}</ref>{{sfnp|Murray|1977|p=121}}

Seil has been linked to the Scottish mainland since 1792/3 when the [[Clachan Bridge]], also known as the "Bridge Over the Atlantic", was built by engineer [[Robert Mylne (architect)|Robert Mylne]].{{sfnp|Haswell-Smith|2004|pp=76-78}}{{sfnp|Murray|1977|p=121}} Ferries from Seil depart from Ellenabeich to [[Easdale]], and from Cuan to [[Luing]] across the [[Cuan Sound]].{{sfnp|Murray|1977|p=123}} The Easdale ferry uses a [[Cable ferry|chain and cog wheels]] designed by John Whyte in the mid 19th century.{{sfnp|Withall|2013|p=41}}

The Firth of Lorn is the seaway used by vessels going to and from Oban and [[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]]  from points south and the seas around the Slate Islands contain the sites of various shipwrecks. The greatest loss of life in the vicinity was suffered by the {{cvt|1770.|t|LT}} unladen [[Latvia]]n vessel ''Helēna Faulbaums''. She left the [[Mersey]] on 26 October 1936 en route for [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]. Encountering a storm, she headed for the Firth of Lorn seeking shelter although the light load meant that the propeller was ineffective in the high seas. At 7pm her steering failed and captain ordered the anchors to be deployed but they could not hold in the deep waters.{{sfnp|Baird|1995|p=113}} There is an extensive drying reef to the north of Belnahua<ref name=OS/> and at 10pm that night the ''Helēna Faulbaums'' struck it broadside and foundered, sinking within ten minutes{{sfnp|Baird|1995|p=113}} with the loss of 15 lives including two 18-year-old boys. Four sailors managed to scramble ashore and were rescued the next day by the [[Islay]] lifeboat and taken to [[Crinan, Argyll and Bute|Crinan]].<ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/102565/helena-faulbaums-belnahua-sound-of-luing "Helena Faulbaums: Belnahua, Sound Of Luing"]. Canmore - Quoting the Oban Times of 31 October 1936. Retrieved 7 June 2020</ref> The bodies of the other crew members were washed ashore on Luing.{{sfnp|Baird|1995|p=114}}<ref name=OT>{{Cite web|title=Luing recalls tragedy that claimed sailors|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-oban-times/20161110/282080571407746|date=10 November 2016|via=PressReader|publisher=[[The Oban Times]]|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>

The waters surrounding all the Slate Islands are part of the [[Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.snh.gov.uk/sitelink-api/v1/sites/10418/documents/61|title=Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Fishing Order Map|access-date=18 November 2019|publisher=Scottish Natural Heritage}}</ref>

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==Notes==
{{Reflist|group="Note"}}

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| isbn      =978-1-908373-50-2
}}
*{{Citation
|first=Alex
|last=Woolf
|year=2006
|chapter=The Age of the Sea-Kings: 900–1300
|editor-last=Omand
|editor-first=Donald
|title= The Argyll Book
|chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/4401840
|publisher  =Birlinn
|publication-place =Edinburgh
|isbn=1-84158-480-0
}} 
* {{cite book|first=Alex|last=Woolf|year=2007|title=From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=9780748612345}}

{{refend}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.slateislands.org.uk The Scottish Slate Islands Heritage Trust]

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