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Typescript draft of 'Strandhill, The Sea' beginning 'The street in front of Parkes' Guest House; grains of sand from the street coming on the grey fur of the tennis ball, the hopping under my hand idle as the conversations from the green bench before the flower bed, red bells of fuchsia vivid behind them and some roses and gilly-flowers....' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-7, pagination amended by hand to pp38-44.

Typescript draft of 'Strandhill, The Sea' beginning 'The street in front of Park's Guest House, grains of sand from the street coming on the fur of the tennis ball, the hopping under the hand monotonous as the conversations from the green bench before the flowerbed;' identical to the version of the story that appears in Nightlines , paginated pp 1-4.

Typescript draft of 'Sinclair' beginning '( A roar of chainsaw through timber)', contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-11, includes two inserts.

Typescript draft of 'Sierra Leone' beginning ' "I suppose it won't be long now till your friend is here," the barman said as he held the glass to the light after polishing, closing one eye like someone sighting down a gun barrel. ' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 11-19.

Typescript draft of 'Sierra Leone' beginning ' "I suppose it won't be long now till your friend is here," the barman said as he held the glass to the light after polishing, closing one eye like someone sighting down a gun barrel.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 1-19.

Typescript draft of 'Sierra Leone' beginning "I suppose it won't be long now till your friend is here," the barman said as he held the glass to the light after polishing, closing one eye like someone sighting down a gun barrel.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-11.

Typescript draft of 'Sierra Leone' beginning ' "I suppose it won't be long now till your friend is here," the barman said as he held the glass to the light after polishing.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-20, re-paginated pp 107-126 for the 'Getting Through' collection.

Typescript draft of 'Shame in a Polling Booth' beginning 'I have never seen such apathy and muted anger throughout a whole election campaign or such general agreement among commentators, especially that the election was unnecessary and wanted by nobody.'

Typescript draft of review of 'The Lost Salt Gift of Blood' by Alistair MacLeod beginning 'A few weeks ago, in late November, I had young cattle to sell and took them to the mart' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-5.

Typescript draft of 'Peaches' beginning 'The shark stank far as the house, above in the screech of the sea birds; it'd stink until the birds had picked the bones clean, when the skeleton would begin to break up in the sun.' Paginated pp 1-26.