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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <querypage qpoffset="10" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
        <page value="20170912154950" timestamp="2017-09-12T15:49:50Z" ns="0" title="David Sarkozi" />
        <page value="20170913155829" timestamp="2017-09-13T15:58:29Z" ns="0" title="EBird" />
        <page value="20180130163230" timestamp="2018-01-30T16:32:30Z" ns="0" title="Hale Hotspots" />
        <page value="20180130163749" timestamp="2018-01-30T16:37:49Z" ns="0" title="Comal Hotspots" />
        <page value="20180130163816" timestamp="2018-01-30T16:38:16Z" ns="0" title="Gonzales Hotspots" />
        <page value="20180130173208" timestamp="2018-01-30T17:32:08Z" ns="0" title="Floyd Hotspots" />
        <page value="20190120023610" timestamp="2019-01-20T02:36:10Z" ns="0" title="John Berner" />
        <page value="20190123155018" timestamp="2019-01-23T15:50:18Z" ns="0" title="Chambers Hotspots" />
        <page value="20190210151211" timestamp="2019-02-10T15:12:11Z" ns="0" title="County Hotspot Maps" />
        <page value="20190226134558" timestamp="2019-02-26T13:45:58Z" ns="0" title="Peter Keyel&#039;s County Listing Guide in the Southern High Plains" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>