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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Boat_leather" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="0" title="Beizen" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Bekleidungsleder" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Blöße" missing="" />
      <page pageid="7061" ns="0" title="Barrel pigmentation - Drum pigmentation" />
      <page pageid="6565" ns="0" title="Basic rules when dealing with leather" />
      <page pageid="6756" ns="0" title="Beaver fur" />
      <page pageid="6969" ns="0" title="Bio leather" />
      <page pageid="6766" ns="0" title="Bird leather" />
      <page pageid="7019" ns="0" title="Bison leather" />
      <page pageid="7205" ns="0" title="Boarded leather - Boarded grain" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>