<para> Paragraph

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Typical paragraphs inside recursive sections

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  <section xml:id="mul2">
    <title>Securing a Permanent Colony in the Claimed Lands</title>
    <para>With land claimed in the New World, an expedition was mounted to establish a settlement.
      The first expedition failed. ...</para>
    ...
  </section>
  <section xml:id="mul3">
    <title>Native Inhabitants of the New World</title>
    <para>Upon establishing the Roanoke colony, the settlers ...</para>
  </section>
  <section xml:id="mul4">
    <title>Native Plants and Wildlife</title>
    <para>... The settlers discovered that while some roots could be eaten much in 
      appearance as they were dug, others had to be boiled before use as a foodstuff. 
      As more fully described below, other plants included beans, and several crops 
      previously unknown to the Europeans: 
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para><quote>macocqwer</quote> (gourds),</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para><quote>melden</quote> (an herb),</para>
        </listitem>
       <listitem>
          <para><quote>planta solis</quote> (sunflower &#8212; used in a type of bread, 
            as well as for broth),</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>peas (powdered in a mortar), and</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>potatoes.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </para>
    <section xml:id="mul4-1">
      <title>Gourds</title>
      <para>The native people grew a variety of large broad-leafed, ground-covering vines 
        which produced what they called <quote>macocqwer</quote> or gourds. (<emphasis 
        role="ital">See</emphasis> <xref linkend="mul-fig1"/>.) Varying in color 
        among shades of green, yellow, and orange, these gourds served a number of functions, 
        not chief of which was as a food source. ...</para>
      ...
    </section>
    ...
  </section>
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