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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 8-3-15 on page I-611 in "High-level line commands (originating from epic or eepic)".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{111.0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{bxeepic,graphicx}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{picture}(100,100)(-35,-25)
 \put(-30,65){\ellipse{20}{15}} \put(-20,65){\ellipse{20}{20}}
 \put(-10,65){\ellipse{20}{25}} \put  (0,65){\ellipse{20}{30}}
\linethickness{2pt}
 \put (10,65){\ellipse{20}{35}} \put (20,65){\ellipse{20}{40}}
 \put (30,65){\ellipse{20}{45}} \put (40,65){\ellipse{20}{50}}
\thicklines      \put(-30,20){\rotatebox{30}{\ellipse*{18}{35}}}
 \put(-20,20){\ellipse{20}{30}} \put(-10,20){\ellipse*{22}{25}}
 \put  (0,20){\ellipse{24}{20}} \put( 10,20){\ellipse*{24}{15}}
 \put (20,20){\ellipse{22}{12}} \put (30,20){\ellipse*{20}{9}}
 \put (40,20){\ellipse{18}{6}}  \put (50,20){\ellipse*{16}{3}}
\end{picture}
\end{document}