Index: class/System.XML/System.Xml/XmlDocument.cs
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RCS file: /mono/mcs/class/System.XML/System.Xml/XmlDocument.cs,v
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -r1.53 XmlDocument.cs
--- class/System.XML/System.Xml/XmlDocument.cs	13 Jan 2003 20:27:45 -0000	1.53
+++ class/System.XML/System.Xml/XmlDocument.cs	14 Jan 2003 12:07:16 -0000
@@ -695,12 +695,16 @@
 			XmlNode currentNode = null;
 			// It was originally XmlDocument.Load(reader reader) when mcs was v0.16.
 			int startDepth = reader.Depth;
-			bool atStart = true;
+			bool skipRead = false, atStart = true;
 			bool ignoredWhitespace;
 
+			skipRead = (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element);
 			do {
 				ignoredWhitespace = false;
-				reader.Read ();
+				if (!skipRead)
+					reader.Read ();
+				else
+					skipRead = false;
 				// This complicated check is because we shouldn't make
 				// improper additional XmlReader.Read() by this method itself.
 				if(atStart && (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.EndElement ||