YOU SAID:
Thus it was not rare to find
INTO JAPANESE
したがって、見つけることは珍しではなかった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Therefore, it was not uncommon to find
INTO JAPANESE
したがって、見つけることは珍しきではなかった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Therefore, it was not uncommon to find
That didn't even make that much sense in English.