Of the Bogs in Ireland. 



437 



Mr. Marsh's System. 



Beats in one Second. 



LXXIX. Copy of the Instructions given to their Engineers 

 by the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Nature 

 and Extent of the several Bogs in Ireland; with further 

 Particulars respecting the Bog of Allen, and its Sub- 

 strata ; accompanied with a transverse Section of Lully~ 

 more Bog, reduced from Mr. Griffith's S/ieet Section. By 

 Mr. William Fa key. 



X he secretary of the commissioners appointed to inquire 

 into the nature and extent of the several Bogs in Ireland, 

 and the practicability of draining and cultivating them, is 

 directed by the Board to communicate, for the information 

 of theengineers who may be employed, and of the proprietors 

 of bogs, the mode in which they have been advised to pro- 

 ceed. 



" 1st. — They propose to divide the Bogs of freland into 

 districts, and to assign each district in charge to one or more 

 engineers. 



.< 2d.-— Each of the engineers is to provide a sufficient 

 number of assistants, for whose qualifications he is to be 

 responsible. , 



<< 3d. — The commissioners think it necessary to direct 

 the attention of their engineers to the particular heads of 

 inquiry contained in these instructions ; but it is by no 

 means intended to confine their judgement within these 

 limits ; on the contrary, where local circumstances point 

 out a preferable mode of proceeding, the commissioners ex- 

 pect that it shall be fully stated, in addition to the infor- 

 mation on the different points which they now suggest. 



a 4th.'— -They conceive, that the first steps towards the 

 drainage of an extensive bog, should be to ascertain the 



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