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accounts for the perfect state in which bog oak, horns 

 and bones of animals, &c, have been found in the Irish 

 peat. The Bog-moss continues growing till it rises far 

 out of the water, other plants twine amongst it, earth is 

 gradually formed, and the barren swamp becomes in time 

 a verdant place where cattle may feed. Who can tell 

 but that, in centuries to come, yonder black tarn may be 

 carpeted and covered by this useful and redeeming moss ? 



