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huge sausag-e mill. The macerated pulp issues from the spout 

 in long continuous bars, which are cut by hand into short bricks 

 and transferred to cars which are then run into the heated cham- 

 bers for drying. The chambers are long brick structures which, 

 when filled with cars of peat bricks, are closed and heated by a 

 furnace at the end, the fumes from which are forced through the 

 chambers by a fan or steam jet. Some experience is necessary in 

 order to judge the amount of heat and time required to bring the 

 drying to the proper point. 



The fuel so produced is not in so condensed a form as when 

 pressed after drying, but is more of the specific gravity of hard- 

 wood and is, perhaps, in better form for kitchen ranges, as it will 

 make a quick fire. 



Newington, situated only some fifteen miles north of Corn- 

 wall, is on the edge of the watershed between the Ottawa and St. 

 Lawrence rivers. The country passed over on the trip from 

 Ottawa is the gently sloping surface of a marine terrace. This 

 was built up in the bottom of the gulf that was formed when the 

 present land surface was emerging from the sea after its burden 

 of ice was removed by melting. The surface was probably nearly 

 level, but in the continental uplift all parts did not attain the same 

 elevation, so that the gentle slope north may in part be due to 

 this cause. It is now drained by several streams, the branches 

 of the South Nation River, and in the trip over this part glimpses 

 were enjoyed of bits of scenery not unlike parts of the sparsely 

 wooded plains of the West. The drainage of the surface near the 

 channels of these streams is so nearly complete that there are not 

 many lake basins or swamps. Near the watershed between the 

 smaller streams and along the height of land between the major 

 systems undrained areas are more frequent. South of the station 

 at Newington there are depressions on what seems to be a former 

 wave-swept face of the terrace. The surface here is more un- 

 dulating and several basins are found. The lapse of time since 

 this land emerged from the sea, several thousands of years, has 

 allowed the complete filling by vegetable matter of the shallow 

 lake, which is here just at the height of land. 



The area and depth of this bog our short visit did not allow 

 us to determine, but the extent seems considerable and the depth 



