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time it was in the bog, and without being touched \)y a workman from 

 start to finish. The German process requires weeks of time and many 

 handlings. The product of the new process is a spongy, finely divided 

 substance, which, I am told, is considered by good Judges to be greatly 

 superior to the imported material. In the autumn of 1895 the buildings 

 were burnt and have not been rebuilt. The supply is exhaustless, and if 

 the many new uses occasionally reported for the fibre prove to be exten- 

 sive, or if its preparation for stable purposes can be made profitable, it 

 will be the basis here of a large industry. 



