PHYSICAL ann LITERARY. 249 
Art. IX. 
Of the Analyfis andU fes of Peat, by ALEXAN= 
DER LIND, Efquire *. 
The Analyfis of Peat: 
IVE ounces of peat, hard, dry, and of 
a deep brown colour, found fix or 
feven miles from Edinburgh, being diftil- 
led with a gradual heat, gave firft an ounce 
and an half of clear water; after which 
the oil began to come over, firft yellow, 
then darker coloured, till it became like 
tar, and, along with it, a yellow or brown 
coloured acid oily liquor, ftrongly empy- 
reumatic, to the quantity of fix drams: 
This liquor, towards the laft, became al- 
kaline: But of this there was only a fmall 
quantity ; for the diftilled liquor that 
came over firft, was found to be confide- 
rably acid, fo that it took more than a 
/ Vou, IL. Seca dram 
* 1744. 
