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falt, all of them much like that of harti 
horn. Ottoman, an apothecary at Stut- 
berg, from a Swabian peat, had a volatile 
fpirit, like that of fpirit of tartar, a foe , 
tid oil, but no volatile falt. 
The Ufes of Peat. 
THE principal ufe of peat is burning, ~ 
not only for the fervice of families, but 
likeways for that of a great many trades; 
‘fach as brewers, bakers, diftillers, making 
of lime, &c.: And, as there is a good 
deal of difference in peats, and fome kinds 
_ ‘preferred to others, I fhall here take no- 
‘tice of fome of the principal differences. 
THE firft is, with refpect to the place 
out of which they are taken. . Such as 
- aregot from brackifh grounds, near the fea, 
alfo fuch as are impregnated with vitriol 
or fulphur, have a difagreeable fmell, and 
ae are hurtful to the health. In Zealand, 
| they have a kind of peat, which, when 
: ~ burning, makes every body in the room 
look like a dead perfon; and, when they 
fit 
