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half long, and of variable width, not exceeding half a mile in the 

 widest part, occurs at the southern end of Pokemouche harbour. 

 This peat is also composed of good clean moss. The highway 

 along the coast passes through it, and it is only about three or 

 four miles from the Caraquet railway. 



8. About four miles north-east of Shippegan Gully, on the 

 east side of Shippegan Island, a bog about three miles and a 

 half long and a mile or more in width was noted- The surface 

 rises from ten to twenty feet above the sea. In the bank the peat 

 was seen to be about ten feet thick, and clean and free from other 

 material. The chances for draining this peat are excellent, as it 

 borders the coast. It is. however, difficult of access except by 

 water. 



9. South of Pigeon Hill, Shippegan Island, another bog was 

 observed, between two lagoons, a mile and a half long or more, 

 and from a quarter to half a mile wide. It also contains moss 

 of good quality. 



10. The largest peat bog of New Brunswick is that of Miscou 

 Island, which covers more than half of its superficies. The great- 

 est length of ihis peat area is about six miles and its extreme 

 width not less than from three and a half to four miles, compris- 

 ing nearly 10,000 acres. The surface of the central part is from 

 20 to 25 feet above sea level, and as the bottom of the peat is 

 seen in some places to be in the littoral, it is probable the 

 extreme thicknes- is not less than from 25 to 30 feet. The cen- 

 tral part is a3 u^ual the highest, the surface of the bog having 

 a gertle slope then(^e to the periphery. The lower part of the 

 peat, wherever exposed, is crowded with the roots of shrubs and 

 small trees and rests on sand and gravel. This bog seems to oc- 

 cupy a shallow basin in the flat-lying Carboniferous sandstones 

 portions of the rim of which, as well as of the sand banks and 

 peat, are now undergoing erosion by the sea. The moss is still 

 growing and the surface is treeless and dotted with small ponds 

 which serve as favourite resting places for wild geese and brant in 

 their spring and autumn migrations. The quality of the moss of 

 this bog is excellent, and the facilities for draining it are of the 

 best description, surrounded as it is by the sea. Its inaccessibil- 



