PEAT BOGS OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 39 



miles in length and not less than two in width, and the thick- 

 ness in the centre is ui»wards of twent}' feet. This moor like- 

 wise occupies a shallow basin in the Carboniferous rocks, the 

 bottom of which must be below high tide level. Like other 

 bogs just described it is nearly destitute of trees, but in many 

 places is occupied with heath plants. It is still growing and 

 large portions of the moss were found to be well adapted to the 

 manufacture of peat fuel, while the chances for draining it are 

 very good, the peat being open to the sea on three sides. The 

 road from Chatham to the Escuminac Light House passes 

 through it, and water communication is of course available in 

 summer. 



KENT COUNTY. 



15. The north side of Kouchibouguac harbour is skirted 

 by peat for about two miles, iiaviog a width of a quarter of a 

 mile to half a mile. The road from Kouchibouguac village to 

 Point Sapin i)asses near it, otherwise it is only accessible from 

 the harbour. 



16. South ot the mouth of Kouchibouguac river two peat 

 bogs Avere observed. The northernmost one faces the lagoon, or 

 gully so-called, and is about half a mile in diameter, and as 

 broad as it is long. The southernmost bog lies between an arm 

 of Aldoane river and the lagoon mentioned and is just opposite 

 Big Cove. Th,o bog is about a mile long and fully half a mile 

 wide in the widest pai't. it is raised in the centre, without 

 trees, and contains a large quantity of fine moss. 



17. On the north side of Little Gully ai Richibucto Head, in- 

 side of the sand beaches, there is a bog of considerable extent. 

 Its length is about two miles and its width three quarters of a 

 mile. This bog contains a good supply of peat, and the drain- 

 age facilities are good; the nearest road is two or three miles dis- 

 tant. 



18. Two well developed peat bogs lie on the north side of the 

 Kent Northern railway, from three to five or six miles west of 

 Kingston. The one nearest this place is approximately two 

 miles long by a quarter or half a mile wide; the other is smaller. 



