( 3 2 3 ) 



" The turf-man pays for rent .040 

 " For cutting, from is. 6d. to 2s o I 9 

 " For chimneying, (that is, pil- 

 ing them lattice-wife to dry) 006 



For boating to the ftaith, 6d. to 

 is. 009 



u 

 cc 



L. o 7 o 



Profit and hazard, (great quan- 

 tities are fometimes fwept away 

 " by the floods) o I 6 



" The felling price per thoufand L.o 8 6 



" The peats, when cut, are about four 

 ** inches fquare, but dry to about three inches 

 " and a quarter ; and from two to three feet 

 " long, or of a length equal to the depth of 



' the moor ; every foot of which, therefore, 

 " affords nine peats ; each yard 8 1 ; each 



' rod, 2,4507 ; and each acre, 392,040 ; 



; which, at AS. per thoufand, amounts to 

 " the fum of L. 78 * 8 : 2 an acre : Befides the 

 " additional advantage of having uncovered 



1 a ftratum of earth, which, in many parts, 

 " produces reed fpontaneoufly ; and on 



; which, it is highly probable, that valu- 



" able 



