I'KBIll.K 



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Ucajr of ptfetaUe MilBUacn after life ha cowed 

 i- ua rapid. TtM Mrirc cmered l.y peat b very 

 xtewiv* in all iMHpwM* region. In England it 

 i* i;n4eerihln ; it b greater in Scotland, an<l % >> 

 Ktrat in Ireland. &mie largv peat- >K occur in the 

 mala of Europe. even MV UM ea, and in mure 



' the mM or Impi are -nil more 

 occur aUo in ibe nortluni United 



_ l estBi>eU ni ( 'anada in! 

 For ibeir phy*kl cliaract*r anil 

 tfce mode of reclaiming them, we HIM;, an.) 

 LAXDB. Mete peal b not a good ~>ii. > when 

 MfBrieally drained, bat by UM HfMMttM >! lime, 

 nun I. Ac, it b ooo cooverU-1 into valunlde land. 

 yielding excellent crona. A inixtura of peat in 

 oflM of benefit to oik otbenrbe poor ; anil for 







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manv hraht, a* rhododendron*, kaliuian, whortle 

 berrtoB. At, no oil b eo Mutable an one largely 

 .... 



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and b till much in reqne*l in the hillier parta of 

 Scotland and England. In Holland, Denmark, and 

 parU of nortli itennany il b abo in UM for the 

 ame |mrpoM>. Peal b'a light and bulky kind of 

 fuel, and cannot be conveyed to conaideralile 

 itbtimnn without too great expense. Effort* have, 

 >ver, been made to render it IIIOM- p-m-rally 

 . .jl, and to promote ihe reclaiming of lmg. hv 

 npming it until it* *pecilic gravity in nearly 

 equal to that of coal. For tlii- pur|ioi<e il b firet 

 reduced to a |>"l|> Hut the procem ha* not yet 

 Wen ad\anugiuly prunecuted on an ex 

 mil, though num. ron- machine-! for the purpose 

 have been patented in (terniany ami in the I'm ted 

 Slate*, ('--at charcoal, made from iinoonipreand 

 peat, b very light ami inllammahle, and tln-iefore 

 WMoilable for manv purpose*, hut for other- it i- 

 jiartirularly ailaptnl, ami no kiml of charcoal excels 

 II in antiseptic and deodorisim; pro|>vrtie. Peat 

 eharaoal b highly erteemed lor the -m. Itin-.- of 

 iron awl for working and tempi-ring the liner kiml* 

 of ualleijf. Charcoal made from cotnpruMM-d |-jit 

 b b) ilunalll m|-nor i-> woo.1 charcoal, and in 

 capable of being ns I a eoke. Hut the ....... i -I.-M 



of neat into charcoal ha> not proves) remunerative ; 

 aad the atlempU to olitain vahiahlc priHlucts 

 acid, ammonia, inllammaMe oil 



ammonia, 



Horn its di-xlructiti- distilla 

 lion hare been nimilarly un-uci .-s>ful 



I 'eat. *|iecially prefiareil. in very M-rvie.-alile for 

 ike. A* ami-eptic. it ha* been 

 ! for laying on wound- Flower |>tn ate -..m.- 

 UMleof peat ; it b eaxy lo Iran-plant llowci- 

 growing in tliem iih. ..it l.,-ci,i,,^ ti,,- ..,,!, i,,,,,, 

 Uw roota, the pot being reailily rut to pi,i-<w ; and 

 liqaitl manure applied onUidc findu iu way to the 



j JT4MW <x> la* ITatxral Binary and Origin 

 mx Ml, Tmlut m Mr Oripi*. 



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W AfHfmll,rtl AiHorf of fml-mom or Twrf. 

 taf (1MB i. * ptruwaUrr Htparl o OH Dntrwetm 

 / J/-1-. ./ fr.. ,. Tin ftft 



' .o,kfa, Pnkutoric Ampc. 



(ptt,ll.lv allM to btbU,. from tl,,- 

 of wat-r ninnin- amnnK nloneii), a mall, 

 round. walr wnrti -t-m- of any kind: hut nli 

 ieveller* ometimni an a^al* a^al<~ la-inn often 

 foand a lmiM> prhhlni in .(r.-nm.. ami lliow- of 

 Scotland in partlmlar 1-in |ipiilarly diwienated 

 Hett'ti FMitt. Hence the name lian mine . 

 teriiu-nded to mckcrmlal when not in the 

 MM |h-|.,.|t of |-l.l,li- i in the MOM 

 rt wator wim tone, i ncriir amonK the ruckn 

 of all pmnU. Kiit Uw i-U.le. are wldom IIMW ; 

 ^^H* mwrallr cemenlnl toRrlh.-i U it.m. lime. 

 ^^K, tormiM a |i.l.lin. ,,, I.... 



hardmm (m CoROUniUUTI] 



are oHuetime* found in dc|>oits whicli ha- 

 formed in |HTleotlv -lill \\uler, IIH in clialk ami linn 

 hilt. They niii-t Imve IHIMI limited to their |ilai-e> 

 eiitanjjlwl'in the root- of t !<, or attaclie.1 to ilie 

 f larp- hlioyailt waee.i-. KllA/.lLIAN 

 PKBBLBS(K> r.illol tiom Ilia.-il having IMMMI lon^' 

 fainoun for the purity of il- rock en ftal ) iu>- \<-.\ 

 pine piit-e*. of Kix'k crytal (i|.v.) u-i-d hy opticiaiiM 

 lor making the lennex of |>o : 



Prbrliif. Bw r \-n.fn, SILK. 



I'rcau. s.-.- HK-KOBY. 



Prrcary (1'irntyla), a genun of tin- family 

 Siiid.e. containing; Kt leiu-t two i-peeie*. They liavo 

 fewer teeth ( thirty -ri^ht ) than the ordinary w ine 

 i f-itty four), and a veiv short tail. The name 

 liicotylra in derived from a ^Innd II]H)|I the Imck, 

 almoitt correxponding in po-i;ion to the na\i-l 

 In-low. I), tiirijiinlii^ i found from Aiknn 

 Patagonia, ami in almtit M teet Ion- : hut tln> 

 larger and fiercer L>. lalriatut only i.inj.- iiom 



Feocarjr (Dieotytet labiatui). 



Central America to ooiithem Brazil. The latter 



i- \..<-ptiunally puunaeioii!,. and, an it goeo alMiut 

 rommoiilv in herds, it is extremely ilan;;eiou> lo 

 meet w nh. Even the jaguar i tuiid to retire In-tdre 

 iteveral of thi-x- .uiimaU when l>andeil top-ther. 

 lioth n|M-<-ieK, whii'h frti-ly hreed together, are 

 usually to be wen at the Xoolo^cjil (Janli-n- in 

 London. 



Pr-rhMI. <:n.P OF, a land-leke<l e\i 

 of the Yellow Sea(q.v.), lietween the Imne of the 

 Con-ail penim-iila and the Chinose province of 

 Khan-lung, into which the I'ei-lm (ij.v.) di-charK. >. 



lung, into which the I'ei-lm (ij.v.) 



P' - k, .1 mi-a-iire of <-a|ui<-ity for dry <.'IHH!-.. -ui-h 

 aKcniin. fruit. \c. It be))ulralent to I wo gallons. 

 and i-. the fourth ]mrt of a hiiliel ; it thus eontains 

 in llritnin .V.-;4S ciihie inches, mid in the I niled 



State* -V<7 IHCl ellhic inches. The old Scotch |'ek 



of wheat was slightly lc-sti, : ,n tbeunperial(Britudi) 

 peck ;of barley, fttaot 1 i:>ti iui|H-rial peck. 



Pcrork. ItKiiiN.M.n, author of Tlif l.'cprtnor 



nf Over-Much Hl<mi>nii J t/ir C/rrifi/, W:i 



Inoluihly l>rn in Wales; was a r*JOW of Uriel 

 'ollep', U\f<ud, in 1417. and was ordained acolvie 

 and snh deacon in M'.ll. pr<H-e<ilin<; to deacon s 

 and priest's ordem in the two following 

 Hi- pii'ictment- were the master-hip of Whitting- 

 Ion College, l.omlon, together with the leelorvof 

 Si Mi. hail in Kiola ; the lpi-li<iinic of St Asaph's, 

 fiom Iliike Hiimphrev of QlOoowtM in I 1 1 1, 

 when he nlno received liis decree of DiM-tor of 

 I'ixinity. and of Chichi-ster. ilnou^h the patron- 

 :<- of i IIP ill fated \Villiam de la I'ole. Iliike ,,f 

 SulFolk. in I4."i(l. A simlcnt of jjrent lenruii 

 indn-tiy. he pliinp--! i-a^erly into the eontro 

 of theihiy. and compiled many In-atises, of which 

 the l>i, ml d\ 1440). on the main truths of Chris- 

 tianity. and hilt practical lHni,^, ,, /,,,t/i (r. 

 I4.VJ), written for the UillanN, are still extant, 



