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marl bad been strewed several times at un- 

 known dates, boles were dug in 1842 ; and a 

 layer of cinders could be traced at a deptb 

 of 3 1 incbes, beneatb wbicb at a deptb of 

 9 J incbes from tbe surface tbere was a line 

 of cinders togetber witb burnt marb On tbe 

 sides of one bole tbere were two layers ot 

 cinders, at 2 and 3^ incbes beneatb tbe sur- 

 face ; and below tbem at a deptb in parts 

 of 9^, and in otber parts of 10^ incbes tbere 

 were fragments of burnt marl. In a fourtb 

 field two layers of lime, one above tbe otber, 

 could be distinctly traced, and beneatb tbem 

 a layer of cinders and burnt marl at a deptb 

 of from 10 to 12 incbes below tbe surface. 



A piece of waste, swampy land was 

 enclosed, drained, plougbed, barrowed and 

 tbickly covered in tbe year 1822 witb burnt 

 marl and cinders. It was sowed with grass 

 seeds, and now supports a tolerably good but 

 coarse pasture. Holes were dug in tbis field 

 in 1837, or 15 years after its reclamation, 

 and we see in tbe accompanying diagram 

 (Fig. 5), reduced to balf of tbe natural scale, 

 tbat tbe turf was | incb tbick, beneatb wbicb 

 tbere was a layer of vegetable mould 2^ incbes 



