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buried in which, trees of great fize have 

 fometimes been found. 



The NATURAL PRODUCE of the more lofty 

 fvvells of thefe- mountains termed provinci- 

 ally, the " high moors" is principally 

 beatb t interfperfed with patches of " bent j" 

 (a fpecics of rujh ;) together with the com- 

 mon rum and other aquatics in the vallies, 

 and on the bogs, with which even fome of 

 the fwells abound. 



But, at the feet of thofe fwells ; and on the 

 face of the cliffs which terminate them to the 

 fouth ; as well as upon the top of the margi- 

 nal heights ; which, when they fhoot far to 

 the northward, as between Newton and Cold- 

 thorn, are covered with black foil and heath ; 

 a number of the better grafles, with a va- 

 riety of other plants, may be found grow- 

 ing among the heath, notwithftanding the 

 ikuation, which, in point of bleaknefs, is 

 little inferior to the te Moorheads." 



A lift of thefe hardy plants may have its 

 ufe. 



Provincial. Linnean. EngHJh* 



Common ling, erica vulgaris, common 



heath. 

 Crow-ling, erica cinerea y fine-leaved heath. 



Wire 



