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LETTER XII. 



IN ANSWER, FROM BOVEY. 

 PRESENT STATE OF THE COAL-PIT AT BOVEY. ...STRATA, &C. 



OUR little party are indebted to your letter of introduction to Mr. 

 Templer, for a considerable degree of pleasure ; and that, notwith- 

 standing that gentleman was obliged to be absent, in a distant 

 part of the country, at the time we paid our visit to Bovey, his 

 polite attention had prepared for us every gratification which the 

 kindest hospitality could direct : and careful that, notwithstanding 

 his absence, the object of our visit should be obtained, as com- 

 pletely as possible, he had requested a neighbouring gentleman to 

 conduct us to the pit, and furnish us with that information which 

 you wished to acquire. This gentleman, Robert Scammell, Esq. of 

 Bovey, with the greatest affability, accompanied us to the spot where 

 this extraordinary substance is found ; which we found deposited in 



layers, to a considerable depth, and extending but it is useless to 



give you the observations which I made, since, to secure to you 

 the most satisfactory account, I prevailed on our obliging and 

 scientific conductor to supply you with that intelligence, which his 

 repeated examinations of this spot, made effectual by his scientific 

 mode of conducting them, must render valuable. 



Particulars respecting Bovey Coal, dug at Bovey, near Chudleigh, 

 Devonshire by Robert Scammell, Esq. of Bovey. 



BOVEY COAL. 



THE strata covering the coal, consists of earth of the argillaceous 

 genus, the argilla apyra of Waller ; the pfeiffen erde of the Ger- 



