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 But the greatefl curiofity to be met with 

 in this country is the vaft moors, which 

 are 3, 4, and 5 miles over, and fome of 

 them near as long ; they confift of a foft, 

 fpongy, loole foil, as if ccmpofed of rotten 

 vegetables : It is all what they call turf, and 

 is dug into fquare pieces for burning ; when 

 dried it is light as a feather, and burns ex- 

 cellently ; over all the moors it lays in an 

 even ftratum, about five or fix feet deep, 

 upon a bed of (tiff blue and black clay : in 

 digging it away they frequently find vaft 

 fir trees, perfectly found, and fome oaks, 

 but not fo good as the firs ; the body of a 

 man was alfo found, the flefli was black, but 

 perfectly preferved ; after a fhort expofure 

 to the air, it crumbled into powder ; the 

 nature of the moor is mch, as to refill all 

 putrefaction, and no kind of worm can 

 live in it. The property of it is very re- 

 markable ; on each fide, at the diftance, as 

 I mentioned before, of feveral miles, are 

 many little flips of cultivated land, gene- 

 rally an acre (28 yards) broad, fome more, 

 and others lefs ; the proprietors of thefe 

 poiTefs a right to all the moor which bor- 

 ders upon their land in a ftraight line, un- 

 til they meet witli the oppjfite poffeifors, 

 who are in the fame fituation. Thefe cul- 

 tivated Hips, which confift of many clofes, 

 have all v and probably molt of the adjacent 



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