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extends beyond the lake to the mountain foot, 

 and is from 10 to 20 feet deep; rifes in perfect 

 hills, yet all bog. Lime is to be had here from 

 6d to 8d a barrel fix miles off. I had two ac- 

 counts, one of 6d, and the other of 8d, but 

 clayey gravel is to be had every where on the 

 fpot. The road leads acrofs the bog, and is 

 made of it. I remarked in feveral places, little 

 bogs, forming fpots of mofs growing on the 

 water, and in fome places rotting, with other 

 plants growing out of that. Cars may go three 

 or four times a day for lime, and bring three 

 barrels at a time. I was the more attentive to 

 this bog, becaufe it appeared to me to be one of 

 the moll improveable I had icen, and the fize 

 of it makes it an object worth the attention of 

 fome fpirited improver ; it is not every where 

 that fo decifive a fail is met with for rendering 

 the drains effective ; the diftance from lime is 

 advantageous. Suppofe a car, is. a day, and 

 to bring eight barrels, carriage of it then is lid 

 a barrel, and fuppofe the lime 7^d, in all o,d, 

 J 60, at that price, comes to 6 1. at which rate 

 I am clear it would anfwer to lay any quantity 

 on to fuch bogs as thefe. I had often heard of 

 roads being made over fuch quaking bogs, that 

 they move under a carriage, but could fcarcely 

 credit it j I was, however, convinced now, for 

 in feveral places, every ftep the horfe fet, mov- 

 ed a full yard of the ground in perfect heaves. 

 Got to a miferable cabin on the road, the wi- 

 dow Barclay's, which I had been afTured was 

 an exceeding good inn, but efcaped without a 

 cold, or the itch. 



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