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are ftill fubfiding. I had, the laft fummer, 32. 

 acres of the bogs, which I have defcribed all 

 under tillage and meadow; I alfo mowed ten 

 acres of the bottoms on the river fides, between 

 the reclaimed bogs; and other ten acres of bot- 

 toms by the fame river, made meadow by banks 

 cafl up round them, to guard againft floods, 

 planted with alder and fallows: I have fix acres 

 more of the eaft bog reclaimed by a coat of gra- 

 vel only, never tilled, but referved for pafture; 

 but they are far inferior to the tilled bogs, and 

 will not be meadow until covered with other 

 manure, and tilled. I cannot afcertain the 

 depth of feveral parts of my reclaimed bogs, as 

 my borer of 1 8 feet long does not reach the 

 bottom of the north and eaft bogs; the fouth 

 bog is all 12 and 13 feet deep: but towards the 

 verge they are fhallower. The navigable lines 

 which I have defcribed, encompafs 31 acres, 

 except on part of the weft fide, where my houfe 

 ftands; thefe I call my garden or fm'all farm, 

 through which the old river winds; clumps of 

 fpruce fir, beech and alder, grow well on the 

 fides of the new river, where gravel was thrown 

 on the banks from the bottom w T hen it was firft 

 made ; the broad-leaved elm interfperfed through 

 the meadows reclaimed from the bog, alfo 

 thrive; I have two fmall groves on each fide of 

 the water lock, of a fpontaneous growth, from 

 the deep reclaimed bog, confifting of quicken or 

 mountain aft, birch, holly, and fallow, fome 

 of which are from 17 to above 20 feet high. In 

 making my navigable line, which runs w T eft to 



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