li4t Diminution of Fuel from the Bogs. 



Fuel constitutes their principal comfort, and 

 is become a very important consideration. 

 Warmth, unquestionably, may be added as a 

 fourth to the other three natural wants of man. 

 In addition to the duration of light, it is warmth 

 that gives to summer the decided superiority 

 over the rest of the seasons ; and though ex- 

 cessive heat may occasionally produce some 

 disorders, yet warmth is the restorer and pre- 

 server of health, and the great ingredient in 

 human felicity. On this view of the subject it 

 is much to be regretted that the source whence 

 the fuel of the country is generally obtained, 

 namely, the bogs, is in this district becoming un- 

 prolific. The bog, which has hitherto afforded 

 the needed supply, is wearing away, and the 

 people ere long will be compelled to resort to 

 more distant substitutes; for as the bogs do 

 not regenerate, and as the demand on them is 

 likely to increase yearly, in time they must fail 

 to administer the comfort now derived by the 

 inhabitants. This consequence is not unlikely 

 to operate as a check to the further increase of 

 population. 



The condition and state of the people, at least 

 in this part of th6 country, exceeded the ex- 

 pectations I had formed of their industry 



