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the same width, is dug ; the soil from which is 

 laid on the adjoining surface of equal breadth, to 

 dry ; beyond this, another circle of sods is taken 

 out, and laid to dry in the same manner ; and 

 thus the work proceeds, until the quantity dug, 

 with that which is left undisturbed for a floor, 

 is as much as can be properly burnt on the 

 space in the centre. As soon as the sods are 

 sufficiently dry, some are gathered together; 

 the heap is set on fire ; and additions are made 

 of wet and dry sods, from time to time, so as to 

 keep up a regular, moderate, and smothered fire. 



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In proportion to the attention paid to these 

 particulars, is the husbandman rewarded by the 

 quantity of potash he will procure, much of 

 which, by a rapid combustion, would be vola- 

 tilized and thrown into the air. The labor is 

 greatly reduced by burning the sods in the 

 centre ; and though all are aware that a hasty 

 flaming fire is disadvantageous to their interest, 

 the reason of its being so is known to few, or, 

 that it is to the vegetable alkali thus procured, 

 they are principally indebted for the beneficial 

 results of the practice. 



This bog is parcelled out into farms, which 

 are let on leases of lives, after the rate of twenty 

 shillings per acre. I think there is no doubt of 



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