Timber of great Diameter found in the Bogs. 3 19 



This implement is well designed for cutting 

 turf, and it is said to answer for the trenching 

 of ground. 



In passing through the bogs, we have fre- 

 quently seen timber extracting from them. On 

 quitting the place where we had stopped, we 

 had an opportunity of examining an oak about six 

 feet in diameter and thirty in length, perfectly 

 sound ; it had been a fine tree, and had recently 

 been drawn from the bog. After travelling two 

 miles at the base of Mount Nephin, we arrived 

 at the pass of Barnaghee, which is the steepest 

 and longest hill I ever ascended, the Alps ex- 

 cepted. Our comparatively light carriage was 

 a severe drag to the horses. Over this almost 

 invincible barrier did the French convey two 

 field-pieces : a few hundred men well posted 

 would have been sufficient to have baffled the 

 attempt of an army. It took us an hour and a 

 half to gain the summit of the hill. During our 

 walk up, the post-boy, who, though somewhat of 

 a knave, was a shrewd fellow, observed that the 

 want of precaution in the royal army was at- 

 tended with very cruel and afflicting circum- 

 stances to the country ; that few were disposed 

 to join the French at first, from the contempti- 

 ble state of their force \ but after their success 



