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vision to the south; but if made during the dry season, 

 covered with the smoke of numerous fires where the peat 

 is burning from which it may be inferred that in these 

 bogs there is an inexhaustable supply of material for fuel 

 if a proper and sufficiently economical method of manu- 

 facturing it for use can be found. 



In this sketch only a few salient points have been 

 noticed. Many others might be referred to, and if the 

 journey is repeated on each occasion new ones may be 

 observed. 



Apart from any scientific interest, or even in its absence, 

 there may be a moral or quasi moral side to the question. 

 The habit of observation is a most valuable one. It 

 stimulates and calls into action faculties which in their 

 turn exert a most powerful influence, both mentally and 

 physically, producing quickness and certainty of thought 

 and action, and doubtless in many cases replacing care- 

 lessness and indifference with those qualities which go 

 far to make the differenec between failure and success 

 in life. 



