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A peat bog of 5 or 6 acres is located about 1J miles from 

 Stormville, on the road to Beekman. 



An extensive peat bog extends north from Long pond down the 

 valley of its outlet. 



A large body of peat is said to exist on Mr Legget's farm in 

 Ghent. 



Peat probably exists in the marsh east of Great Nutten Hook. 



Extensive deposits are found a mile or two west of Maiden. 



Two or three small peat bogs occur in the south part of the 

 town of Ghent. They may contain 10 or 15 acres. 



A small marsh of ligneous peat occurs about 1-J miles north 

 of Hillsdale. 



There is an extensive peat bog on Lawrence Smith's and the 

 adjoining farms in Amenia. Professor Cassels reports it to 

 have an area of about 150 acres, containing probably 150,000 

 cords. 



He also reports that there is a peat bog 4 miles northeast 

 of Dover on the east side of the creek; another, 1 mile south 

 of the above; another, 1 mile south of the last mentioned; one 

 also 2 miles south of Dover; and one 8 miles south of Dover. 

 These contain an aggregate of probably 75,000 cords. 



Extensive peat bogs are found east of Elbow mountain, which 

 lies east and northeast of Dover. They are in the valley 

 through which the road passes from Kline Corners to the 

 Columbia furnace in Kent. The northern one is about f mile 

 long, and 200 yards wide, with an unknown depth. Its depth 

 was measured in several places, and it was generally 5 feet deep 

 within 5 rods of its edge. It was once a lake, now filled with 

 peat. Its mean depth may probably be placed at 9 feet, its area 

 at 60 acres, and its contents at 90,000 cords. 



The other bog south of this probably contains 40 acres, with a 

 depth of 6 feet; and its contents may be estimated at 40,000 

 cords. 



Peat is found abundantly in the vicinity of Pine Plains, and 

 some of it is of very good quality. A small bog is observed one 

 mile south of Pine Plains. Cranberry marsh and Cedar swamp, 

 near Stissing pond, are filled with peat. It is rapidly forming in 

 some parts of Stissing pond. 



Peat is forming on Woodward's farm, in Copake. In Tagh- 

 kanick, about a mile and a half or two miles west of Crystler's 

 pond, a peat bog of 30 or 40 acres occurs. 



The marsh in the valley of Stissing pond contains a great body 

 of peat; probably 500 acres are underlain by it, 2 yards deep; 

 and its contents may be estimated at 500,000 cords. 



In Clinton, 4 miles east of Union Corners, is a peat bog of 

 about 65 acres. It is on the land of Messrs Underwood & Deni- 

 son, and contains about 60,000 cords. 



