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The Foulon peat is the result of a small local marsh caused 

 by a silt-basin which was drained when the Fonlon to Bouet 

 douit was cut. This must have been in existence a very long 

 time as evidenced by the depth of the peat. 



There is no geological reason for differentiating the peats 

 from each other in respect of age. They all belong to the 

 Forest period and have continued down to recent and even 

 to historical times as regards their last remains. 



The order of deposits is as follows : — 



1. — Land silt varying from a few r inches to about 1 foot. 



2. — An upper peat deposit 1 foot thick. 



3. — On the sea coast : A marine deposit of from 12 

 to 36 inches in thickness. 



4. — Mossy peat of dark brown colour containing branches 

 of trees. Marshy peat, black, soft and in places amorphous. 

 4 to 6 feet in thickness. 



5. — True forest peat with roots and trunks of trees. 

 Light yellow clay. 



A. CoLLENETTE, 



Sec. Geological Section. 



