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fleman) he told me, That without cutting the Moffes, 
in the Method of Pits $ but by cutting in fully to the 
Channel, and by laying the heathy Turf, which is cut 
off the Top of the Mcfs* he faid, by laying it on the 
Channel, fo as to cover the Channel over, that in pro*, 
grefs of Time aMofs would grow there again $ but not 
fo haftily as in the Pits. 
I never obferved any of thefe Moffes, which did not 
ffand on Plains : Albeit the heathy, or heathry Turf, do 
•>. over-fpread the Faces and Declivities of the Scots Moun- 
* Cains, for the moft part j there are* many Moffes, which 
v ffand very high on thefe Hills 5 yea fometimes not very 
far from the Top. But the Peat Moffes are always in 
a Plain, tho’ there be Defcents to them, and Defcents 
from them $ yet I never obferved them to ftand on 
fuch a Plain, as the Water might ftagnate on: And 
they always have a Defcent to them, from fome higher 
- Grounds, whereby Water did defcend to that Plain ^ 
which I take to be the Parent of Peat. Thus much of 
ft the -Moffes in general. 
%Xn many of thefe Moffes, there is found quantities of 
V Firr and Oak Wood * for, as I faid, I never obferved 
nor heard of other Woods in them. Thefe are ordi- 
narily found in whole Trees 5 but the fmaller Branches 
are feldom found unconfumed. I have feen very many, 
and very great Trees of both kinds : But generally 
Tpeaking, the Oak is always black 5 the Firr fometimes 
whiter, fometimes redder, as is obferv’d in all Firr 
Woods : But neither Firr nor Oak, are found with any 
Bark upon them. The Firr is generally as frelh and 
tuff, and as fit for any Ufe, as any other old Wood is: 
Only the Wood of thefe found in Moffes, has To im- 
bibed the Water, that it takes a long time to dry, 
and fit it for Ufe, efpecially the Oak , infomu.ch, 
that when it is put into any fm^li Work, it readily 
warps and changes its Figure. We never find any cf 
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