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VII. An Account of the Strata met rpith in 
for Marie, and of Horns found under Ground in 
Ireland ; in a Letter from iVIr, James Kdly to 
the Right Honourable iidwara Southwell, Bj(i\ 
Honour d Sir, 
Dovcjjpntrick^f 
Dec. 22, 1725. 
S I N C E I know you to be a Gentleman very cu- 
rious in fearching after Nature, I thought it would 
not be unacceptable, to give you an account of thcfe 
Appearances, that we meet with in fearching for Marie, 
now in fo plentiful a manner lound on your Eflate in 
this Country. 
Our Marie is found no where but in the Bottoms of 
low Boggs, where we fearch for it with Augres, and 
find it at the depth of feven, eight, or nine Foot: Ihis 
in many Places occafions great Fxpence in draining ofF 
the Water. When we think to dig for it, w^e chule out 
fix able Labourers and a Supernumerary; then We cut 
up a Hole twelve Foot fquare ; becaufe we judge that 
this Number of Men will manage that Pit in one Day, 
v/z. two Men to dig, two Men to throw it up, and two 
Men to throw it by. The Supernumerary fupplies De- 
feds in every part, as will be found necefiary. For the ‘ 
firft three Foot, we meet with a fuzzy fort of Earth, 
that we call Ho/s, proper to make Turf for Fuel ; then 
we find a Stratum of Gravel about half a Foot; under 
which, for about three Foot more, we find a more kind- 
ly Mofs, that would make a more excellent Fuel ; This 
is altogether mixt with Timber, but fo rotten, that the 
Spade cuts it as eafily as it doth the Earth : Under this, 
