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heat. It is fold for about ten (hillings a waggon- 
load, delivered at their houfes in the town. The 
aihes alfo prove very good manure for both grafs 
and arable land ; and the farmers give from four 
pence to fix pence a bufhel for them, which renders 
this firing very cheap. 
Great numbers of trees are plainly vifible in the 
true peat, lying irregularly one upon another j and 
fometimes even cart-loads of them have been taken 
out, and dried for firing : but the nearer thefe trees 
lie to the furface of the ground, the lefs found is 
the wood : and fometimes the fmall twigs, which 
lie at the bottom, are fo firm, as not to be eafily cut 
thro’ with the ufual peat-lpade. Thefe trees are ge- 
nerally oaks, alders, willows, and firs, befides fome 
others not eafily to be known. The fmall roots are 
generally perifhed ; but yet have fufficient figns to 
fhew, that the trees were torn up by the roots, and 
were not cut down, there being no fign of the ax or 
faw ; which, had they been felled, would have been 
plainly vifible. 
No acorns are found in the peat, tho’ many cones 
of the fir-tree are, and alfo a great number of nut- 
fhells. They are all of a darkifh colour ; and the 
nuts are hollow within, and fome of them have a 
hole at the broad end. 
A great many horns, heads, and bones of feveral 
kinds of deer, the horns of the antelope, the heads 
and tufks of boars, the heads of beavers, &c. are alfo 
found in it : and I have been told, that fome human 
bones have been found ; but I never faw any of tilde 
myfelf, tho’ I have of all the others. 
But 
