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INFLAMMABLES. 73. Tnrfa, 
INFLAMMABLES. 
73. TURFA. Generally of a dull colour, and 
more or leis fibrous texture : when burnt emit' 
ting fumes which are exceedingly ofFenfive to 
the fimell and the eyes: confiding of the fibrous 
roots and other parts of vegetables moie or If^* 
intermixed, and combined with bitumen. 
c<gspitosat Whitifli, light, eafily and fpeedily burning into aihes with 
flame and a final I degree of fumes. 
Turf. Kir’wan mineral. 2. p. 62. 
1 urt. SchmeiJJer mineral, I. p, 296. 
1. Confiding principally of heath. 
2. Confiding chiefly of modes and gralTef. 
Found commonly on moors and heaths, covering the furface of 
the ground, or covered with a light dratum of the foil on)}’’ 
and is generally in deeper layers than others of its kind : it 
is compofed of the radicles of heath and modes which ha'® 
undergone very little alteration, and is pale, hoary, or whe" 
contaminated with iron ochraceous : it is fo light that a pief® 
14 inches long, 6 broad, and 4 thick, will weigh only 
13 to 1 5 ounces: its vapour is not fo difagreeable to the nof® 
and eyes as many others, but it confumes very quick, giv'®® 
but little heat, and leaves a large quantity of allies. 
filiata. Of a texture approaching fo the lamellar. 
Croteft. miner, feil, 291. 5. 2. 1.2. 
Found in bogs and fpongy places, collcflcd into fmall hillock-’* 
and condds of numerous unequal layers which are feparabi® 
like the leaves of a book : the vegetables of which it is cona'' 
pofed arc in a rather more decayed date than thofe of the laA' 
maritimat Burning flowly, and emitting molt olFenfive fumes to 
nofe and eyes. 
Darry. Wali.Jyft. miner. I, p, 20, n. 6. b. 
Found in low maritime dtuations and in the neighbourhood 
fait fprings, rather ponderous, of a darkilh colour, and takes 
a longer time in confuming than T. csefpitofa, and gives ou^ 
tpuqh wore heat. 
