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LETTER XII. 
IN ANSWER, FROM BOVEY. 
PRESENT STATE OF THE COAL-PIT AT BOVEY STRATA, ETC. 
Our little party are indebted to yonr letter of introduction to Mr. 
Templer, for a considerable degree of pleasure ; and that, notwith- 
standing that gentleman was obliged to be absent, in a distant part 
of the country, at the time we paid our visit to Bovey, his polite 
attention had prepared for us every gratification which the kindest 
hospitality could direct : and careful that, notwithstanding his ab- 
sence, the object of our visit should be obtained, as completely as 
possible, he had requested a neighbouring gentleman to conduct us 
to the pit, and furnish us with that information which you wished to 
acquire. This gentleman, Robert Scammell, Esq. of Bovey, with 
the greatest affability, accompanied us to the spot where this extra- 
ordinary substance is found ; which we found deposited in layers, to 
a considerable depth, and extending but it is useless to give you 
the observations which I made, since, to secure to you the most 
satisfactory account, I prevailed on our obliging and scientific con- 
ductor to supply you with that intelligence, which his repeated exa- 
minations of this spot, made effectual by his scientific mode of con- 
ducting them, must render valuable. 
Particulars respecting Bovey Coal, dug at Bovey, near Chudleigh, Devon- 
shire — hy Robert Scammell, Esq. of Bovey. 
BOVEY COAL. 
The strata covering the coal, consists of earth of the argillaceous 
genus, the argilla apyra of Waller ; \h.e pfeiffen erde of the Germans. 
