LOCALITIES OF PEAT AND MARL. 
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(Table — continued.) 
Peat. 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
P 
No. of acres. 
County. 
Locality, and miscellaneous remarks. 
15 
Columbia,.... 
6 
Dutchess. 
40 
do .... 
5 
do .... 
300 
do .... 
150 
do .... 
do .... 
do .... 
do .... 
do ... 
60 
do .... 
40 
do .... 
do .... 
do .... 
do .... 
do .... 
do .... 
300 
do .... 
200 
do .... 
25 
do .... 
2 
do .... 
65 
do .... 
90 
do .... 
5 
do .... 
60 
do .... 
do .... 
do .... 
do .... 
50 
Sullivan,. 
1,000 
do . 
* 
do 
500 
do . 
50 
do . 
8 
do . 
10 
do • • • •. 
60 
do • • • • • 
40 
Ulster,. 
10 
do . 
60 
do . 
20 . 
do . 
10 
Delaware,.... 
Columbia. 
40 
*300 or 400 
30 
Putnam,. 
500 
do . 
8 
do . 
20 
do . 
One and a half miles north of Hillsdale. 
Between Hopewell and Stormville, in Fishkill. 
Between Hopewell and Fishkill, several localities. 
Between Stormville and Beekman. 
Pawling, extends from north end of Long pond, down its outlet. 
Amenia, on Lawrence Smith’s and other farms. 
Four miles northeast of Dover, east of the creek. 
One mile south of the above. 
Ditto ditto. 
Two miles south of Dover. 
Northeast part of Dover township, ancient lake filled up. 
South of the above, ancient lake filled up. 
AmeniavUle, Dr. Stanton’s farm. 
Two miles northeast of Ameniaville, on Dea. Sanford’s farm. 
Pine-Plains, one mile south. 
Pine-Plains, Cranberry marsh, near Stessing pond. 
Pine-Plains, Cedar swamp, near Stessing pond. 
Pine-Plains, valley of Stessing pond. 
Stanford, vaUey of Stessing pond. 
Poughkeepsie, three miles east of town. 
Two miles from Union corners. 
* Clinton, four miles east of Union corners, on land of Messrs. Un¬ 
derwood and Dennison. 
Two miles south of Union corners. 
Pawling, two miles north of Hurd’s corners. 
Stanford, in southeast part. 
Shaw pond, between Stanford and Washington. 
Mud pond, between Stanford and Washington. 
Round pond, Washington. 
Summit of canal between Wurtsboro’ and Red bridge. 
Along canal between Wurtsboro’ and CuddebackviUe. 
A few miles west of Ellenville. 
South of Monticello, in valley of Three brooks. 
One mile southwest of Monticello. 
Half a mile southwest of Monticello. 
Half a mile west of Monticello. 
Several marshes between Monticello and Bridgeville. 
North end of Passant Binnewater, between Dashville and Esopus. 
One mile north of the above, on the north branch of the south fork of 
Black creek. 
Several bogs on Black creek, near Poughkeepsie and Paltz road. 
Marlborough, on south road from Marlborough to Pleasant Valley. 
Roxbury, in valley of east branch of the Delaware. 
Copake. 
Taghkanic, one and a half or two miles west of Crysler’s pond. 
Drowned lands in Ancram. 
Near east side of Mahopack pond. . 
Near Patterson. 
Two miles east-northeast of West Point, in PhiUipstown. 
Eight miles from Coldspring, on road to Putnam court-house. 
* Rev. Mr. Shafter, of New-York. observed peat and marl in Rhinebeck, Northeast and Clinton, in 1817. He gave a section 
of one of the marshes, which is as follows : 
1. Sod and vegetable mould. 
2. A stratum of turf on peat,. 3 to 4 feet. 
3. A stratum of peat and marl mingled. 2 feet. 
4. A stratum of pure marl,. 2 to 3 feet. 
“ Below these was an appearance of sand and blue clay. The peat by drying aoquires a high degree of solidity.”t It is easily 
kindled, burns with a bright flame, yields a bluish smoke, and produces an odor similar to that which attends the combustion of 
gramineous substances. 
Journal of Science, Vol. 1, p. 139. 
