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through the valley that could be directed 
Into the stream. By this means the 
head of the water was soon lowered, and 
In consequence the bog ceased to flow, 
and all the loose masses which floated 
on the river, were broken to pieces by 
labourers placed at intervals throughout 
its course. 
Such was the situation of affairs on 
my arrival at the hog early on Saturday- 
morning. During "the course of the 
day, I exerted myself to carry into ex¬ 
ecution the well advised plans which 
had previously been commenced by Mr. 
Killaly. Towards evening, the floating 
masses which came down the river be* 
gan to lessen considerably both in size 
and number; and finding every thing 
proceeded with regularity and cer¬ 
tainty, I thought it useless to remain 
longer. 
At present I entertain no apprehen¬ 
sion of further devastation from the bog, 
except in the event of a very great fall 
of rain during the present week. Slight 
rains would he of service to increase 
the current of water, and facilitate the 
removal of a considerable deposit of 
heavy, black bog mud, which at present 
tills the bottom of the stream. The 
general current, has, however, been 
much increased by the breaking down 
of the weirs on the river Brusna, below 
the junction of the bog river. 
I shall now describe the present ap¬ 
pearance and state of the bog and 
moory valley. 
In the centre of the bog, for the space 
of about a mile and a half in length, 
and a quarter of a mile in breadth, a 
valley has been formed, sloping at the 
bottom from the original surface of the 
bog, to the depth of 20 feet, where the 
eruption first took place. In this valley 
or gulf there are numberless concentric 
cuts or fissures, filled with water nearly 
to the top. 
The valley between the edge of the 
bog and the road of Kilbride, for the 
length of half a mile, and an extent of 
between 60 and 80 acres, may be con¬ 
sidered as totally destroyed. It is co¬ 
vered by tolerably firm bog, from six 
to ten feet in depth, consisting at the 
surface, of numberless green islands, 
composed of detached parts of the moory 
meadows, and of small rounded patches 
of the original heathy surface of the 
bog, varying from two to ten feet above 
its former course, so as to flow over the 
road. 
Beyond the road to Kilbride the bog 
has flowed for one mile westward, and 
covered from 30 to 70 acres; in this 
pai 11he heathy patches of bog gradu¬ 
ally lessen in quantity; the green is? 
lands disappear, and nothing is observed 
but a thin deposit, consisting of granu¬ 
lated black bog-mud, varying from one 
to three feet in thickness.' This, though 
destructive for the present year, may 
when dry be burnt, and removed for 
manure to the neighbouring uplands, 
or left on the spot to fertilize the 
valley. 
Thus the whole distance which the 
bog lias flowed is about three miles in 
length, namely, one mile and a half in 
the bog, and the same distance over the 
moory valley: and the extent covered 
amounts to about 150 acres. 
BAPTIST MISSION. 
The following concise view of the 
translations of the Holy Scriptures, is 
exti acted from the Seventh Memoir, 
dated Serampore, Dec. 1820. 
I. In Bengalee , the fifth edition of 
the New Testament, containing 5000 
copies, which was printed off about 
tlnee years ago, is nearly exhausted, 
and of the different parts of the Old, 
scarcely a single copy lias been left for 
some time past. The continual de¬ 
mand for this version, therefore, lias 
icndeied it necessary to print a new 
edition of the whole Scriptures. This 
edition, which will form the sixth edi¬ 
tion of the New Testament, and the 
third ol the Psalms, and some other 
parts ol the Old Testament, will consist 
of 4000 copies, and of the New Testa¬ 
ment 2000 extra, the demand being so 
very great. By using a new fount of 
types, of a reduced size, and printing in 
double columns, on a large octavo page, 
the brethren hope to bring the whole 
five volumes into one volume of about 
1300 pages, royal octavo, or two very 
moderate volumes,and the New Testa¬ 
ment into a neat duodecimo of about 
400-pages. 
2. In the SungsJcrit , the last volume 
of the Old Testament was printed off 
about two years ago. The first edition 
of the NewTestament is quite exhaust¬ 
ed, and the numerous calls for the 
Scriptures in this language, by the lite¬ 
rati of India, have induced the brethren 
to put to press a second edition of the 
whole Scriptures. This will likewise 
be printed in double columns in the 
large octavo size, and the whole Scrip¬ 
tures be comprised in one volume. It 
will 
