...enough of their original characters will remain to make them known. Peat, it has been said, consists of vegetable matter which has undergone a peculiar...sufficiently great to decompose the plants that have sprung up upon the surface, these plants accumulate ; and, aided by a certain degree of humidity, are converted...

...enough of their original characters will remain to make them known. Peat, it has been said, consists of vegetable matter which has undergone a peculiar...decompose the plants that have sprung upon the surface, these plants accumulate ; and, aided by a certain degree of humidity, are converted into peat, which...

...decay. It is rully tough and elastic; and, when dried, loses greatly of Peat, it has been said, consists of vegetable matter which has undergone a peculiar...sufficiently great to decompose the plants that have sprung up upon the surface, these plants accumulate ; and, aided by a certain degree of humidity, are converted...

...inferior to the other. The turf is conveyed to market in a large basket of wicker-work called a " Kish." * The general opinion as to the origin of bogs — a...sufficiently great to decompose the plants that have sprang up upon the surface." The theory is supported by the fact that in nearly all bogs are found...

...improved by culture, enough of their original characters will remain to make them known. " Peat consists of vegetable matter which has undergone a peculiar...sufficiently great to decompose the plants that have sprung up upon the surface, these plants accumulate ; and, aided by a certain degree of humidity, are converted...

...with his own hand and conveys to market as best he can. The general opinion as to theorigin of bogs is that they are not primitive or original masses...that in nearly all bogs are found the remains of huge forest trees of numerous varieties, some of them so entire and perfect as to be very useful for the...

...with his own hand and conveys to market as best he can. The general opinion as to theorigin of bo^rs is that they are not primitive or original masses...that in nearly all bogs are found the remains of huge forest trees of numerous varieties, some of them so entire and perfect as to be very useful for the...

...island the country is level. The bogs are not primitive or original masses of earth, but are merely accumulations of vegetable matter which has undergone...temperature not sufficiently great to decompose the plants and grasses which have grown upon the surface. In some of the bogs in Ireland there may be found remains...