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the higher grounds. The wazue of ſuch water to the pro- prietor of the moſs is great indeed, and much ingennuity Has been employed to introduce and condutt the ſtream in ſuch a manner as to carry off the greateſt poflible quantity of moß, which ſeeks its way into the tide river, where it ſoon diſappears. Land owners find their'account in letting out the ſurface of their moſſes to indigent occupiers, without ex- ading'any rent for a conſiderable number of years. Theſe poor people work extremely hard, perhaps, beyond any day-labourer whatſoever; being deceived by the illuſory idea of paying zo money out of their. pockets, they value their manual labour very low. Allthis 1s for the benefit of the landlord, the country is improved, and things are daily growing better, which is a comfortable proſped& to a think- ing mind. In the upland parts of the county the peat-moſſes are barren waſtes, unleſs in as far as they furniſh fuel to the adjoining inhabitants; in ſo wretched a ſlate is the ſurface left after the fuel is removed, that nothing ſhort of the erec- tion of a Balbec or a Palmyra in the neighbourhood, could* render the ſoil of any farther value,