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[page] 4 -- Greenlaw Parish -- W Beatty

Greenlaw (Parish) -- Greenlaw (Parish) -- Continued -- Crops of grain, and belongs to the new red Sandstone formation - The northern division, on the contrary, Consists of a wild moor Clothed with heaths, moor grasses, and the rein-deer lichen - Where the Blackadder leaves the parish a Coarse white sandstone is exposed, and over it lies a dark Claystone porphyry -
For a description of the "Kaims" situated in the northern or hilly part of the parish See Pages -
Dogden Moss, which Consists of about 500 acres, is in Some places ten feet deep - The Peats, when dug from the bottom and properly dried, are little inferior to Coals - The moss rests upon a fine Sand -

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