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| KAIMES | Continued | [Continued from page 13] Dogden Moss. was at one time an extensive Wood. the waters Subsiding at the universal deluge, or Some more partial inundation & rushing with great impetuosity from the Dirrington Laws, which are about two miles north West from the Kaimes, would carry with them all the wood & underwood to a Considerable distance, till the Collected materials would form a Kind of Dam or Weir, through which the waters Could not penetrate & would force up against this Dam or Weir, the gravel or Sand which form the ridge, in the same Manner as is frequently done by rivers in Certain parts of their Courses during great floods. The materials of which this ridge is Composed, & its shape, which is Something like a horse-shoe with the hollow towards the hills, favor this explanation. Dogden Moss, which Consists of about 500 acres, is in Some places 10 feet deep. The Peats, when dug from the bottom & properly dried, are little inferior to Coals. The Moss rests upon a fine Sand. New Stat.acct. P. [Statistical Account. Page] 41 & 42. |
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