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Show Wealth In Irish Bogs. One-seventh of the entire area of Ireland consist of bog lands one bog alone, the Bog of Allen, has an area of 240 6quare miles. This immense area is at preseut a sterile waste, but it will become a source of great wealth as soon as a method has been found for converting peat into an economical and desirable commercial fuel. Briquets Bri-quets of compressed peat are all right as long as kept absolutely dry; but the least moisture causes them to crumble to pieces. |