O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Pilot publishing company · leaf 460
portion between the rainfall and thewater that remains in and flows out of this dis-trict. There is no field in America more deserving ofscientific investigation than the Dismal Swamp.The first thing is not known about it — how itwas formed. Fortunately the attention of theNational Geological… … 418 ETHICS OF BOXING AND MANLY SPORT. ing its surface, with the accuracy of five-feet con-tours, will be published. The bed of the lake was formed by a fire thatburned the trees and the peaty earth, making ahollow where the water lodged, says generalopinion. But then it must have been a swamp…
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