The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner • Paragraph 1889
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Peat-moss due specially to the Cotton-grass rather than the Sphagnum moss is imported in great quantity from Holland, for use as litter for horses. We have in this country plenty of peat quite good for this purpose, but labour is too expensive for our home-grown peat to compete with the produce of Dutch moors.