muskeg

He saw the solitary rider gather up his lines and move his horse further away from the edge of the muskeg.

The direction in which they were moving was away from the settlement, down towards where the great level flat of the muskeg began.

Jacky did not reply for an instant, her great eyes had taken on a look of deep anxiety as she gazed towards the muskeg.

"'The longest way round is the shortest way to Bothwell,'" said Kate, when we drove five miles out of our way to avoid a muskeg.