The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communication of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 5Creech, 1793 - 591 pages |
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acres almoſt alſo annually barley befides beſt bolls buſineſs caſtle cattle cauſe Ceres chalders church circumſtances coal confiderable conſequence crops diſeaſes diſtance diſtrict ditto Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſtate expence extent faid fame farmers farms fide fince firlots firſt fiſh foil fome fouth fuch Glasgow glebe graſs ground heritors hills horſes houſe incloſed increaſe induſtry inhabitants intereſt Inveraray iſland labour land laſt leſs Logierait manſe manufactures meaſure merks miles miniſter Montroſe moſs moſt neceſſary neighbourhood oats obſerved occafionally pariſh paſture peaſe perſons plough poor population prefbytery preſent proprietors purpoſe quantity raiſed refiding rent reſpect riſe riſh river road ſame ſcarcely ſchool Scotch Scotland ſea ſeaſon ſeems ſeen ſeparate ſervants ſeveral ſheep ſhips ſhore ſhould ſituated ſmall ſome ſometimes ſown ſpinning ſpirit ſpring ſtands ſtate Sterling ſtill ſtipend ſtock stone ſuch ſum ſummer ſupplied ſupport ſuppoſed teinds tenants theſe thoſe town uſed village weſt wheat whoſe yearly


