The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 3

acres almoſt alſo arable average barley beſides beſt black cattle bolls built chalders church coal confiderable conſequence conſiſts courſe crops diſeaſes diſtance diſtrict Dr Webſter's report Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſtate expence extent faid fame farmers farms fide firſt fiſh foil fold fome formerly fouth Gaelic glebe graſs ground heritors hills horſes houſes incloſed increaſed induſtry inhabitants intereſt itſelf labour land Larbert laſt late leaſes leſs Loch manſe marriages Maybole meaſure merks miles moſt nearly oats obſerved occafionally pariſh paſt paſture peaſe perſons plough poor Population prefbytery preſent proprietor purpoſe quantity raiſed refide rent reſide riſes riſh river roads ſalmon ſame ſcarcely ſcholars ſchool Scotland Scots ſea ſeaſon ſeems ſeen ſervants ſeveral ſheep ſhips ſide ſituated ſmall ſome ſometimes ſown ſpring ſtands ſtate Sterling ſtill ſtipend ſtock stone ſuch ſummer ſupply ſupport ſuppoſed ſynod tenants theſe thoſe town turnips uſed village weſt whoſe