The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 2Sir John Sinclair W. Creech, 1792 - Scotland |
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acres almoſt alſo antient arable average barley becauſe beſides beſt black cattle bolls built buſineſs cattle church circumſtance Clyde coal confiderable conſequence conſiſts courſe crops diſeaſe diſtance diſtrict Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſtate expence extent faid fame families farmers farms fide firſt fiſh foil fome fouth Glasgow glebe ground heritors hills horſes houſes incloſed increaſe induſtry inhabitants intereſt itſelf Kilmarnock labour land laſt late leaſe leſs Libberton lime manſe manufactures marriages meaſure miles moſs moſt neighbourhood oats obſerved occafion pariſh paſt paſture peaſe perſons plough poor population potatoes prefbytery preſent proprietors purpoſe quantity Quothquan raiſed rent reſide reſpective riſes river road ſame ſcarcely ſchool Scotland Scots ſeaſon ſeems ſeen ſervants ſeveral ſheep ſhould ſide ſituated ſmall Solway firth ſome ſometimes ſown ſpirit ſpot ſpring ſtands ſtate ſterling ſtill ſtock ſtone ſuch ſufficient ſummer ſupplies ſupport ſuppoſed tenants theſe thoſe town uſed village Webſter weſt whoſe


