The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 7W. Creech, 1793 - Scotland |
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acres alfo almoſt alſo barley befides beſt black cattle bolls chalders church coaft coal confequence confiderable confifts crops diſtance diſtrict Ditto eaſt eftate Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed expence faid fame families farmers farms fchool feafon feems feldom fervants feveral fheep fhore fide filk fince firſt fiſhing fituation fmall foil fome fometimes foon fouth fpirit fpring ftate ftill ftipend ftone fuch fufficient fummer fupply fupport Glaſgow glebe grafs greateſt ground heritors hills horfes horſes houfe houſes ifle of Sanday increaſed induſtry inhabitants interfects iſlands kelp Kirkwall labour Ladykirk laft land laſt late lefs lime manufacture marriages meaſure merks miles mofs moft moſt muſt neceffary oats occafionally Orkney Paifley parish paſture perfons plough poor population prefent proprietors purpoſe quantity raiſed refide rent rifing river Saltcoats Sanday Scotch Scotland ſeveral ſheep ſmall ſome ſtate Sterling ſtone tenants thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe town uſed veffels weft yearly