The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 7

acres almoſt alſo barley befides beſides beſt black cattle bolls buſineſs chalders church coal confiderable conſequence conſiſts crops diſeaſe diſtance diſtrict employed Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſtate expence faid fame families farmers farms fide filk firſt fiſh foil fome foon fouth Glasgow glebe graſs ground heritors hills horſes houſes ifle improvement incloſed increaſed induſtry inhabitants intereſt iſlands kelp Kirkwall labour Ladykirk land laſt late leſs lime Loch Lochmaben manſe manufacture meaſure miles moſs moſt muſt neceſſary oats obſerved occafionally Paifley pariſh paſt paſture perſons plough poor population potatoes preſent proprietors purpoſe quantity raiſed refide rent reſide reſpect riſes riſh river Ronaldſhay Saltcoats Sanday ſchool Scotland ſea ſeaſon ſeems ſeen ſeldom ſervants ſet ſeveral ſheep ſhips ſhore ſhould ſituation ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpirit ſpring ſtands ſtate Sterling ſtill ſtipend ſtock ſuch ſufficient ſummer ſupply ſupport ſuppoſed tenants theſe thoſe town uſe veſſels weſt whoſe yearly