The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 5

acres almoſt alſo annually barley befides beſt bolls buſineſs caſtle cattle cauſe chalders church circumſtances Clyde coal confiderable confifting conſequence crops diſeaſes diſtance diſtrict ditto Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſtate expence extent fame farmers farms fide fince firſt fiſh foil fome fouth fuch Glasgow glebe Gorbals Greenock ground heritors hills horſes houſe increaſe induſtry inhabitants intereſt Inveraray iſland labour land laſt leſs manſe manufactures meaſure merks miles miniſter Montrofe moſt neceſſary neighbourhood oats obſerved occafionally pariſh paſture peaſe perſons plough poor population prefbytery preſent proprietors purpoſe quantity raiſed refiding regiſter rent reſpect riſe riſh river river Clyde ſaid ſame ſcarcely ſchool Scotch Scotland ſea ſeaſon ſeems ſeen ſeparate ſervants ſervice ſeveral ſheep ſhips ſhore ſhould ſituation ſmall ſome ſometimes ſown ſpirit ſpring ſtands ſtate Sterling ſtill ſtipend ſtock stone ſuch ſum ſummer ſupplied ſupport ſuppoſed teinds theſe thoſe town uſed veſſels village weſt whoſe yearly