The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 11W. Creech, 1794 - Scotland |
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acres alfo almoſt alſo arable barley befides beſt black cattle bolls built Callander cattle chalders church coaft coal confequence confiderable confifts crops decreaſe diſtance diſtrict ditto Dunnet Head Earl eftate Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed expence extent faid falary falmon fame farmers farms feems feet fervants feveral fheep fide fince firlots fituation fize fmall foil fome fometimes foon fown fpirit fpring ftill ftone fuch fufficient fummer fupplied glebe grafs greateſt ground heritors hills horfes horſes houfes houſes improvement increaſe induſtry inhabitants iſland Kirkcudbright labour laft land laſt late lefs lime Lord of Galloway meaſure miles minifter mofs moft moſt muſt neceffary oats Oban occafion parish paſture perfons poor population prefent proprietors purpoſe quantity raiſed refide refpect rent rifing river road rock ſchool Scotch Scotland ſeaſon ſeveral ſheep ſmall ſome ſtate Sterling ſtill ſtone tenants thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe town turnips uſed veffels village
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Page 13 - ... all who differed in their religious opinions must suffer the vengeance of persecution. In pursuance of this opinion, when popery was abolished in England and the Church of England was established in its stead, severe penalties were inflicted upon all who dissented from the established church. In the time of the civil wars, in the reign of Charles I, the...
Page 15 - He retained his fenfes almoft to the laft hour of his life ; and remembered diftinQ;ly to have feen King William's fleet, when on their way to Ireland, riding at anchor in the Solway Frith, clofe by the bay of Kirkcudbright, and the tranfports lying in the harbour. He was prefent at the fiege of Derry, where having loft his uncle, who commanded a king's frigate, he returned home, enlifted into the Dutch fervice, went to Holland, and foon after came back to his native country.
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