The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 1 |
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Page viii
... seasons Quantity and value of each species of crop Total value of the whole produce of the district Total real and valued rent Price of grain and provifions Total Total quantity of grain and other articles confumed in the ( viii )
... seasons Quantity and value of each species of crop Total value of the whole produce of the district Total real and valued rent Price of grain and provifions Total Total quantity of grain and other articles confumed in the ( viii )
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... season at L. 1 : 2 : 0 per stone . Seven or eight fleeces generally go to a stone . Population . There is every reason to believe , that the po- pulation of this and of the neighbouring parishes has greatly : diminished fince the ...
... season at L. 1 : 2 : 0 per stone . Seven or eight fleeces generally go to a stone . Population . There is every reason to believe , that the po- pulation of this and of the neighbouring parishes has greatly : diminished fince the ...
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... season ; but it is greatly parched up in dry seasons : 3d , An- other fourth part , which joins this last , is a deep strong loam , interspersed with stones , upon a tilly bed ; it is naturally wet , tiff to plough , and not fo fertile ...
... season ; but it is greatly parched up in dry seasons : 3d , An- other fourth part , which joins this last , is a deep strong loam , interspersed with stones , upon a tilly bed ; it is naturally wet , tiff to plough , and not fo fertile ...
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... season , and perhaps to the dampness of the pre- ceding months . Manufactures.It was before mentioned , that there are neither towns nor villages in the parish , but that the inhabi- tants live in detached houses ; manufactures ...
... season , and perhaps to the dampness of the pre- ceding months . Manufactures.It was before mentioned , that there are neither towns nor villages in the parish , but that the inhabi- tants live in detached houses ; manufactures ...
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... , Dr Johnfton fays , is a weed with a yellow flower , which grows among the corn , on light lands , in wet seasons , about Lammas . It is the wild marygold . place fo called is the field where the Druidical temple 34 Statistical Account.
... , Dr Johnfton fays , is a weed with a yellow flower , which grows among the corn , on light lands , in wet seasons , about Lammas . It is the wild marygold . place fo called is the field where the Druidical temple 34 Statistical Account.
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acres alfo almoſt alſo annum antient Appin arable average barley befides beſt black cattle bolls called cattle chalders church coaft coal confiderable confifts courſe Cramond crops Cupar diſtance diſtrict eaſt Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid fame farmers farms feems fervants feven feveral fheep fhore fide fince firſt fiſh fituated fize fmall foil fold fome fometimes fouth fown fpirit fpring ftill ftipend ftone fuch fummer fupply fynod glebe grafs greateſt ground harveſt heritors hill horfes horſes houfes houſe inclofed increaſe inhabitants interfected iſland Jedburgh Kiltearn labour laft land laſt late Lifmore lime manfe marriages Martinmas Meigle miles minifter moft moſt muſt nearly neighbourhood neral oats occafionally parish paſture peats perfons plough poor population Portpatrick prefbytery prefent proprietors raiſed refide rent river roads ſchool Scotland Scots ſeveral ſheep ſmall ſtate Sterling ſtone Stranraer tenants thefe themſelves theſe thoſe town turnip uſed veffels village wages weft