The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 1 |
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Page vi
... , together with the annexed Analysis , will be of fervice in pointing out the best mode of draw- ing up the Statistical Account of the different dir ftricts . T It would be improper to conclude without returning my ( vi )
... , together with the annexed Analysis , will be of fervice in pointing out the best mode of draw- ing up the Statistical Account of the different dir ftricts . T It would be improper to conclude without returning my ( vi )
Page vii
... best acknowledgments to the Clergy in general , for the attention they have paid to the different requifi- tions with which I have troubled them , and for the very polite and flattering manner with which they have perfonally addreffed ...
... best acknowledgments to the Clergy in general , for the attention they have paid to the different requifi- tions with which I have troubled them , and for the very polite and flattering manner with which they have perfonally addreffed ...
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... best qualities . At particular times of the year they are all much cheaper ; and though at fome periods , they amount to 5d . a pound , these dear times do not last long . The price of a roafting pig is 4s . ; of a goofe 2s .; of a ...
... best qualities . At particular times of the year they are all much cheaper ; and though at fome periods , they amount to 5d . a pound , these dear times do not last long . The price of a roafting pig is 4s . ; of a goofe 2s .; of a ...
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... best , but it can only work properly in land that is free from stones . The Scots plough , when properly made , is doubtless the fittest for strong land ; and , lastly , the plough composed of the two , is the moft proper for land that ...
... best , but it can only work properly in land that is free from stones . The Scots plough , when properly made , is doubtless the fittest for strong land ; and , lastly , the plough composed of the two , is the moft proper for land that ...
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... best place for croffing from the one kingdom to the other , the paffage be- ing only twenty miles over . It is fituated in the prefbytery Stranraer and county of Wigton . The parish is of finall extent , being only about three Scots ...
... best place for croffing from the one kingdom to the other , the paffage be- ing only twenty miles over . It is fituated in the prefbytery Stranraer and county of Wigton . The parish is of finall extent , being only about three Scots ...
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