The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 1 |
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... comfortably cloth- ed , fed , and lodged , is nevertheless very general among the poorer fort of people , particularly fuch as are advanced in life , life , who , in consequence of their miserable mode Statistical Account.
... comfortably cloth- ed , fed , and lodged , is nevertheless very general among the poorer fort of people , particularly fuch as are advanced in life , life , who , in consequence of their miserable mode Statistical Account.
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... consequence of their miserable mode of living , and ftill more of the coldnefs and dampnefs of their houfes , owing . partly to the scarcity and high price of fewel , have too much reafon to complain of what they call the pains , or the ...
... consequence of their miserable mode of living , and ftill more of the coldnefs and dampnefs of their houfes , owing . partly to the scarcity and high price of fewel , have too much reafon to complain of what they call the pains , or the ...
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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