The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 1 |
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Page 12
... greatest part of the Scotch diffenters . Near a half of all the families in the parish of Jedburgh , and a great proportion of the families in all the furrounding parishes , are members of this congregation . - There are not more than ...
... greatest part of the Scotch diffenters . Near a half of all the families in the parish of Jedburgh , and a great proportion of the families in all the furrounding parishes , are members of this congregation . - There are not more than ...
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... greatest perfection in June and July . In the spring it fells for about one fhilling a pound of 16 ounces , and gra- dually P Herlings are a fmall kind of trout , a little larger than a herring , and fhaped like a falmon ; its flesh is ...
... greatest perfection in June and July . In the spring it fells for about one fhilling a pound of 16 ounces , and gra- dually P Herlings are a fmall kind of trout , a little larger than a herring , and fhaped like a falmon ; its flesh is ...
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... greatest part of it falls on the hills , or the fides of the valley , while the skirts of the showers only reach its central parts . Add to these circumstances , that the two rapid rivers carry off the fuperfluous water from the land ...
... greatest part of it falls on the hills , or the fides of the valley , while the skirts of the showers only reach its central parts . Add to these circumstances , that the two rapid rivers carry off the fuperfluous water from the land ...
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... greatest part of the farming and dairy work is done by the farmers themfelves , their wives , their fons and daughters , and cottagers , which laft work either by the piece , or by the year , receiving what is called a benefit ; that is ...
... greatest part of the farming and dairy work is done by the farmers themfelves , their wives , their fons and daughters , and cottagers , which laft work either by the piece , or by the year , receiving what is called a benefit ; that is ...
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... greatest number of them earn about two - thirds of their maintenance . Those who are orphans under ten years old , or who are very old and infirm , and without re- lations to affift them , are boarded out at the rate of L. 4 Sterling ...
... greatest number of them earn about two - thirds of their maintenance . Those who are orphans under ten years old , or who are very old and infirm , and without re- lations to affift them , are boarded out at the rate of L. 4 Sterling ...
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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