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Page 26
... occasionally infest the parish , buɛ they do not belong to , nor refide in it . Price of Grain and Provifiens . — The price of wheat , barley , and oats , are generally regulated by the Liverpool and Gree- nock markets , being just as ...
... occasionally infest the parish , buɛ they do not belong to , nor refide in it . Price of Grain and Provifiens . — The price of wheat , barley , and oats , are generally regulated by the Liverpool and Gree- nock markets , being just as ...
Page 325
... occasionally employ day - labourers for thresh- ing , or in harvest , Price of flesh meat and poultry is daily increafing ; beef , that used to be fold at 3 s . is now 6s and 7 s . a stone ; and mutton , that used to be fold 40 years ...
... occasionally employ day - labourers for thresh- ing , or in harvest , Price of flesh meat and poultry is daily increafing ; beef , that used to be fold at 3 s . is now 6s and 7 s . a stone ; and mutton , that used to be fold 40 years ...
Page 365
... occasional depredations on proper- ty , levy very heavy contributions from the humanity of the in- habitants . The poor are fupplied from the weekly collections ; from the intereft of a capital of L. 200 , accumulated from different ...
... occasional depredations on proper- ty , levy very heavy contributions from the humanity of the in- habitants . The poor are fupplied from the weekly collections ; from the intereft of a capital of L. 200 , accumulated from different ...
Page 416
... occasionally . About 16 acres of land were purchased by the feffion , for the benefit of the poor , in 1726 , at 2600 merks : They now let for L. 15 Sterling per annum . This , with L. 4:50 Sterling , the intereft of a fund , with what ...
... occasionally . About 16 acres of land were purchased by the feffion , for the benefit of the poor , in 1726 , at 2600 merks : They now let for L. 15 Sterling per annum . This , with L. 4:50 Sterling , the intereft of a fund , with what ...
Page 427
... occasionally . In char > ging this kiln , lay first 18 inches depth of peats over the whole grate , then throw in prepared marl and peats intermixed until the kiln is filled to the top , and at the top of all there should be fome peats ...
... occasionally . In char > ging this kiln , lay first 18 inches depth of peats over the whole grate , then throw in prepared marl and peats intermixed until the kiln is filled to the top , and at the top of all there should be fome peats ...
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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