The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 1 |
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... past ; and no inhabitant of the parish has been banished for these many years . Five have fuffered capital punishments ; but not one of them for murder . It is , indeed , one of the most striking evidences of the progress of ...
... past ; and no inhabitant of the parish has been banished for these many years . Five have fuffered capital punishments ; but not one of them for murder . It is , indeed , one of the most striking evidences of the progress of ...
Page 82
... past . The fishermen have lately discovered the method of catching turbot , which brings a good price . Population . In 1741 the village of Ayton seems to have contained about 320 fouls , and the country part of the parith about the ...
... past . The fishermen have lately discovered the method of catching turbot , which brings a good price . Population . In 1741 the village of Ayton seems to have contained about 320 fouls , and the country part of the parith about the ...
Page 171
... past the loch of Ken , as its inhabitants are not re- markable for hospitality : These are , the pike or ged , the perch , and the eel . The pike are found here in great perfection , and of an uncommon fize : They are always in season ...
... past the loch of Ken , as its inhabitants are not re- markable for hospitality : These are , the pike or ged , the perch , and the eel . The pike are found here in great perfection , and of an uncommon fize : They are always in season ...
Page 232
... past , is 33 in the former half of it from 1691 to 1740 , it is 39 ; in the latter from 1741 to 1790 , it is only 27. And the decline ( needlefs to be stated ) has been gradual ; from 1771 to 1780 the number is 251 from 1781 to 1790 it ...
... past , is 33 in the former half of it from 1691 to 1740 , it is 39 ; in the latter from 1741 to 1790 , it is only 27. And the decline ( needlefs to be stated ) has been gradual ; from 1771 to 1780 the number is 251 from 1781 to 1790 it ...
Page 262
... past than in former times . That rain has fallen of late years in a greater proportion than it did for- merly , is a well known fact , which has materially injured the crops , and occafioned late harvests over all the north of Scotland ...
... past than in former times . That rain has fallen of late years in a greater proportion than it did for- merly , is a well known fact , which has materially injured the crops , and occafioned late harvests over all the north of Scotland ...
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