The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 2

acres alfo almoſt alſo antient average barley befides beſt black cattle bolls church circumſtances Clyde coal confequence confiderable confifts courſe Crailing crops diſtance diſtrict Dumfries Dunoon eaſt Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence extent faid fame families farmers farms feems fervants feveral fheep fide fince firſt fiſh fituated fmall foil fome fometimes fouth fown ftands fterling ftill ftone fuch fupply Glaſgow glebe grafs greateſt ground heritors hills horfes horſes houfe houſes inclofed increaſe induſtry inhabitants Kilmarnock labour land laſt late leaſt lefs Libberton lime manfe manufactures marriages meaſure merks Scots miles mofs moft moſt moſtly muſt neighbourhood NUMBER NUMBER oats obferved occafionally parish paſture perfons ploughs poor prefbytery prefent proprietors purchaſed purpoſe quantity Quothquan raiſed refide refpect rent rifing river ſchool Scotland Scots ſeaſon ſeveral ſheep ſmall Solway firth ſome ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtone tenants thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe town turnips uſed village weft