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Page vii
... thofe above a certain age , he cal- " culated the amount of the whole inhabitants , by " the proportion , which they might be fuppofed " to bear , to the number of fouls , according to the " moft approved tables , compared with the fact ...
... thofe above a certain age , he cal- " culated the amount of the whole inhabitants , by " the proportion , which they might be fuppofed " to bear , to the number of fouls , according to the " moft approved tables , compared with the fact ...
Page x
... thofe about 8 years of age , were exprefsly returned , to make an addition , it is believed , in the proportion of about 9 to 11 . + In Dr Webster's report , the parishes of Monkton , Preft- wick , and Newton upon Ayr , are said , in ...
... thofe about 8 years of age , were exprefsly returned , to make an addition , it is believed , in the proportion of about 9 to 11 . + In Dr Webster's report , the parishes of Monkton , Preft- wick , and Newton upon Ayr , are said , in ...
Page 17
... thofe ufed by coopers for hoops to large vessels , and about 12 feet long . The other end of these sticks are faftened to the foot rope of the net , which keeps it quite tight , the lower end of course , rifes with the net , and floats ...
... thofe ufed by coopers for hoops to large vessels , and about 12 feet long . The other end of these sticks are faftened to the foot rope of the net , which keeps it quite tight , the lower end of course , rifes with the net , and floats ...
Page 33
... thofe in this neighbourhood . By the furplus of the parish funds , alfo , fome excellent crofs - roads , little , if at all inferior to the principal ones , have been late- ly made . Befides three bridges upon the principal high - road ...
... thofe in this neighbourhood . By the furplus of the parish funds , alfo , fome excellent crofs - roads , little , if at all inferior to the principal ones , have been late- ly made . Befides three bridges upon the principal high - road ...
Page 42
... thofe farmers , who had not access to it , were foon indu- ced to have recourfe to lime , imported from England , and to carry it even ten or twelve miles by land carriage . It has been obferved , that , whenever the land has been once ...
... thofe farmers , who had not access to it , were foon indu- ced to have recourfe to lime , imported from England , and to carry it even ten or twelve miles by land carriage . It has been obferved , that , whenever the land has been once ...
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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