The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 3Sir John Sinclair W. Creech, 1792 - Scotland |
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acres almoſt alſo arable average barley beſides beſt black cattle bolls built caſtle church confiderable conſequence conſiſts courſe crops diſeaſes diſtance diſtrict Dr Webſter's report Ellon Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſtate expence extent faid fame farmers farms fide firſt fiſh fize foil fold fome fouth Gaelic glebe graſs ground heritors hills horſes houſes incloſed increaſe induſtry inhabitants intereſt itſelf Knockhill labour land Larbert laſt late leaſes leſs Loch manſe marriages Maybole meaſure miles moſt nearly oats Obfervations occafionally pariſh paſt paſture peaſe perſons plough poor Population prefbytery preſent proprietor purpoſe quantity raiſed refide rent reſide riſes riſh river roads ſalmon Sandend ſcarcely ſcholars ſchool Scotland Scots ſea ſeaſon ſeems ſeen ſervants ſeven ſeveral ſheep ſhips ſide ſince ſituated ſmall ſome ſometimes ſown ſpring ſtands ſtate Sterling ſtill ſtipend ſtock stone ſuch ſummer ſupply ſupport ſuppoſed ſynod tenants theſe thoſe turnips uſed village weſt whoſe