The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communication of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 3Creech, 1792 - 612 pages |
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acres almoſt alſo arable average barley beſides beſt black cattle bolls built chalders church coals confiderable confifts conſiſts courſe crops diſeaſe diſtance diſtrict Dr Webſter's report Ellon Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſtate expence extent faid falary falmon fame farmers farms fide firſt fiſh fize foil fome formerly fouth Gaelic glebe graſs ground heritors hills horſes houſes incloſed increaſed induſtrious inhabitants intereſt itſelf labour land Larbert laſt late 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 refidence rent reſide riſe riſh river roads ſcarcely ſcholars ſchool Scotland Scots ſea ſeaſon ſeems ſeen ſervants ſeven ſeveral ſheep ſhips ſituated ſmall ſome ſometimes ſown ſpring ſtands ſtate Sterling ſtill ſtipend ſtock stone ſuch ſummer ſupply ſupport ſuppoſed ſynod tenants theſe thoſe town turnips uſed village weſt whoſe