The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes. By Sir John Sinclair, ...William Creech; and also sold by J. Donaldson, and A. Guthrie; T. Cadell, J. Stockdale, J. Debrett, and J. Sewel, London; Dunlop and Wilson, Glasgow; Angus and Son; Aberdeen, 1793 |
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... purchased by farmers from the counties of Renfrew and Ayr , where they are trained for the draught , till they are about 5 years old ; they are then fold at the fairs of Rutherglen from L. 25 to L. 40 each ; from thence they are taken ...
... purchased by farmers from the counties of Renfrew and Ayr , where they are trained for the draught , till they are about 5 years old ; they are then fold at the fairs of Rutherglen from L. 25 to L. 40 each ; from thence they are taken ...
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... purchase all . Seals and porpoifes are on the coaft ; fometimes small whales are feen near it ; and there are inftances of fome being driven on fhore . About 5 or 6 years ago , haddocks were a penny the score ; now they are a penny each ...
... purchase all . Seals and porpoifes are on the coaft ; fometimes small whales are feen near it ; and there are inftances of fome being driven on fhore . About 5 or 6 years ago , haddocks were a penny the score ; now they are a penny each ...
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... purchased on the spot , at 3 s . 6 d . the boll , the freight to Montrofe , exclufive of cu- ftom dues , is about 1 s . 5d ; the cartage from Montrose to the quarries , ( about 7 miles diftance , ) 2 s . the boll or 72 ftone . In ...
... purchased on the spot , at 3 s . 6 d . the boll , the freight to Montrofe , exclufive of cu- ftom dues , is about 1 s . 5d ; the cartage from Montrose to the quarries , ( about 7 miles diftance , ) 2 s . the boll or 72 ftone . In ...
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... purchased within the parish , but at a very dear rate , and even higher than in the above market towns . There is likewife a tem- porary disadvantage , which those especially of the poorer class are beginning to feel : The coal has here ...
... purchased within the parish , but at a very dear rate , and even higher than in the above market towns . There is likewife a tem- porary disadvantage , which those especially of the poorer class are beginning to feel : The coal has here ...
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... Obfervations . - In 1782 , the crop was not all got in till confiderably after Martinmas . Ten bolls of bear were then purchased at the sellion's expence , for the ufe of of the poor at the rate of 24 s . 54 Statistical Account.
... Obfervations . - In 1782 , the crop was not all got in till confiderably after Martinmas . Ten bolls of bear were then purchased at the sellion's expence , for the ufe of of the poor at the rate of 24 s . 54 Statistical Account.
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