No. Name. Population in 1755. in 1791-3. Increase. Dec. Page *In the population table of Inverness, 2597 are denomi- ERRAT A. Page 29, line 15, for corn, read corn and roots, — 175, -6, for a kind independent, read a kind of in dependent. -223, -3, for antiquarian, read antiquary. -392,-19, for turnipike, read turnpike. STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND. PART IX. NUMBER I. PARISH OF RUTHERGLEN. (COUNTY OF LANARK, SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR, PRESBYTERY OF GLASGOW.) By the Rev. Mr DAVID URE, A. M. THE Extent, Surface, Sc. HE parish of Rutherglen extends, on the fouth bank of the river Clyde, about 3 miles in length, and about 1 in breadth. It contains fome of the most fertile and beautiful plains, that are to be met with in the strath of Clyde. These plains comprehend the eftates of Shawfield, Farme, Hamilton-farm and Rosebank. They are partly fecured against inundations from the river, by artifi cial banks, extending in length no less than 3700 yards: VOL. IX. A Their Their tops are 18 inches higher than the height of the flood in 1782, the greatest ever known in Clyde. It rofe about 18 feet above low water. The rife of the tide in the river terminates at Rutherglen. Agriculture, c.-The whole parish is arable, and is moftly inclofed, chiefly with thorn hedges, in fingle rows. The foil, being in fome places a fine loam, and in others a rich mould, produces, by the concurring affiftance of a climate generally mild and warm, fertile crops of oats, wheat, barley, peas, beans, potatoes and graffes. For this and fome other reafons, improvements in agriculture. are, in this place, making confiderable progrefs. There are 3 kinds of ploughs ufed in the parish; the Scotch, the chain, and the Rutherglen plough. The laft was, for the first time, made here about 50 years ago; and confequently, according to Lord Kames's account, muft have been among the first improved ploughs in Scotland. The plan after which it was conftructed, was propofed by a Lady Stewart, grandmother to the prefent Earl of Buchan: She came from Goodtrees to the Farme, where the lived feveral years, and was uncommonly active in promoting agricultural improvements. It is nearly as light as the chainplough, and anfwers well in a free foil; it has long ago found its way into all the parishes in the neighbourhood. The most part of the land is in tillage, for which reafon there are few cattle in the parish. The number of cows is no more than 207; about 100 of that number belong to the inhabitants of the borough, and are moftly pa flured on a small common, adjoining to the town. horfes there are 110;, but the greatest part of them belong to the coal-work and to carters. The valued rent of the parish, which belongs to 139 heritors, of whom Of |