THE

STATISTICAL ACCOUNT

OF

SCOTLAND.

"Ad confilium de republica danhem, caput eft noffe rempublicam."

CICERO, de Orat. lib. ii.

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M,DCC,XCIII..

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Thun

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17403

CONTENT S.

No. Name. Population in 1755. in 1791-3. Increase. Decr.

Page.

* This feems to be exaggerated, as Mr Keith fays the number in 1750 was only 1302.

+This, for the reasons affigned by Mr Gillies, feems to be exaggerated.

Mr Maxwell does not afcertain the precife number; but as he mentions that the town of Stewartown "has increased fome hundreds, fince he was fettled," (which was in 1758) the population in 1793 is probably rather above than below 3000.