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Agriculture.
Rivers.
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Scotland be regarded as a. mere flight rife in the road. ' Tfie rivers in-
general are remaiCably pure and tranfpaye.nt, and, their co.urfe rapid.
The rich r'oughnefsofian Englifh;profpe%diyerfrfied,with an abundance
o f wood,, even in the hedge-rows, is in Scotland rarely vifible ; whence
the-nudity of the country makes a ftcorig. impreffioii on the ftranger.
But the laudable .exertiphyof. many o f the, nobility and gentry, who
plant trees by to fflio n ^V iw flE '^ ^ 'K e rab -ffie ^ tln s^ p ^R ^ cb ^ ^ ^ ^ a ri-
tin f e ^ f e s are?, noifoiis t©.*dh plantations, b u t i 6 has; b ae n trieently Bif-
dovereddn‘France,’tfeMiteke' iff a> ^ im m o n ^ ^ y ^ th ;« s,n!arn^;gJtf^f3rtu-
natelyifargotten:) | w hich will remain ufthur-ty .ey.fjn
a thick,fkreembe f i # o f tWa s f ^ e
niatuoty^ cAeE3deAnM®ations;wi^ptr,Qfpei? uSid^ii^p^o^pdtipqiyj-.
th is o t a im iau te afcdcrtof ©f’ the various foils rt>at.Jp]^jya^%5^ggpaind,
and th e different ijnpdes? !?& ^ficub:hre?n ^ ti,r;e a d e y .,.g ij^ ^ e |fp ^ e 4 to
the Statiftical Accounts; publiflred by. Sir John Sinclair. The ^excellence
of -thbiiEnglifli agriculture, has juftly entitled' i t to an imitation,
l l b o f t univerfal. ; But this advantage, is of re.cent d a te ; and, for a long
period of time, Scotland was ,remdrkab%, r f t& n p d o d A ^ u i g f l gardeners^
and th e Worft farmers-in fibSapesadTlte fu g t# 9f of
’©f-fiaalffeAfi»,tharye heenj'reeefnlyjdifcftffedifjviih;rn!pcK|we,
:afet^^iinf|GS tt{^esSf thSjiikibjidft d®H5HI®d$t "pP,:
firft 'great ihi^ibyhmeffiibfb'k^hrrftyythe firms fhdukl fleda%<t'bat jthe
farmer may have a fuffieiehffapital to make experiments, arid 'difedver
the mod productive crops, dr thofe m o ff fuited to the nature of the
foil. When lading examples havejfh u sh d en ,in ftitu te ^S't^ fe 'certainly
fM* cbrtimdnity, th a t th® farm'lfhcrold b e ^e-
ftriCted to a fmall or moderate fize. '
T h e three-chief’rivers: oS-Scq®hd^ areThe Forth, the Clyde, and the
Tay. The chief fource of the Forth is from' Ben Lomond, or rather
from the two lakes, Con. and Ard the ftream of G oudic foon joins it
from the lake o f' Menteith g 'a n tl th e river Teith, fed by the lakes
Ketterin, Lubnaig, and others,1 fwells=the Forth to a.hpble ftream, about
four miles ahoye.Stirling.
• Another ufeful plan is to, fow -or plant the feeds and trees very thicks or. to fow them with
lieath, as in.Mecklenburg. TheXycamore.waiiliekr.the fea-fpray..
• The
ICSesiCLyde^^iiditodflil® front'a hill inyfebS. E. corner of Tweed dale, Rivus.
pa|^4' A M j t W B d p u b t ^ { 4 y . , t . h e ’idyiy idürc'e ó f th e .
Tweed; ahd:ome iftmjtbe ®f> thy Ahn^b'rfibut' tfe ^ jly d e has a more'remote
fource in Kirftiop, or Dair. water, rifing about fix miles further tó- the
fouth, in the very extremity o f Lanark [hire ; and th é i true1 fource of
thfe'Aftna® feeury td j,ib é ^ 0 ||i^ k een^ dry?the eotratiy oB Hbwj&
bfisybeyi y h ^ ililh iC ^ i ^ d .^ I o o r ; Reaving 1 the
ran g ed ^ ea ^ lli^ jS .jp n w in A tr ^ linftgtiJli^ .lofty hift of
•T^te^^ieairl7ïSyi4i%l®l®i>1' Tutft|és'v axfno^hjerly JèanteplMlttabólit’itwo
^ ^ jr to ^ ^ i^ ^ th '.4© fn (3 ^ uw a tb ^ iw h 'e a it ^pAiest- its cMèf weftérly
diredion. t
6 ^ h K ^ t i ^ n a ^ é , , or . T a y .
-^|yerr.>rnay‘iby traped--"®)' :thê' uftoye wefterly ^eüirebs ?®£- thé5
and-rfhKM6),Ehart. .and^th-GtlnjaJler llrcam b i , ^ c l ^ rV ^ P m t ’É |'iftïito''thè
weftetri.e1étremfty/of'JL.’0 c b ^ 4 y .C ii§d04''aIte’t-'Yt^is noble riVér' ifrues
fro^iiitke ikkëyrit|'a$yoi®^|iby:the rivê^iLyön>; atftJ, lat n b g rêg tIn terv al,
^tfeejjjprRédiftreams o fr& e Tar-f, t^ é 'Ó la rry lj.a n d 'th ^ u SM f 'th e laft
a ’’laptiajuid ©f'Erfebt 'audTlay, Twell
t b e ^ ^ ^ l b o u t n r n e snaSlés r© tbe»nó;W^ bfrp&rtb ;'Mftd?*4abr%-!iWnjph
Xhp venmblfe fryeatótofj'tftfe^Êrn, '-and fpteads "k
wide;e,flpary.i .
' N ekt#a^e^^%uenée 'and 'in fame, is'. ,'i|te-’3^ e ëdP i> 4^ f ö 'f ’u'I 'ahd Tweec!_ -
pMo'rt?ll.iftj:eaöiy which, febdivingi'fhfe jTtevl0t! from the foUtV, near
TheJ^cqtifti TyneVisi’aaaï iibpnfidei'al®’^ ® 1'» fu n s‘by ïïa d -
' • yfö* fh e :^föul:h' wlfty:, ;tbe'1' f S ^ ë ] ^ - : f ë f t b e FkM ÏoI' Anna*.
S o l rnojjtow-ï}?fwïontn' melliiidfttb0rfkd^n^ra®! b^rk’s;’^I>u^-
fries ftands upon the Nitb, a river o f longer courfe than the' Annan, Nith- 8g
and marked at it-sFêftiïa^ by AifeJr d a r d b t v ^ e è', ön impöi’taht
fortréfs in ancient timës.' The river ' Oré; a h d 'th a t recently ftyled
Eirkudbright, anciently and'propérly called the É4n*, * (^vllbncl^^ d è -\
ilwed' thb' tjtl€‘b f EehlnbYe4,) '-and 'the FMW, aVé’-furp^fied byftné ffivter
Creé^ of-Crkf-; which forM^ly'fiilil*'©Sl|^^.^liito,fi^ ó 1'diVifibns', and
which opens intó; the noted ,bay o f Wigtbn.
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