Volume 1
The statistical account of Scotland. : Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes / By Sir John Sinclair, Bart.
- Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet
- Date:
- 1791-1799
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The statistical account of Scotland. : Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes / By Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.
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![' .Roads.—Till of late years there were fevv roads through the flilre of Air that were barely paflabie. About the year 1774 an aft of Parliament was obtained, commuting the ftatute la- hour for an annual payment, at the rate of 25 s. for cverr L. 100 Scots of valued rent. Through the interior, more populous, and arable parts of the country the roads were ioon made ; and by the affiftance of government and a toll, one good road has been made through this parifh : But it is little more than a road of communication. The parifli wants crofs roads in different direftions, in order to enable them to lead lime in carts, of which there is plenty within half i mile of the extremity of the parifii : It is fold at the mode- rate price of 75 d. a boll or 2 Winchefter bufliels, and 70 or 80 of thefe bolls are found perfe£lly fuClcient for an acre of this thin, light, dry foil. Some frnall experiments have been made in hming, which have fucceeded to the utmoft expec- tation. There are perhaps from 10 to 12,000 acres of land Jn the parifh that could be limed, and made fit for fock and fcythe; and the fuccefsful attempts of individuals, it is to be hoped, will in time encourage the generality to follow the cj^ample. F'tperies.—A pretty confiderable river, named Ardftinchar, runs for about 25 miles through the country, and empties it- felf into the fea at the village of Ballantrae ; but it is rapid nnd fhallow, and can only admit of fm. 11 boats. At the mouth of this river there is a confiderable falmon fifhery, which yields a rent of above L. 80 a year. The falmon are thought as good as any in Scotland, and fell upon the fpot at I ] d. the lb. and it is but very lately they were rnore than I d. About 20 years ago there were great fhoals of excel- lent herrings that came upon the coaft at the end of harvefi: ;nd beginning of winter, fince that time they appear only in th?](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365799_001_0125.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
