•50 THE BEE, OR March 2, 



DhiJIon of the Inhabit ants, attd their Occupations All the 



In;ia>jitant!! are fanners, and cottagers employed by llieni, 

 except thofe afterwards nientioned. About ten of the inha- 

 bitants are fmall proprietors of lands, which they occupy 

 thcmltlves. There are ei_2;ht weavers, two bleachers, two 

 ihoe-fnalvcrs, two millers, five blackfmiths, five mafons, ' foiir 

 tayJors, and eight joiners : all of whom are employed in 

 working for the inhabitants of the parifli, and not in manu- 

 facluriiig articles for lale. There are no houfehold fervants 

 except in gentlemen's fainiiies, and thcfe are few. There 

 are about thirty-two male, and thirty-fix female laliourino- 

 iervants. The greateft part oi the farming and dairy woik 

 IS done by the farmers themfelves, their wi\es, their fous 

 ?nd daughters, and cottagers \ which laft work, either by 

 the piece, or by the year, receiving what is called a bcncfn ; 

 that is, a houfe, yard, peats, 52 Itones of meal, a quantity 

 of potatoes, and as much money as, with tlicfe articles, 

 would, cofiimiinihus anr.is, amount to thirteen pound Sterling 

 ptr annum. l^<^'a^t'k the above meiitioncd iervants, fonie 

 fheare5:s are hired by the day from the adjacent moor coun- 

 tries. It is remarkable that all the Inhabitants are natives 

 cf this illand, except one perfon only, wjio comes from Ire- 

 land. There are no nobility rcfident in the pariih, and the 

 gentry amount only to twenty-feven perfcns, befides their 

 domeftics. All the inhabitants are of the elf ablifiied church, 

 except fix Cameronians, nine. Burgher Seceders, two of the 

 Church of England, and three Catholics j but moft of all 

 thefe denominations attend the. parifli church occafionally, ex- 

 cept the Catholics. 



Gem'ral Charaficr. — They are a fober, regular and induf- 

 trious people, all employed in farming, except the few above 

 mentioned. They are generous apd humane, although 

 they have not been called to the exertion o± thefe qualities 

 by any remarkable events, except in the years 1782 and 

 J 783, as fhall be mentioned afterwards. They enjoy in a 

 reafonable degree, the conveniencies and comforts of focJe- 

 ty, and are in general as contented with their fituaticn as 

 moft people. Their condition, however, might be melio- 

 rated, could the heavy- multures be removed, which hinder 

 Jnipioveraents in agriculture •- or could co:;ls be imported 



