( 372 ) 



Athens, its inhabitants few in number, awing to their con- 

 tempt of agriculture, 27, 28. 



Athole warmer than the country to the northward, 280. 

 Would anfwer well for the fpade culture, ibid. 



Ayrfhire has very little muir or wafte ground, 181. Few 

 good fences in it, ibid. 182. Very little wheat produ- 

 ced there, 185. Is capable of great and rapid improve- 

 ments, ibid. Method of cropping recommended for 

 that country, 192. 



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Banks propofed for confining the river Dochart, 229. 

 How to conftruft it properly, ib. An excellent method 

 of conttru&ing banks for rivers, put in execution by Mr 

 M'Lean at Pitmain, 268. 



Benevifs, the higheft mountain in Scotland, 250. 



Berne Society's opinion on the draining of marines, &c. 

 290. 



Blair Drummond's method of carrying off the Flander's 

 mofs, 223. 



Bounty on exportation of corn ferviceable to agriculture, if 

 properly managed, 88. 



Brabanders, why weavers are fometimes fo called, 1 1 8. 



Britain incapable of furnifhing great armies for foreign con- 

 quefts, 29, 30. Manifefted by its conteft with Ameri- 

 ca, ibid. Calculations, &c. concerning its produce, ib. 



Britifh navy, account of the lofs of men aboard it for fix 

 years, 47. 



Brunfwick full of inhabitants, and why, 30. 



Butcher-meat, how its price is raifed beyond what it ought 

 to be ? 91. Why its price advances with that of bread, 

 102. 



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Canals of ufe in drying madhy grounds, 290. And in 



watering 



