l r ifh, fhameful monopolies and abufe of that article of 

 proviiions, 92. 



Fiiheries, fome hints relative to the improvement of them, 

 332. Why many companies formed for their improve- 

 ment have conftantly failed, 333. Dutch method of 

 making them turn to account, 334. 



Flanders, method of railing flax in that country, 208, 

 Flander's mofs, how removed by Blair Drummond, 223* 

 This mofs has evidently once been wood, ibid. 



Flax ought to be cultivated in the weft of Scotland, 199. 

 Fine flax may be raifed where there are large quantities 

 of old paftjire grafs, 200.. Directions for raifmg flax, 

 200. 



Fochabers, excellent fir-wood near that place, 260. 



Foreign colonization, obftinateJy purfued by this country 

 to its great prejudice, 24. Prevents the increafe of po- 

 pulation, 42. At what time any nation may fafely ven- 

 ture upon it, 43. 



Fort William contributes to the civilization of that part of 

 the country where it ftands, 24.9. 

 Forth river makes great incroachments on the foil adja- 



""cent to it, 287. 



France formerly fupplied with wheat from England, 89. 



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Gardens laboured with the fpade would be advantageous to 

 manufacturers, and reduce the price of pro vifions, 178- 

 Ofthofe proper for fi filing villages, 338. Lord Garden- 

 -ftone's plan with regard to them, 339. Premiums 

 ought to be given to thofe who improve them moft, 344. 



Gardenftone's method of letting very long leafes, 122^ His 

 plan for the erection of villages, &c. 339. 



Glafgow, and the adjacent country, fupplied with corn in a 

 great meafure by importation, 175. 



Glenevis, 



