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ed into orchards, might, in a few years, 

 bring fifty pounds on an average *. 



This peculiarity of fituatioii is not con- 

 fined to Clydefdale. There are many o- 

 ther dales in Scotland equally well adapt- 

 ed to the purpofe. But dales, and thofe 

 through which a river meanders, are to be 

 chofen in preference to all other fitua- 

 tions : Bccaufe, firft, their banks afford 

 flicker from the winds by their frequent 

 windings and turnings ; fecondly, their 

 fteep fides confine and refled: the rays of 

 the fun, whereby the climate is rendered 

 more mild and warm than in other fitua- 

 tions y and, thirdly, there is a conftant va- 

 pour or effluvia arifing from the river, 

 which is particularly grateful to the trees 

 while in bloom and fetting ; and alfo tends 

 to foften the climate at that feafon of the 



year, 



* There is a proof of more than I fay, on the fpot 

 lately improved by Mr Harvey of Brownlee : it is a 

 very fteep bank, was overrun with bramble, briar, &c, 

 and does not contain above an acre and an half, the far 

 greater part of which is not yet arrived at a full bearing 

 Hate i yet, this fpot for fome years back, has produced 

 from feventy to one hundred pounds a year to the pro- 

 prietor, who, as an improver in this, as well as many 

 other refpe&s, is a Gentleman of much merit. 



