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a very fine fcenej the river is very magnificent. 

 From the hill, on the coaft above the ifland, 

 the lawn and wood appear alfo to great advan- 

 tage. But the fined point of view is from the 

 higher hill on the other fide of the houfe, 

 which looking down on all thefe fcenes, they 

 appear as a beautiful ornament to the Shan- 

 non, which fpreads forth its proud courfe, from 

 two to nine miles wide, furrounded by high- 

 lands : a fcenery truly magnificent. I am in- 

 debted to Mr. Leflie's good offices for the fol- 

 lowing- particulars. 



Arable land about Tarbat lets at 145. on art 

 average ; Mr, Leflie, in 1771, let feveral farms 

 at 178. but the fall of that period reduced the 

 rents 33. Farms are from 50 acres to 3 or 

 400 : it is common to have the poor people 

 hire them in partnerfhip, but only the fmall 

 ones? the large are all ftock farms. The til- 

 lage courfe ; 



i.- Potatoes, produce 28 barrels, at 16 pecks 

 each, and the peck 6olb. or 26,88olb. in all. 

 2. Potatoes. 3. Oats. 4. Lay out for feveral 

 years. The fecond crop of potatoes more nu- 

 merous, but not fo large; they manure for 

 them only with dung. The oats yield fix bar- 

 rels, each 26 ftone, being double ones. Very 

 little wheat fown but by gentlemen OF large 

 farmers, who burn the land ; plough it, and 

 burn the fod, which they call beating, and ma- 

 nure with lime or fea-fand; 40 barrels of 

 time at is. The (lone is brought from an 



ifland 



