GENERAL VIEW 



OF THE 



OF THE 



COUJVTY OF FIFE: 



WITH 



OBSERVATIONS 



ON THE 



MEANS OF ITS IMPROVEMENT; 



DRAWN UP FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



fcf INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. 



Br JOHN THOMSON, D. D. 



MINISTER OF MARKINCH. 



O ! are there not some PATRIOTS, in whose power, 



That best, that godlike luxury, is placed, 



Of blessing thousands, thousands yet unborn, 



Thro' late Posterity ? Some, large of soul ; 



To chear dejected INDUSTRY ? to give 



A double I^arvest to the pining Swain ? 



And teach the labouring hand the sweets of toil ? 



Yes, there are SUCH * * * * * THOMSON-. 



PRINTED BY J. MOIR, PATERSON's COURT : 



SOLD BY W. CREECH, P. HILt, W. LAING, t3* J. GUTHRli : 



AND BY G. NICOL, BOOKSELLER TO HIS MAJESTY, 



LONDON. 



