312 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap. XV* 



Parishes. 



Auchterderran 

 Wemyss 

 Auchtertool 

 Kennoway 

 Markinch 

 Dysart 

 Kinghorn. 

 Leslie 

 Scoonie 

 Abbotshall 

 Kinglassie 



Dunfermline Presbytery 

 Dunfermlins 

 Saline 



Inverkeithing 

 Dalgety 

 Carnock 

 Aberdour 

 Beith 

 Torryburn 



Increase 



From the above table it appears, that there 

 are in Fife 173 souls for every square mile of 

 land ; and that though the county is not, in 

 point of extent, above one forty eight part of 

 Scotland, it contains above a nineteenth part of 

 its population. Its present extraordinary popu- 

 lation cannot be ascribed to the improved state 

 of agriculture ; as for the last 45 years, the in- 

 crease of inhabitants has been inconsiderable. 

 This circumstance, I should be inclined to think, 

 is rather to be imputed to the natural advan- 

 tages which Fife enjoys beyond most other coun- 

 ties. The greatest part is excellently adapted 



