314 Comfort of the Cottiers. 



not exceed eighty barrels, or one thousand six 

 hundred and fifty stone. 



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The fields are square and well fenced the 

 hedges in completely good order : the Clyde 

 occasionally inundates and injures a large por- 

 tion of the meadows, an evil which probably 

 might be remedied at no heavy expense. 

 The order and regularity which pervades every 

 department of this establishment is highly 

 pleasing. Wages to the cottier are a shilling 

 a-day, and from six pence to eight pence is paid 

 to the women. 



To each of Mr. Fortescue's cottiers ground 

 is let sufficient to graze a cow, and, when requir- 

 ed, for providing it also with hay, beside what 

 may be necessary for their potatoe crop : these 

 several advantages are allowed on reasonable 

 terms, not exceeding a rent of five or six pounds 

 per family. I have not yet seen any cottiers 

 who were so comfortable, or whose dwellings 

 were so clean. All that surrounds them is 

 stamped with an air of contentment, proclaim- 

 ing the possessors satisfied and happy. This 

 can never fail to excite a corresponding feeling 

 in the bosom of a considerate spectator. The 

 tithes, as usual, are here a subject of great 

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