r/w^/ well, commonly called the oi/y well And having 
treated of the conveniency of its being Mountainous^ of 
its woods, and ?mnes, from thole oiGold down to Coals, he 
writes of the arable lands, and grains ot .the country^ 
which are much the fame with ours, of which ^r^^Vz the 
fertility ot fome grounds returns 1 5, or 1 8 for one. 
The /^Z'^^^^^ssi^^J in general he looks upon as qualified 
for arts and ar ms, by th^ roughnefs of their {oil, and the 
purity of their air. The Antient Scots lived extempore^ 
hunting fupplying meat, and the rivers drink,their man-- 
ners being anfwerable to their courfe of life. They took 
fuch particular care that their race ftould not be wafted 
by hereditary difeafes, that they prohibited Marriage to 
all fuch who were any way diftempered» 
In the fecondBouk^Difeafes in general are handled, Spe- 
cially thofe of the Conntry, fome extraordinary cafes of 
which he relates, as o[ grange hyjlerical fits, ofawomaa 
with a large horn above her right ear ; as alio of a Dropfie 
of the rightTu6a Fdllopiana, out of whofe leg came 44 
iS'r^?^^:^ pints of tinged water, with a great quantity of 
thick fediment at the bottom. 
: In his Method of cure he infifts principally upon the con- 
venience of Medicines of the growth of the Country, it be- 
ing the primitive praUice ; and that he might promote 
as well as commend it, he has given an account of the 
Medicines which are produced there, and tk\€\t virtues 
and through all forts of Simples, compares domeftick 
withforreignones, to ftiew how little need there isoiex' 
otickJDrugs, 
The fecond part is divided into 4 booJ?s ; the firft, after 
the various ufes of^/^??^^' confidered with their definitions, 
parts and divifions, coni\^soi a Catalogue oi thok plants 
which grow wild, to each of which is annexed the chara» 
lieriJiicJ^ note taken from the feed and fruit, and the vir^ 
tues oi the plant, as to moft is added the places w!iere. 
they are to be found, Thcfecond ho\ defynbes plants 
cultivated 
