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fheep; 5. oats with grafs feeds for paf- 
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Wheat is rarely cultivated here: barley 
is fown on the beft’ foils, and another fort 
of barley with fquare ears, called beg or 
bear, is town commonly on’the colder and 
more expofed grounds. The cultivation 
of ele is well underftood here, and 
much practifed : they always fucceed cats, 
and are.generally fown in drills, feldom 
broadcaft. Potatoes are alfo univerfaliy 
‘cultivated, and in large quantities. Arti- 
ficial 
few years ago; but at prefent clover and 
rye-¢ crals are fown on every farm with 
great advantage. ane quantity of feed is 
ufually from 12 to 15/b. of red clover, 
and a bufhel of Eneglifh rye-grafs to an 
Englith acre. 
two or three years in gra{s, the clover is 
generally fown half red and half white. 
ff land is fown for pafture only, the fame 
quantity of rye-gralsy with 8 or 10 lb. of 
white clover, 4ib. ef rib-grafs, and no 
red clover. 
The fheep are of two forts, the black- 
faced breed, and the Cheviot breed. The 
former prevails in the weftern part of the 
county, and the latter in the eaftern ; and 
it is not eafily determined which are moft 
numerous. The black-faced is the origi- 
nal breed of the country, and is faid to be 
a much hardier race than the white-faced, 
and confequently better adzpted to a bar- 
ren hilly diftrict. However, the white- 
faced, a Cheviot race of heey are doubt. 
efs the moft profitable fteck on green hills 
with tolerable herbage. Milking the ewes 
after the lambs are weaned, though much 
practifed here formerly, is now greatly 
laid afide. 
On the high grounds and the upper 
- part of the county the breed of cattle is 
very ordinary and ill-fhaped, Sone thin 
behind, and flat-ribbed ; they weigh from 
thirty to forty ftone when fat. The low 
part of the county, where turnips are cul- 
tivated, produces much better cattle, which 
is, ina great meafure, owing to the far- 
mer’s care in feleCting the beft breeders. 
They are generally fed off at three years 
old, and will weigh from fifty to fixty 
ftone each. Horles in this county are 
about fourteen or fifteen hands high: not 
many of them are bred here, but purchafed 
from other counties. The Cumberland 
mode of ploughing with two horfes abreatt 
is here praétiled; as alfo drawing horfes in 
Jingle horse carts, fimilar to the cultom of 
that county. 
July 25th.—Peebles to Moffat in Dum- 
friesthire, thirty-two miles. Inow direct 
BZoufinan’s Tour in Scotland. 
raffes were {carcely known here a. 
When intended to continue 
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my courfe weftward tothe Edinburgh and 
Carlifle road, ftill keeping on the banks of 
the Tweed. About half a mile from Pee- 
bles, I pals an old feat of the Duke of 
Queenfoury ys, new in ruins, or approach-# 
ing fat that fate. This mantion was 
for inetly the principal refidence of the 
Laris of March. It is curioufly feated on 
a rock almoft hanging over the river 
Pweed, and with fearcely an acre of level 
ground. near it, but is fheltered with a 
quantity of wood on every fide. The foil, 
as I proceed, continues a fharp gravel, or 
light loam: oats, barley, and-peas are the 
principal produce. Here is little holm or 
haugh land. Whe furface of the vale ts 
regular, and rifes up in lumpifh hills on 
each fide, which are oe with heath, 
rock, or green {ward; but the valley in 
genera] is pleafant, and contains numerous 
good houfes, feats, 8c. and feveral large 
oe eton: of Scotch fir are climbing up 
the fides of the mountains. On the right . 
I pafs the feat of the jee Chief Baron of 
Scotland, but not within view. Here the 
country is fertile, delightful, and very 
woody. On the other band, a plaia houfe 
appears over the Tweed covered with ex- 
tenfive plantations, through which avenues 
are cut. A few miles further brings me 
toa blue-flate quarry, faid to be nearly. 
equal to thofe OF Weftmoreland: I am 
told itis the only one tn this part of Scot- 
land. I have obferved few tarms to day 
which are properly inclofed;. but inclo- 
fures and improvements are going forward 
rapidly. Stone walls are the moft ufual 
fences. Many farm houfes are the mof 
milerable old hovels that can be conceived ; 
however, new and convenient houfes are 
now erected on many farms at the foleex- 
pence of the tenants; but they have the 
mot ample encouragement. for making fuch 
expenfive improvements, having very fre- 
quently of late had leafes eranted for the 
term of thrice 19 or 57 years, particularly - 
on the Duke of Queenfbury’s eftate. In 
traverfing thefe vales, it is amufing to ob- 
ferve their different curious windings and 
turnings among the mountains. Some- 
times they open ‘for a mile or two, and then 
feem totally fhut up by high hills; fo that 
one can fcarcely form a conjecture where 
an opening may be expected to be found. 
At lait, we difcover a crevice, which on 
entering we are furprifed to {ee dilated as 
much as the vale we have left, and per- 
haps equally cultivated and enriched with 
feats, woods, lawns, domeftic animals, 
&c. 
‘The hills now become a little more 
wild, and the vale not quite fo produétive: 
indeed, 
