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Chap. XI. Appendix , No. I

an approximation to the truth, as can be expected, consideringthe present imperfect sources of information, regarding that im-portant subject of inquiry.

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English

Total

Proportion

frames of the Counties.

acres

acres not

frnghsh

in 100

cultivated.

cultivated.

acres.

cultivated i

Aberdeen

.

451,584

802,816

1,254,400

36

Argyll, besides Islands

163,970

1,244,030

1,408,000

11

Ayr

325,850

539,150

664,960

49

Banff .

123,840

288,960

412,800

30

Berwick .

137,196

145,684

282,880

48.5-

Caithness

92,335

547,347

439,680

21

Clackmannan .

23,040

7,680

50,720

75

Cromarty

20,480

143,560

163,840

12.5

Dumbarton

55,990

91,930

145,920

37

Dumfries .

232,557

569,565

801,920

29

Edinburgh

145,000-

81,560

226,560

64

Elgin

121,088

181,632

302,720

40

Fife

209,216

89,664

298,880

70

E orfar

369,408

198,912

568,320

65

Haddington

139,264

54,816

174,080

sa

Inverness , besides Isles

148,685

1,709,875

1,858,560

8

Kincardine

92,416

150,784

243,200

38

Kinross .

27,648-

18,432

46,080

60

Kirkcudbright .

,

168,243

357,517

525,760

52’

Lanark

271,296

551,584

602,880

45

Linlithgow

57,600

19,200

76,800

75

Kairn . -

57,440

87,560

124,800

30

Peebles .

24,500

179,66a

204,160

12

Berth

501,118

1,126,298

1,627,416

32

Renfrew .

72,000

72,000

144,000

50

Ross, besides Islands

J 20,378'

1,187,678

1,307,856"

9

Roxburgh

205,920

251,680

457,600

45

Selkirk .

10,100

158,220

168,320

6

Stirling .

195,600

117,560

312,960

62.5

Sutherland-

65;045

1,059,515

1,122,560

5.6

IVigton .

101,136

187,824

288,960

35

Buteshire

29,440'

73,600

103,040

28.6

Argyll Islands

107,020

487,540

594,560

18

Inverness Islands

95,680

640,320

756,000'

13

Ross-shire Islands

30,117

328,283

558,400

8.4

Orkney .

24,480

247,520

272,000

9

Zetland .

21,888

525,312

547,200

4

Total Scotland & its Islands

5,045,450

13,900,550

18,944,000

26.6

Chap. XI. Afp. No. 2.

Inquiry concerning the Origin and Nature ofPeat-Moss.

By John Naismith , Esq.

This substance has, of late, been the subject of much dis-cussion ; and various hypotheses have been advanced as to its o-‘