1 735-1) contains a conſiderable portion of clay that renders it cold, retentive of water, and produtive of moſſes and coarſe graffes. The ſabſoil is mofßfily either a hard till impene- trable by water, or an argillaceous kind of grit, of a reddiſfh colour, blotched and ſlreaked with white, grey and yellow»

The Car/e Lands conſtitute one of the moſt remarkable Soils in the county. They lie in 2 low fituation on rhe banks of the Forth, and extend, from the river of Avon on the eaſt, to Kelly water on the welt, a ſpace of about 39 miles in length and 2 in breadth, at an average. They are elevated from 105 to ,25 feet above bigh-water mark, and a[mall portion of them in ſome places is overflowed at times by the river. The ſoil 1s univerſally allowed: to be the alluvion depoſited by the Forih and its tributary ſtreams, and conſequently to be the ſpoils of the higher grounds through which the river takes its courſe. It chief- 1y conſiſts of a hazel-coloured clay, a ſmall quantity of fand, and a pretty large mixture of once organized inat- ter. In ſome places are patches of till of various colours; but not a ſtone, ſo large as to obſtrut the plough, is to be found. The ſoil of the beſt quality when dug firſt from the natural bed, is of a bright blue colour, and of a ſub- ſance refembling the richeſt ſoap, and ſometimes even ſerves as a ſubſtitute for fuller's earth.. In many places the clay is excellently fitted for making bricks, tiles and a coarſe kind of crockery ware. The depths are from 5 to 50 feet. The ſubſoils are various, as a Hf brick clay,

hard till, and ſea-ſhells in a natural ſtate. Theſe beds of ſhells are from a few inches to 4 yards in thickneſs; they are chiefly large oyſters, with a mixture of cockles, whelks, and ſome otber ſhells at preſent found in the frith.

Patches of rich and fertile loamy ſoils are interſperſed in different parts of the hire. Light gravelly ſoils are chief- 1y on the banks of Enrick, Carsron, Blane, and other waters in the weſtern and midland parts of the county.

The high moors in this and moſt other places of fimilar climates in Scotland conſiſt of a moſſy ſoil, extremely friable and looſe when dry; but when wet, retentive of water.

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