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Of ſuch moors the county of Stirling, little to its profit, 15 far from being deſtitute. One fretches from Sauchie, in the pariſh of St Ninian's, to Bellwell in the pariſh of Bal- frone, the diſtance of about 16 miles, and varies in breadth from 1 mile to 4- Another moor, with a very few narrow ſtrips of arable land excepted, extends from the vicinity of the village of Denny to the weſtern extremity of the coun- ty, a few miles from the town of Dumbarton. This may be about 39 miles in length, and 3 at an average in breadth. A third is fituated in the higher parts of the pariſhes of Drymen and Buchanan, comprehending Benlomond and ſome of the neighbouring hills, a ſpace of about 10 miles in length and 3 in breadth. Another diſtri&, conſiſting moſt- 1y of peat-moſſes and uncultivated moors, occupies a ſpace from Muiravonfide to Cumbernauld,? about 8 miles by 2%. "The whole of theſe moors, which may be called waſte lands, may contain 92,000 acres.

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The county is traverſed from eaſt to weſt by a good turn- pike-road, which is ſubdivided at the village of Camelon, one branch leading to Kirkintulloch, Kilfyth, and Glaſgow; and another to Strling, from whence a turnpike-road is making to the weſtern extremity of the county, where it joins Dumbartonſhire. Two turnpike-roads croß the coun- ty from ſouth to north; one by FintrY, another by Killearn. They are made by money borrowed upon the private cre- dit of the truſtees, the intereſt of which is afterwards paid, and the roads kept in good repair by the produce of the tolls. Much improvement has been made upon the private or parochial roads, by the judicious application of the ſta- tute-work, and by private ſübſcriptions. The ſtature-work 1s by a ſpecial at of Parliament converted into money z an option, l:owever, is reſerved to the truſftees to take the

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