1.85). 7 rally abound in the immediate vicinity of limeſltone 18 theſe pariſhes. The difliculty and expence in procuring a „fufficient quantity of this fuel, eſpecially in wet ſeaſons, throw an obftacle in the way of the prattice. That, how- ever, might be removed were ſome methods taken to pro- cure peat in greater abundance than is done at preſent, with more certainty: of drying them, and with leſs expence. Too little attention has probably been paid to what ſhould be the proper methods of ca/?1g, digging and preparing peats» The time 15 at no great diſtance when, upon the ir- reparable waſte of the coal ſtrata, the attention of the com- munity will be direded to the proper management of peat- moſſes, and the converting of them into fuel. But why poſt- pone to futurity any ſpecies of improvement that would employ idle hands, better the condition, and render more comfortable many thouſands of mankind, and what would tend to promote, eſpecially in diſtricts remote from coal, ſome uſeful branch in agriculture?

In the centre of the county, and in the pariſhes of Camp- ſie.and Baldernock, are extenſive ſtrata of limeſtone, in which are contained the remains of the inhabitants of the ancient ocean. They are quarried and burnt in confidera- ble quantities; and ſold unſlacked at the kiln, from 14 d. to 18 d. per firlot, ox buſhel*. The lime-ſhells, when drawn from the kiln, and carefully lacked, produce three times their bulk of powdered lime. Great quantities of lime are alſo brought from the lime-works of Lord Elgin and others, upon the banks of the Forth: and although it is not of equal quality with the very beſt lime in this county, yet the farmers near the river prefer it on account of the ſhort neßs of the carriage. In the eaſtern parts of the county, lime of the beſt quality, is alfo got from the quarries at Torphichen in Linlithgowſhire. Farmers on the banks of the canal have the benefit of lime from the great lime-work at Netherwood, fix miles welt of Falkirk.-----Limeſtöne, in

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X The firlot for meaſuring lime is, in this county, from 5 to 19 Pe!

vent. better than the Wincheſter buſhel.,