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ilands, ſnow ſeldom lies long, as the ſurface of the loch is not higher than 14 feet-above the level of the ſea.

Swzane. Very little attention has been paid tothe breed of this uſeful animal... Farmers in general do not reckor ſwine a valuable part of ſtock. Several proprietors, how- ever, have introduced the Chineſe breed, which is now pre- ferred to all others as the moſt profitable. None 1s imore eaſily fed; none produces better ſucking pigs; the pork is of the beſt quality; and when ſmoaked, the hams and ba- con are not ſurpaſſed by any. This valuable breed has been acquired, in the greateſt purity, by the attention of ſe- veral Eaſt India captains belonging to this county, who have imported, in their own ſhips, the original kind diredtly from China. The large Hamplhire hog is to be found at all the diſtilleries, where a few of them are fattened. The moſt approved method to fatten hogs 1s, in general, to carry them on for 6'or 8 weeks on boiled potatoes, bran, and the refuſe of corn-mills: after which time 2 or 3 weeks are neceſlary to complete the fattening of them with oats and

peaſe. The fize, when fat, is commonly from go to 160 Ib. Engliſh.

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Coppices. In this county are many coppices that have been uſed as ſuch paſt al memory. Torwood in the pa- riſh of Dunipace, and the wood of Callender in the pariſb of Falkirk, are generally believed to be the remains of the Caledonian foreſt, with which the greateſt part of this coun- try, when the Romans invaded Scotland, ſeems to have been covered. The trees are principally oak, beech, hazel and birch. Some of the oaks, when allowed to remain, riſe to a great ſize. Of this the county affords ſeveral ex- amples. The moſt noted tree in the whole diftri&t was Wa-

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