ber 3; but the ſwallow feeds her young with the inſe& or parent of theſe caterpillars, and thereby is of ſuperior ad- vantage 3; for by deſftroying a fingle fly or inſedt, in the be- ginning of ſummer, many thouſands of vermin are prevented from coming into exiſtence. This is applying a remedy to :he evil in the moſt effe&ual way. Every encouragement, 1herefore, ſhould, by the lovers of agriculture, be given to theſe friendly viſitants.

Some thoughtleſs people diſcourage them from frequent- ing the neighbourhood of bee-hives, from a ſuſpicion that in their flight they pick up the bees. This, perhaps, is no more than a ſuſpicion, for it is probable that ſwallows will not in- jure bees, or indeed any other inſe&s that are armed with itings. But although a few bees ſhould be deſtroyed by them, what fignifies their loſs in compariſon of the advantages 2- ring from the deſtrudtion of caterpillars and other devour- ing vermin? It is believed that a fingle neſt of ſwallows will deſtroy, in a ſeaſon, about 100,000 inſe&s, which, with their caterpillars, would deſtroy an immenſe quantity of growing vegetables. Another advantage ariſing from the ſwallow is, that it never lives on grain, which is not the caſe with nict of the common birds in this country.

Limeſone and Coal.--“According to the preſent ſyſtem of improvements, limeſtone, in the neighbourhood of fuel, is ge- nerally conſidered as of great value. Several quarries of lime= None have been wrought in the county. Moſt of them, however, owing to the badneſs of acceſs to ſome of them, and the ex- Pence of /irring or working others, have not been much wrought for ſome rime paſt. It is probable that they may be again opened with advantage.---CoaZ, either for fuel or burning cf limeſtone, is got on moderate terms, and in abundance, from Kelty and Blairingone, at a very ſhort diſtance from the town ef Kinroſs,' the capital of the county.-»-Peats may be had in ſeveral