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"The ground is rather level; which circumſtance 13 unfor= tunate, as it makes the draining of it-dificult, as large ſprings burſt out at the foot of the hills.

The ſoils along the foot of the Ochills, in the pariſh.of Tillycoultry, are fine, rich, light loams, but not very deep. They have, for the moſt part, a gravelly bottom. They are covered. with innumerable quantities of ſtones, of different ſizes 3; ſome of them double the bigneſs of a man's fiſt. Theſe ſtones do not appear to hurt the crop. However, great quantities have been gathered off, which renders the ploughing of theſe lands eaſier. The haughs, along the fide of the Dovan, are a very deep loam, mixed with ſand. "There is ſome meadow-ground, near the bridge of Tilly- coultry, which hath 2 black moßy ſoil; deep, but lying on gravel. It produces coarſe graſs; and though it might be much improved by draining, does not ſeem calculated for grain.

The banks and high grounds, ſouth of the Dovan, are partly a cold till, partly a loam, with ſome light ſoil on a till or clay bottom. Some of.the gronnd is covered with a ſhort heath; and has a hard red ſand bottom, or one of a cold till.

In the pariſh of Dollar, the ſoil,*on the north fide of the Dovan, is a loam mixed with gravel; and, in ſome places, has a clay bottom. The high grounds, ſouth of the river, conſiſt of a ſtrong clay, mixed with 4 cold till. Short heath appears on them, in ſome places.

In the pariſh of Muckhart, the ſoil is in general dry and light; but of an unequal depth, and often interſe&ed with ſmall patches of wet boggy land.

The lands under tillage, in the pariſh of Glen Dovan, are ſcarcely 200 Scotch acres. The ſoil is light and dry, being a mixture of ſand and gravel; and the generality of the ſoil, ;on the hills, is good, and affords fine paſture for ſheep.

About one-third part of the pariſh of Culroſs conſiſts of ainarſh and moor, and is ſcarce. capable of being made uſeful

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