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grounds; and thoſe plantations would beautify, as well as enrich the country. There is a ſtrip of moſs, on the eaſt ſide of the pariſh, which is not of the beſt quality.for peats: the quantity is not great z but it is ſo ſituated, as not to be eaſily removed; at leaſt, the expence of doing it, would, in all probability, conſiderably outgo the profit.

In the pariſh of Alloa, the low grounds lying on the banks of the Forth, are a continuation of the fine fertile Carſe that is found in the pariſhes'of Tullyallan, Clackmannan, and Logie. The ſub-ſoil of part of it, is a ſtrong clay, fit for making bricks and tiles. The banks that immediately ariſe from.the Carſe, are moſtly compoſed of gravel, with a fine loam near the ſurface. The higher grounds towards the north, are leſs valuable; ſome of the ſoil being thin, on 2 cold till-bottom: it can however be improved. There are about 500 acres fit only for planting; the greateſt part of which has already been put to that uſe, ſcarcely 109 acres remaining to be done.

Eſtates and Tenures.--There is- no landed eſtate, in this diſtri&, that at preſent exceeds L. 4000 der annum: few amount to L. 2000. They moſtly run from L.3920 to L.1000. There are ſome of[. 100, and below it."Theſe kind of proprietors uſed to be called Portioners; of which there were many in this diſtriet: their numbers are a good deal de- creaſed. They ſeldom hold of the King; but are feus hold- ing of a ſubje&-ſuperior, anſwering to the Engliſh tenure of Soccage, which was of two ſorts. Free Soccage was paying 2 certain rent,. but not obliged to perform menial ſervice, which was reckoned derogatory to the military knight. The other was called Villein Soccage 3 where, beſides a certain rent, the vaſſal was bound to plough, ſow, reap, and per- form carriages, or any other office that was reckoned menial. Mott of the feuars, in this diſtrict, hold by this latter kind of tenure." One feu, in the- pariſh of“ Dollar; of 200:*

* Correſponds nearly to 254 E, acr.

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