The statistical account of Scotland Author:John Sinclair Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NUMBER XIII. PARISH OF CAMERON. (freflytery of St. Andrews—Synod and County of Fife.) By tit Rev. Mr. John Mair, Miniflcr. Ereflion, Situation, and Extent... more ». THIS parifh was disjoined from St. Andrews about years ago. The church and manfe lie almoft in the centre, about 3 computed miles S. W. from the city of St. Andrews. Its extent, from N. to S-, is 3 computed miles ; and 4 from E. to W.; but, from N. E. to S. W., and from N. W. to S. E., 4 computed miles each way. Cultivation, Minerals, Soil, ifc—About 30 years before the disjunction, there was plenty of game ; and long after that period, even no farther back than 60 years ago, altnoil all eaft- ward from the church, there was one continued trad of heath; but atprefent nothing of that kind is to be feen, excepting upon the lands of Lathocker, belonging to Mifs Scott, who, it is to be hoped, when fhe arrives at majority,'will give proper encouragement to cultivate that barren fpot. What has been ofpf fingular fervice in making fuch an alteration is the lime-(lone and coal, with which this parifli abounds. The foil differs yery much through the whole parifli; and though fome very good grain is produced, (efpecially on the farms to the northward of the church), yet, in general, it is better adapted for pafturage. The proprietors are fo fenfible of this, that more than one half of the parifli, which was all open fields 30 years ago, is now inclofed ; and fimilar improvements are daily waking upon the reft of it. Farm Rents, Prices of Labour, $c.—Rents are confiderably raifed within thefe 30 years. All the farms, of which leafes bave been lately granted, produce to the proprietor double, and fome of them triple, of what they did formerly. The price of labour, in fome meafure, keeps pace with the rents. Tailors, whof...« less