OF

THE AGRICULTURE

OF THE

HEBRIDES,

OR

WESTERN ISLES OF SCOTLAND:

WITH

ERCAN

OBSERVATIONS ON THE MEANS OF THEIR IMPROVEMENT,

TOGETHER WITH A SECARATE

ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL ISLANDS ;

COMPREHENDING

ARY PHI

THEIR RESOURCES, FISHERIES, MANUFACTURES,
MANNERS, AND AGRICULTURE.

DRAWN UP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

WITH SEERAL MAPS.

BY JAMES MACDONALD, A. M.

Nihil Agricultura melius: sola res rustica, quae sine dubitatione proxima et quasi consanguines
sapientiae est, tam discentibus egeat quam magistris.Columella.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS, LONDON:
SILVESTER DOIG, AND ANDREW STIRLING, EDINBURGH,
AND MARTIN KEENE, DUBLIN.

Alex. Smellie, Printer, Edinburgh.

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