(334-985), the farm being of considerable extent; and both lie near midway between Leelaw and Linnhead, not far from the river Clyde, above the linn of Cora; but how called Corramoremore, the greater-seems not over-clear.

The Killbank estate (338) is chiefly farmed by the owner, and lies above the Clyde, between Kirkfield, Woodyett, and in a fertile district. Teathholm is a small farm on the property, and East Teaths, of small value, and a house in Kirkfieldbank, make up the rental. The Trows estate (343) is on the Nethan, south of Birkwood, the house and grounds being of fair value; and the farm of Woodland (343-980) is of considerable extent, and fertile; the small farm of Stonehill (343) making up the property. The Fauldhouse estate (346) lies in the south-east section of the parish, on the Poniel-water and the Douglas march. The mansion and grounds show well on the roll; and the article on the parish in the New Statistical Account was written by Andrew Smith of Fauldhouse. Grass parks form the chief value of the property, with six minor entries, about £9 each.

The Leelaw farm (351) is occupied by the owner, of considerable extent, lies near midway between the Nethan and the Clyde, having Boreland on the west. Ellanbank (353) consists chiefly of the farm of that name, which is of fair size, and near the Nethan-water. Auldtown (356) is occupied by the proprietor the same name appearing on Forrest; it is of fair size, on the Devon-burn, south-east of, but not far from, Abbeygreen. The Netherton estate (358) appears to consist of Netherton farm (358-1157), which is of no great extent, lies near the village of Lesmahagow, and of a small farm called Middleford, and a lesser one named Braehead. Neuk, or Newick (365), owned and occupied by a lady, is of fair size, and a short way north-east of the Auchlochan domain.

Of the minor estates, Auchmedan, 413, lime on it; Boreland, 426; Greenhill, 438; Greenridge, 388; Logan, 378; Moat, 371; Tanhill, 402; Teath, 377, are owned by the occupiers. Auchren, 397; Crossford, 385; Ladeshead, 421; Letham, 408; Priorhill, 372; Skellyhill, 368, are partially occupied by the owners: and Birthwood, 410; Boghill and Righead, 398; Garngour, North,

415; Do., South, 395; Kypes-waterhead, 423; Logan Bank, Halfmerkland, 424; Netherburn and Cowhill, 409; Scorryholm, 383; and Whiteside, 440, are let to tenants. Bellfield, 394 and 400, are for minerals. In the census returns for 1861, the population of villages and hamlets read as-Abbeygreen, Newtown, and Turfholm (Lesmahagow village proper), 1036; Auchenheath, 716; Bankhead, 530; Crossford, 530; Hazlebank, 311; Kirkfieldbank (near to Lanark), 1212; and Kirkmuirhill, 371. Such were the figures, but as pits open or are closed, colliers' houses are raised or deserted; and the population is fluctuating locally, even if increasing. Boghead, 198, New Trows, 61, appeared in 1841, but are not given for 1861; and the relative proportion of the sexes were, males 4665, females 4601-9266. In a parish so prosperous and so populous, the resident Justices of the Peace were twelve. The churches-a collegiate charge for the parish; a Free Church; U.P.-one at Abbeygreen, another at Crossford; Relief Presbyterian (Cameronian)-one at Abbeygreen, another opposite Rigside, on Douglas-water; and an Old Scotch Independent meeting-house. Schools-the Parochial and the Free; side schools at Bent, Corehouse, Crossford, Kirkfieldbank, Leelaw, Poniel, Skellyhill, and Stonebyres; subscription schools at Auchenheath and Bankhead; adventure do., at Trows; school of industry, parochial, free, and at Auchenheath. Inns-three "with hiring," seven without such license; a temperance coffee-room and hotel. Police-a serjeant and three constables; sheriff-officer, one. M.D.s, two; surgeons, one; veterinary do., two. Shops in Abbeygreen good, merchants respectable, and plate-glass windows numerous, etc.

From the junction of the Douglas-water with the river Clyde at Harperfield, to Threepwood, below where the Nethan flows into Clydesdale, the western banks of the Clyde are of surpassing beauty. Of the cost and details of erection of the "old bridge of Lanark," an interesting account will be found in the Appendix Volume of this Work, the road for the west running at that time for the strath of Douglas-water; since then, the present turnpike has been formed by the vale of the Clyde, and the coach which plies that way in the summer season has no lack of pas

sengers, the attractions of the route being so great. The village of Kirkfieldbank, just south-west of the bridge, is populous; not a few of the inhabitants are weavers, and from Ireland, one of the range of dwellings being known as Dublin Row. The woods west of the Lin of Stonbyres are rich and fair, as are those which surround the mansion of the same name, of old the seat of the Veres, one of the great families of the district, whose lands have been parted with, and, in a great measure, among the minor proprietors of the parish of Lesmahagow. The "braes of Nemphlar," on the Lanark bank, and the wooded slopes of the western side of the Clyde, show well in the landscape, where the orchards soon abound; and there are few villages in Scotland more finely placed, or more fairly surrounded with villas, gardens, and well-kept grounds, than is that of Crossford, a short way south of where the Nethan flows into the Clyde, and by a dark, deep dell, richly wooded, by which lies the pedestrian route to the ruined Keep of Craignethan.