Excerpt from The Parish of Glencairn 'in the preparation of the following account of this parish, I have been deeply indebted to the following gentlemen - C. T. Ramage, Esq., LL. D., of Wallace hall, for copious notes upon the Place-names, and the History, etc. Of the church, village, and families; William Smith, Esq., banker, Moniaive, for the Agri cultural Statistics; John Home, Esq., Edinburgh, for the Geological Observations; and the Rev. Sir Emilius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.