Mull of Galloway, and lighthouse there-
on, 201-of Logan, 201
Myrock bay, 201

Names prevalent in Wigton, 5
Navigation, see Shipping
New Luce, parish of, 76
Newtonstewart, town of, 187
Novantes, relics of the, 85, 86
Old Luce, parish of, 66

Organic remains found in the moss, 12
Orchardton bay, 23

Packets, the mail, at Portpatrick, 154
Pallmallet, extensive caves at, 23
Park castle, ruins of, 68
Park, Rev. John, 96
Paupers, see Poor

Peat cutting, effects of, on the soil, 39
Peden, Alexander, the Covenanter, 76
Penninghame house, 177, 179-parish
of, 167-as compared with period of
former Account, 194
Persecution of the Co

11

, the residence of St Ninian,
37-house, 41
Pictish remains and traditions, 207
Piltanton water, 67, 82, 125
Plantations and planting, 18, 48, 90,
116, 125, 148, 163, 173, 204
Poaching, prevalence of, 18
Poltanton, see Piltanton

Poor, management of the, 8, 20, 35, 51,
59, 65, 75, 79, 93, 100, 121, 128,
160, 166, 192, 198, 216

Population returns, 5, 16, 30, 41, 56,
64, 71, 77, 89, 96, 114, 126, 143,
164, 179, 197, 209

Population of the county, 219-charac-
ter of, see Character

Port Kale, 133

Portlogan village, 200-harbour of, 201
Portmore bay, 103
Portmurray, 132

Portnessock bay, 200, 201

Portpatrick bay, 132-its depth and
tides, 134 harbour, 155-packets,
154-parish of, 129-town of, 153–
prison, 160

Priory of Whithorn, 54

Quarries, slate, at Kirkmaiden, 213-
at Lochryan, 83
Ravenstone loch, 11

Rent of land, rates of, 18, 31, 56, 72, 90,
116, 127, 149, 182, 211
Rerigonium, site of the town of, 86
Rigg bay, 23

Rivers and streams, Auchtrematane, 135
-Bishopburn, 168-Bladenoch, 2, 11,
169, 196-Craigoch, 134-Cree, 168
-Cross,66-Luce, 67-Piltanton, 67,
82, 125-Soleburn, 125-Tarf, 196
Roman camp at Whithorn, 55-remains
at Merton and Cree, 177

Ross, Sir John, birth place of, 85
Rowan, Rev. Robert, 173

Rural economy, see Agriculture

St Columba, 102

St Finian's chapel, ruins of, 61

St Martin's church, 54

St Medan's cave, 208

St Ninian, birth-place of, 54-residence
of, 37

St Ninian's chapel, ruins of, 176
St Patrick, traditions regarding, 129
Salmon fisheries, 32, 68, 76, 170, 186
Sandhead bay, 162

Sandy bay, the, 132

Savings banks, 59, 101, 160
Scar, the, of Lochryan, 102
School, Lancasterian at Sorbie, 34
Schools, see Education

Shells of Lochryan, list of the, 108
Shipping belonging to Drumore, 214—
Garlieston, 33-Mochrum, 64-Port
Patrick, 152- Stranraer, 98- Wig-
ton, 6

Slate quarries, 83, 213

Societies-the agricultural of Penning-
hame, 187-friendly, 7, 59, 101, 159
-the horticultural of Penninghame,
187-religious, 101

Soleburn bay, 123-water, 125
Sorbie castle, ruins of, 29-parish of,
22 ancient ecclesiastical history of,
27-village, 33

Soulseat abbey, ruins of, 87-loch, 82
-suppressed parish of, 84
Springs, mineral, of Barnbarroch, 11
Stair family, origin of their connection

with Wigton, 69-Earl of, bequest by,
for the poor of Stranraer, 101-Mar-
shal, 84

Stoneykirk, parish of, 162

Stranraer, parish of, 94-town of, 96—
its shipping, 98

Symson, Rev. Andrew, 12
Synniness castle, ruins of, 68
Tarf water, the, 196

Tides, the, in Portpatrick bay, 134
Tirally bay, 201

Torhouse, Druidical remains at, 2
Towns and villages-Cairnryan, 92—
Clayhole,94 Drumore, 200-Garlie-
ston, 33-Glenluce, 71, 74-Isle of
Whithorn, 55, 58-Monreith, 47-
Newtonstewart, 187-Portlogan, 200
-Portpatrick, 153-Stranraer, 96—

Tradeston, 94-Whithorn, 54-Wig-
ton, 6

Trees, remarkable, at Sorbie, 26
Urus, head of, found in the marl, 41
Vaux, Alexander, Bishop of Galloway,
12-Sir Patrick, 13

Wages, rates of, 18, 31, 47, 56, 72, 90,
116, 127, 149, 182, 211
Walker, George, martyr, 4

Wallace, General Sir Alexander, 85
Weather, prognostics of the, 23, 3ł
Whithorn, parish of, 52-priory, 54—
town, 54

Wigtonshire, general observations on,
218-bays of, 220-ecclesiastical sta-
tistics, 223, 230-families of, 225-
history, 223-origin of the name, 1,
223

Wigton bay, 11, 24-castle, ruins of, 2
-monastery, 3--parish of, 1-town,
6, 8

Wilson, Margaret, martyrdom of, 3
Woods, see Plantations
Young, Sir Peter, 7

Zoology, 12, 25, 67, 83, 95, 108, 125,
136, 170, 202