| The Story of Kyle and Carrick Four Hundred Years Ago (4101 words) |
 | Carrick was not so destitute, at that period, of forest as the remainder of Ayrshire seems to have been. |
| There were one or two large forests in various parts of the division, which sufficed for material for the making of implements used on farms and for the building of houses; and Kyle and Cuninghame were largely indebted to the southern end of the county for their supplies of timber. |
| The feudal system, with all its faults, reigned supreme in the one case ; in the other it was being broken in upon by the increase of independent populations, by the progress of manufactures, and by the necessity to derive new methods of keeping in the van of progress. |
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