▁any ▁business ▁or ▁employ ments , ▁but ▁are ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁French ▁or ▁Spanish ▁arm ies , ▁or ▁marry ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁of ▁age . ▁Those ▁are ▁left ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁good ▁fortune ▁and ▁conduct ▁abroad , ▁and ▁these ▁are ▁preferred ▁to ▁some ▁advantage ous ▁farm ▁at ▁home . ▁This , ▁by ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁a ▁small ▁portion , ▁and ▁the ▁liber ality ▁of ▁their ▁relations , ▁they ▁are ▁able ▁to ▁stock , ▁and ▁which ▁they , ▁their ▁children , ▁and ▁grand children , ▁possess ▁at ▁an ▁easy ▁rent , ▁till ▁a ▁near er ▁desc endant ▁be ▁again ▁preferred ▁to ▁it . ▁As ▁the ▁prop in qu ity ▁removes , ▁they ▁become ▁less ▁considered , ▁till ▁at ▁last ▁they ▁deg ener ate ▁to ▁be ▁of ▁the ▁common ▁people ; ▁unless ▁some ▁accident al ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁wealth ▁supports ▁them ▁above ▁their ▁station . ▁As ▁this ▁hath ▁been ▁an ▁ancient ▁custom , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁far mers ▁and ▁c ott ars ▁are ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁and ▁cl an ▁of ▁the ▁propriet or ; ▁and , ▁if ▁they ▁are ▁not ▁really ▁so , ▁the ▁propriet or ▁either ▁oblig es ▁them ▁to ▁assume ▁it , ▁or ▁they ▁are ▁gla id ▁to ▁do ▁so , ▁to ▁proc ure ▁his ▁protection ▁and ▁favour ." ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁fe ud al ism ▁during ▁Late ▁Med ieval ▁times ▁and ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁above ▁explained , ▁no ▁trace ▁of ▁male ▁prim ogen iture ▁or ▁a ▁similar ▁custom ▁existed ▁in ▁Scotland ▁or ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the