Maybole is a small, neat, market and post town, the capital of the parish of its name and the district of Carrick; 87 miles sw from Edinburgh, 52 n from Portpatrick, 44 ssw from Glasgow, 25 w from Ballantrae, 22 s from Kilmarnock, 12 n by e from Girvan, and between 8 and 9 s from Ayr; situate in a most delightful part of the country, on the face of a gentle eminence wit a southerly exposure, and surrounded by lovely scenery, formed of parks, highly cultivated, and hill and dale, with a sea-view of the "busy Firth of Clyde" opening on the west.

Maybole was created a free burgh of barony on 14th November, 1516, and a grant to Gilbert Earl of Cassilis, the patron, and to the provost and prebendaries of the collegiate church of Maybole, to which belonged the lands whereon the town stands. In October, 1639, an act, ordaining the head court of Carrick to be held at Maybole, was passed by the Lords of the Articles.

The principal business carried on here is weaving for the Glasgow houses, in which branch there are many local agents employed, and many families indefatigably occupied. The collegiate church has been for some time in ruins, and the ground appropriated as a private cemetery for the Cassilis family. A church of the national establishment, and one of the seceders or burghers, comprised the religious edifices until the 28th June, 1824, when the first stone of a Methodist chapel was laid; the Church of England service, however, is performed in the subscription school once a month. The parochial school dispenses instruction to about 170 boys and girls, who are taught all the sciences and some of the polite branches of literature.

Yearly and quarterly meetings of the "Carrick Farmers' Society" are held in the town-hall; the annual one is on the first Thursday of August, and the quarterly on the first Thursday in the months of February, May and November; the quarterly in August merges in the yearly assemblage.

A "Knox" club was instituted in 1824, for the purpose of communicating the serious exertions of that extraordinary man.

In the vicinity are many interesting objects, among which is the celebrated ruin called Crossraguel (noticed in the sketch of Kirkoswald); Kilbenzie Castle, now in a similar state of dilapidation, once belonging to a branch of the Cassilis family, who were for a long period hereditary bailles of Carrick; and the remains of Greenan Castle half a mile from the town. Ancient coins have been frequently found, and a vast quantity was some years ago discovered, in fine preservation, in this district. In the neighbourhood are two remarkably fine springs of water, popularly named "St Cuthbert's" and "Well-trees"; the latter is said to yield ten thousand imperial gallons per hour.

The market is held on Thursday, and there are the following annual fairs; Candlemass Fair, the second Thursday of February; Beltan Fair, the second Tuesday of May; Lammas Fair, the second Tuesday of August; and the Halloween Fair, the second Tuesday of November.

Culroy

Culroy is a small village in the parish of Maybole, three miles and a half from that town, and on the road to Ayr, from which it is five miles and a half distant.

POST OFFICE

Maybole, William Rennie, Post master - Letters from Glasgow and England arrive every night at ten, and are despatched every night at a quarter past nine - Letters from Portpatrick and Ireland arrive every night at a quarter past nine, and are despatched every night at ten.

COACHES:

To Ayr, the "Robert Burns" (from Girvan) calls at the King's Arms, every Tuesday and Friday morning at eight; and the "Earl of Cassilis", from the Cassilis Inn, at half past eight the same mornings.

To Girvan, the "Robert Burns" (from Ayr) calls at the King's Arms, every Tuesday and Friday evening at six.

To Glasgow, the "Royal Mail" (from Portpatrick), calls at the King's Arms every night at nine.

To Portpatrick, the "Royal Mail" (from Glasgow) calls at the King's Arms Inn, every night at half past nine and goes through Stranraer.

CARRIERS:

To Ayr, William Drynan, from the Cassilis Inn, every Tuesday, and James Kennedy, from his house almost daily.

To Girvan, William Drynan, from the Cassilis Inn, every Tuesday, and Robert Hannah, once a week.

To Glasgow, Robert Hannah, from the Cassilis Inn, and John Dunn, from Greenside, every Tuesday.

This transcript was kindly provided by Keith Muirhead from the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.