54^ 



A. D. 1800. 



Great Britain being prohibited ; cassia ; 

 ebony; sandal, satin, and sapan, woods; 

 some wineSj carried from other count- 

 ries. 



Irish linens ; German linens ; tutenague ; 

 tar ; rum ; brandy ; geneva ; French^ 

 Portugal, Rhenish, andSpanisli, ivines; sand- 

 al wood, and some other woods. 



A little wood ; 

 some birds. 



NEW HOLLAND. 



Wrought iron ; woolen, silk, cotton, and linen, goods ; hardware. 

 Some groceries, spirits, and wine, all in small quantities; Russia linen. 



Gum, Arabic, Sand- 

 rake, and Senegal ; 

 camwood ; ebony ; 

 red-wood; ivory; a 

 few ostrich feathers; 

 some skins. 



AFRICA. 



Apothecary's ware ; wrought brass ; copper, and iron ; 80,806 

 guns ; cutlasses ; gun-powder ; spiritous liquors ; earthen 



beer ; woolen, cotton, and linen. 



No imports 



Some wine, 

 cotton, and 

 skins. 



ware ; glass ; provisions , 



goods ; wearing apparel. 



Bar iron ; bugles ; coivries ; sugar ; tea ; groceries ; rice; 



rum ; bmndy ; geneva ; Irish, and German, linens ; India 



piece goods to a large amount. 



SIERRA LEONA. 



Cotton, and linen, goods ; a few woolen goods ; leather ; hardware. 

 Some India piece goods ; a feiv Irish, and other, linens ; groceries ; 

 tobacco, Js'c. all in small quantities. 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



Articles, proper for the climate, of almost every kind. 



Drugs ; grocery ; linens ; some provisions ; rum ; brandy ; geneva ; 



tobacco ; some tvine ; all in trifling quantities, 



SOUTHERN FISHERY. 



I Brandy, geneva, and wine, in small quantities, being only for ship stores. 



A comparison of this view of our foreign trade with other accounts of it publish- 

 ed half a century ago, or even later, must, on many accounts, be very gratifying 

 to every wellwishcr to the agriculture, the manufactures, and commerce, of Great 

 Britain *. 



1 801, January 14"' — In confequence of the convention entered into 

 by the northern powers, an embargo was laid on all vefTels belonging 

 to Ruilia, Sweden, and Denmark, found in the ports of the Britifh do- 

 minions. 



As the befl ufe of the navy is to proted the commerce of the country, 

 out of which it fprung, and by which it is fupported, it cannot be im- 

 proper to give a brief retrofped: of the growth of it, fmce a diftindl clafs 

 of fhipping was appropriated in this country to the purpofe of maritime 

 warfare, as far back as we have any accounts. 



• See in particular fuch a view in the Preceptor, fimilar view given by Mr. Andcrfon in his Ap- 

 [K ii,/. 459] acompilation of confiderable merit, pendix, p. 68. j 



piibliflied ill the year 1748 by Dodlley, and a 



