INDEX.] 



177a Arrrftmcnt in Scotland nottoaffeft the properly 



of bankrupts . . . . '" 



I79fi Arraxo-root may be imported without duty 

 lOo'Arlani/iorits iiTcntiuns Britain 



Arlijicirs. — See Gold/mitlis, &c. Women, Be, 

 135I Tlieir uas^ci fixed by law 

 1363 Tliey are tonfined to one occupation 

 1364. Not permitted to inipoit wine 

 J368 Anupiirers of England fuperlor to thofe of 



Scotland - . . 



1369 Compelled to work for legal wages 

 J463 Many articles of foreign mamifaCuire prohibited 



in their favour ... 676 



1635 And alfo now . - - ii, 3SS 



1636 Artificcis in oiitfkirts of London incorporated 393 

 1766 Obliged to fulfil ilieir contratls . . 444 



Artijls — See Socirly nf arliJIs. 



AJIici for mamifatlitrcs. 

 1765 Peari-aflies bri)uglitfiom Minorca - 111,433 



■ Pol-a(lies made in New. England . 433, 474 



1780 Duties on afhes of all kinds reduced - 657 



17S3 Reduced dutico eftdbliflied - - iv, 14 



1786 Duties altered .... 106 



1794 Exportation prohibited . - 296 



'799 Quantities imported 1772— 1799 . - 469,470 

 1784 Afiatk Socirty eflabliOied by Sir W. Jones, for 

 invefligating the antiquities, arts. See. of 

 Hindooftan . - - iv, 43 



1151 j^i has a trade in money, &c. . - i, 399 



AJIrcnomy. 

 a249« Aflronomical obfervations in China and India 



'. I7 77 

 »234'And in Babylon - - - *> 75 



3O0o*PT0grefs of aflronomy in Arabia . . 7 



55o*Tnie fyftem of the univerfe apparently known 

 in fome degree by Pythagoras, and conveyed 

 by him from Chaldaa to Greece - 41 



324' Adronomy improved by Alexander's conquefts 7^ 

 a8o*True fyficra known by Arillarchus . . 87 

 i27*Anronomy improved by Hipparchus . iio 



1091 The monks of Croyland have a nader . 308 



1448 True fyflem of the univ'erfe conceived by 



Cufa .-..--- 665 



1510I] And finally eflabliflied by Copernicus - ii, 58 

 1556* ||x(///(?(j, originally 12 villages - - i, Jo 



55o'Laws introduced by Solon - - 40 



f02*Sends 2b-)hips to afliil the lonians . 62 



497 ■'Becomes commercial and powerful - 63, 65 



446'Conimand3 the (ea — attends to commerce — ex- 

 ports wine to Egypt - - .67 

 404*Dellroyed by Lacedsemon ... 68 

 364,409 Attacotti inv.xi.\e Romaji Britain - i, 2.12, 215 

 1777 AuBions and Auclioiiccrsi\ih'ji^Q.e'i to duties, with 



fome exceptions _ - - iii, 608 



J796 Additional duties . - . iv, 384 



1351 Auncdl, a kind of weight, abelillied . i, 544 

 1428 Again prohibited ... 643 



§■* y^Dcra^f regulated by the Rhodian law . i, 25 



1285 And by King Edward I in England - 442 



1467 And by aft of parliament in Scotland . 681 



J 769 Ayr bank ellabiirtied — their liberality brings 



them into great difficulties, and 

 J773 they break up bufincfs, haying funk their 

 Hock, aod alfo encumberea their private 

 efiates - ■. - - iii, 525 



•773 They cancell their- annuity bonds - 533 



i335 Aztifoi Tana — route from it to China '> i'S 



■ Azorei or W^Jlcrn IJlands, fuppofed to be the Caf- 



fitciides - - - i, 44 n 



i45olSaid to have been difcovtred by Flemings — 



now occupied by Portugncfe - 668 



J5S9 Fayal taken by the Knglilh — fomeScottifli fliips 



trade to the Azures • > ii; 1 90 



1. » 



4« 

 138 



45' 

 >3« 



ii%\*jtbABYLOM — artronomical obfervations in it 

 538"Is conquered by Cyrus . . . - 



14 Articles carried from Babylon to Rome 



1292 Bacon, Roger, makes wonderful difcoveries in 



Icience . . . - i, 



14 Bactria fends pretious ftones to Rome - i, 



14 Batica, in Spain, very fertile, the trade, cities, 



&c. of it - . - - i, 127 



i\(>o\\Bagdad, the richert city in the world - >> 335 

 1295 Has rich manufactures, a trade in pearls 45^ 



Is the entrepot between India and the Wert 490,491 



1629 Bahama ijliindi included in the grant of Caiolina 



— New Providence faid to be fettled by the 

 Englilh - . - . ii, 361 



1641 Englifh expelled by Spaniards — return . 416 

 1666 Iflands granted to proprietors of Carolina • 527 

 Sketcli of their hidory, &c. ... 528 

 1731 Some of them inhabited ... iii, 162 



1734 Number of people, &c. .... 201 

 1776 New Providence taken by the Americans • 586 

 1782 And now by the Spaniards - - . 710 



17S3 Reftored to Great Britain at the peace . iv, 4 



Taken from Spain before the peace was known 16 



1787 Nalfau made a free port — regulations . i«5 



Population, value of land, &:t. - - 156 



1791 Import and export of ilaves ... 228 



1792 Free port made perpetual ... 23 j 



Rules for importation of foreign fugar, &r. 234 



BailifoT bailie, a title of magillracy fometiines 



equivalent to (hireff - . . i^ 345 



The chiefand fecondary cfmany towns foealled 

 —in England 438, 499 n, 501, 510, 519— 

 Scotland - . . . . 446, 671 

 947 Bajch has gold mines and (laves - . i, 

 £a/a«cfo/7rtf</f apparently favourable to Britain 

 during the Roman dominion . - i, 

 I i89||Conriderable in favour of England 

 1272 And apparently dill continues ... 

 Before 12S6, apparently in favour of Scotland, 



284, 447, 

 1272 In England fuflicient to compenfate Henry's 



profufion and his brother's exportation 

 1354 Amount of it in favour of England 

 1S57II Apparently in favour of Scotland 

 1420 England receives annually 100,000 ducats from 



Venice .... 



1613 Balance in favour of England ... 

 1622 Balance againft England ... 



(N. B, Thefe two very inaccurately (truck.) 

 1662 Balance againft England ... 



166S Ditto more than the whole exports (qu.) 



1669 and 1703, balance in favour ... 



1670 Rules by Sir J. ChiM, &c. forjudging of it 

 1711 Favourable balance ill the years 1707-17 10. iii. 



269 



291 

 346 

 423 



44S 



4JJ 

 555 

 5 59 



634 

 316 



5'3 



5J4 



534 



54S 



16 



26 



26 n 



43 



1712 Average balance by Pliilips's ftatement 



The fame from the culioni-houle accounts 

 1714 Favourable balance of 17 13-14 ... 

 1760 The balance with every country (according to 

 the official valuation') may be found by the 

 table of imports and exports inferted at the 

 conclulion of this and every fubfequent year 

 Obfervations on the balance of trade 

 1797 Eftimate of the real balance by Mr. Irving iv, 

 14 Ba/caric ///ifnds furnifli wine to Rome 

 Batiuji. — See Trinity houjt, 

 i2<)i\\BaUoon, or fonuihing equivalent to it, invented 

 by Roger Bacon . . . - i, 



2Z'i*BaUs of red-hot iron ufed by the Tyrians againft 

 Alexander - - . . j 



§'BalLicJea entered by Pytheas - - i 



Sec Armed Neutrality, Sound 

 1 17 1 \\Baiii of Vetiice originates in a loan • i, 34a 



441 



4'3 

 129 



45 » 



71 

 89 



