[GENERAL 



14 Dcijj of Britain valuable, exported . i, 133 



S71-900 (ent as a prefent by king Alfred . =5 j « 



1396 Scottirti dogs in reqiielt in France - .560 s 



1630 Exportation of dogs from Enijland licenced ii, 363 



1797 Dclignon, Stephen — account of his invention for 



working many looms by one moving power iv.^ot 



Dctium afcertained to be equivalent to a tun i, 388 n 



Dc/p/iin of the anUents, the porpus - i, 225)/ 



1086 Domefday booh compiled ... i, 301 



Extracts from it - . 293-297,303-30'' 



1627 i)iimi>i;<-a claimed by Enghmd and France '',35' 



1731 Pollefled by the French ... iii, 160 



1761 Taken by the Britifli forces - - 347 



1763 Ceded to Great Britain at the peace - 367 



Comprehended in the government of Grenada 377 



1764 State of the illand, and plan for the fettlement 393 

 1766 Still without an afTenibly ... 442 

 ■■ Two free ports opened {iee Free Ports) - 446 

 1770 Made a feparate governnient . - 502 



1772 A hurricane defh'oys 18 vcffels . . 526 



1773 Free ports continued — rules for export^:, &c. 54.3 



1774 Not liable lo the duty of 4^ per cent - i59 



1777 Al'I for exportation of timber continued 607 



1778 Dominica tobacco admitted in Britain . 620 



Illand taken by the French . . 626 



1783 Retlored to Great Britain - • iv, 2 



Neutral veflels admitted for a time - 14 



Sufferings of the ifiand under the tyranny oftlic 



French governor .... 25 



1786 A war with runaway negroes . . 119 



1787 Rofeau made a free port — regulations . 125 



Imports and exports of Haves 1784-1787 153 



Population, value of land. Sec. . 156 



Exports to all countries, &c. . 158, 159 



1788 Exports to Great Britain 1787-88 - 179 

 1791 Imports and exports of Haves 1789-91 22S 

 1795 French inhabitants revolt — fapprelied 351 

 i79i6 Cloves, &c. cultivated by Mr. Buee . 3S6 

 1798 Sugar and rum exported to Great Britain 464 

 1320 Dominion of the fea afcribed to the king of Eng- 

 land by the Flemings - . j, 4S9 



1336 Claimed by King Edv/ard III . - 515 



1401 Flemings lowertheir fails to Englifh velTels 612 



1523 Apparently acknowleged by France - ii,6i 



16 15-1635 Afferted by Welwood and Selden 271,384 



1313 Dordrecht, or Dorl, obtains a relaxation of the 



rigour exercifed upon foreigners in England i, 479 

 1580 Drake, Sir Francis, plunders the Spaniards, cir- 

 cumnavigates the globe . . 11,165 

 1585 Ilaralles the Spanilh Welt Indies - . 178 

 1587 Sent againft Spain — takes a Portuguefe (hip, 

 from tlie papers of whicli much knowlege 

 of the Indian trade is obtained . . 183 

 15S8 Advifes the foundation of Chatham chert 1S8 

 .1595 Makes another expedition to the Well Indies 208 

 J359 Drovers of cattle t'lom Scotland to England i, 560 

 161 Dublin (Ehlana) mentioned by Ptolemy i, 198 

 450 Said to be famous for commerce . 21S 

 S48 Occupied by the Oltmen . . 254 

 io70|lSubdued by Godred, king of Mann - ago 

 1172 Given by K. Henry II to Briftol, and flourilhes 339 

 1644 Population of Dublin ... ii, 426 

 1733 Population, proteltants, papifts . iii, 196 

 1742-43 chrifienings and burials . . 334,239 

 1753 Increafe fince 1711 ... 302 

 1760 Houfes and people now . . J25 

 1424 Dundee bound for i;o,ooo marks for the king, i, 638 

 1458 Duties granted for repairing the harbour 673 

 J779 Dundunald, Lord, makes various extraftsfrom 



coal .... iii, 648 



1785 Obtains a patent for 20 years for his improved 

 method of making coal tar, &c.— his me. 

 thod of purifying I'alt - - iv, 73 



16^8 i!)an^!V< delivered to England • ii, 475 



1662 Sold to France ..... 505 



17 13 Port, &c. to be demoliflied by treaty iii, 28, 57 

 1086 Dtniwich pays rent in herrings tu the king i, 306 

 1156II A famous port, and opulent ... -ji 



Dutch — See HoUnnd. 



Dye-Jlvjfs — See Cochineal, Logwood, £?c. 

 1197 Sale ot dye-ftuffs reltrirted . . i, 3 57 



I2i6 Importation of woad confiderable . 38* 



1660 Dye-ftufts of the colonies to be landed inEnglifli 



dominions - . - ii, 480 



1722 Exempted from duty on importation iii, 123 



1785 American vegetable fubdanccs applied to dyini^ 



by Doftor Bancroft - . iv, 72 



1799 Quantities ofvariouskSndsiinp. 1772-1799 469,470 



Dying — See H'ooUn manufailure, Logti'o.'d, t?i. 

 1353 Scarlet and other grain colour^ dyed in England 1,55! 

 1382 Scarlet cloth exported . - 594,604 



1608 A premature attempt to force the dying of ail 



clotlis in England unfuccel'^ful . ii, 253 



1643 Cloth now fully dyed and finilhed - 424 



An improved fcarlet dye introduced - 426 



1765 Several improvements difcoveied . iii, 433 



1775 Premium given for an improvement - 544 



1777 Dyers near London may have any journeymen 607 

 1779 Art^of dying cotton in fcarlet and crimlbn 610,63s 

 1785 Art of d)ing cotton in Turkey red introduced 



in Glafgow and Manchefter . iv, 95 



1763 All ART HEN ware — progrefs of the manufac- 

 ture to the great improvement made by Mr. 

 Wedgwood ... iii, -go 



1765 High duties laid on it in Fl.andcrs ■ 427 



Great quantities exported to Holland 429 



1775 Painted ware may be imported 



Eaji-India company — See China — Tea. 



(For previous intercourfe with India, fee India — 



for foreign companies, fee the refpective 



countries.) 



1600 Dec. 31, company chartered for i^ years ii, 



1601 Send five fliips to India — fettle faftors 

 Arguments againft the trade, and aniwers 



i6o3||Conipany fettle a factory at Surat 



1604 Company's charter violated by a licence to fail 



to China, &c. - - . . 



1604 Company fend out four (hips 



1607 Another company chartered for China, ice. 24S 

 Company fend out three fhips . - 249 



1609 They fend only one (hip . - 258 



1610 Charter renewed, and made perpetual — com. 



pany build a (hip of 1,100 tuns . 259 



1611 Company's fhips defeat 4 Portuguefe galleons 26 



577 



216 



2lg 

 2lg 



232 



241 



241 



1612 Company obtain privileges in Perlia 



And now make a joint-(tock voyage 



16 13 They fettle a factory in Japan 



1614 They fend four (hips on joint-ftock account 

 They send Sir T. Rowe as amballador to the 



Mogul — his lift of articles in demand 



They have fatlories in many parts of India 



Complaints again(t the Eaft-India trade 



Before 1615 Company got Bifcayan whalers, and 



profecuted the whale filhery in Geenland 



Their fhips very large — view of their trade 



1616 Their (hips fail to Japan and Arabia 



1618 Make a joint ftock with the RulTia company for 



whaling ... - 087, 291 



Are authorized tofeize Englifh velTels in India 



1619 A pacification with the Dutch company 



Immediately violated ... 



Calamitous events in Japan 



162© Confumption of India goods in Euiope — coft 



in India, in Aleppo, and in England — com- 

 parative view of prices in irnporting fr$>nx 



269 

 272 

 »74- 

 276 



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»77 



279 



279 

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 285 



2SS 



293 

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