i66i 



1663 

 16-0 



.'719 



J730 



Herrings. 



A company of princes, nobles, Src for the firti- 

 ery incorporated — taverns, &c obliged to 

 buy their herrings, and taxes for their be- 

 hoof laid on foreign fifh - . ii, 



RegiUations for packint; herrings 



Dutch have a great tilhcry on our coafts — they 

 cannot make red herrings 



A treaty w ith Hamburgh for the fale of Britifli 

 herrings, which prove very good iii, 



Herrings earlier tlian ufual lliis year 



503 

 5'- 



544 



74" 

 IS9 



292 

 305 



347 

 356 



37^ 

 84 



178: 

 17S4 



)7S5 



1786 



1787 

 17S9 

 '795 

 »799 



iSoo 



1769 



177 ^ 

 1781 



1784 



J7S8 

 fi9' 



Autliors who have written on their migration 1591 



Some of the reftraints relaxed 



County, Sec contimied - . . 



The Dutch have 151 vefTels, and the Scots 17, 



filhing on tlie coaft of Scotland 

 Britifli filliery more fuccefsful than Dutch 

 Prices of firfl-arrived herrings in Holland 

 The lierrings return to Sweden 



Herring filhery encouraged by Irifn parliament 404 

 Quantity of red herrings, &c exported to Hol- 

 land ... . 42g 

 Fiffiery in Scotland diftrelTed by ftoppage of 



the payment of the bounty - 436, 459 



Britifli herrings faid to he equal to the Dtitch — 



ohfervations on their migrations, Sec 459 



Premium on licnings fold at Billingfgate 483 



Bounty reduced to 3oy^ to be regularly paid 509 

 Herrings maybe imported from Mann 522 



Herrings abundant on the coaft of Fife - (158 

 Retrofpoct of herring fifhery of Scotl. fince 1751 591 

 Herring filhery in Scotl. injured by warandmif- 



conftru(5fion of the ait— bounty continued — 



doubt removed 

 Retrofpccl of herringfifliery of Scotl. and Engl, 

 Alfo of Ireland, Sweden, Holland, &c. 

 Herrings defcrt Sweden, and are uncommonly 



abundant on the Iriili and Scottilh coafts iv, 6 

 Number of foreign vetfels at the filhery 

 ridimg ftations furveyed by Doitor Andevfon, 



appointed by government, and by Mr. Knox 

 Winter fi'hing very late ; but the Irifli, being 

 free fiom legnl reftraints, make full cargoes 

 Some of the reUraints removed, and fomeaddtd 

 New act for boiunies,&c to velfels and boats 108,109 

 Only one ytril'el received the tunnage bounty of 



this aft 



J91 

 343 



.^ft explained and altered, bin ftil! inefficient, 



efpecially with refpcft toScottifli velfels 

 Herrings caught in deep water, and cured equal 



to the Dutch, but tin? trade given up 

 New regul.ltion^for bulTes, A:c. 



Aft of 17S6 continued - - 445,477 



Henings (caice in Sweden — have for feme years 



abounded in the Firth of Forth - 486 



Oil and foap made from herrings . 4S7 



Aft for importing S.vcdilli herrings . 501 



Retrofpcft of filhery and exportation 1783-1800 531 

 Srcttilh tifneiy, not on the bounty . 532 



Hitlei n)}(! Skins — See Hiiilfoii^s Bar, Car\ada, Cara- 



tira, &c and Ifool, the trade in (kins havirg 



been generally regulated by the laws forw ool. 

 Hides, &c may be imported from Ireland and 



America _ . . iii, 488 



Raw goat (kin.s admitted fi-et: . 577 and 654 



Pc:niif!ion of importing hides, &c continued 688 

 Kxpoi t of hare and coney ikins prohibited iv, 45 

 Seal fkins ndmitted free - - 104 



Free import of goat (kins contini;cd io5, 223 



Permiflliin of import from Ireland continued 126 

 Duties on various (kins altered - - 172 



Number of ICal (kins from Southern fifhery i8>) 



S.^al (kins of Sortiiern fifheiy admitted free 219 



loipoitfrom helanJ and Bntilh America con- 



tinvjed - • - JJ3, 273 



534 

 721 



109 n 



[GENERAL 



1791 Free admifllon of feal I'kins continued iv, 223, 471 

 '799 Qi'^'il'ti^s imported 1772-1779 . 469,470 



I goo Duty on kid (kins lowered— prohibition of the 



life of horfe hides repealed . - 406 



^* //;m!/fo makes a voyage of difcovery - >. 51 



42 Hippalus, the firft Greek navigator who knew. 



the life of the monibons - - i, 14^ 



ii-]*Hipparchiis, a great aftronomer - i, no 



1492 Hijpaniola (or.S/ Dmiivj^o) difcoveredby Chrift. 



Colon, "ho trades with tlie natives, builds 

 a fort, and leaves a garrifon - - ii, 3 



1493 Ifland colonized, natives maffacred, by Spaniards 4 

 1506II Who begin to plant fugar-canes - 29 

 1508 Quantity of gold fent to Spain — negro-flaves 



imported from Aft ica - . jj 



'539 Portuguefe trade with Hifpan- without carry- 

 ing their cargoes to Spain — all veflTels from 

 Hifpan. now obliged to unload at Seville 8^ 



1561 Englilh carry negroej to Hifpajiiola, and receive 



hides, fugar, and ginger - - 131: 



Early hillory of the French colony in Hifpan. 631 

 1701 State of the French colony . - -12 



1725 Tiie French produce much fugar, indigo, 



cacao, &c. ... "iii, 131 



1731 The French twice as numerousas the Spaniards i6r 



17S9 Vaft increafe of coffee in the French colony 196 



1791 Their produce, trade, and profperous (fate 224 



The troubles begin — clafTes of the people e2^ 



1793 Jeremie, &c occupied by Britifh forces 284 



1794 Further progrcfs of the army — yellow fever 310 



1795 Spanifh part of the ifland ceded to France 335 

 179S Ifland evacuated by Britifli forces — prudentcon- 



duft of ToufTaint L'Ouverture — ill md re- 

 covering — Negroes working for wages, &c ^^^ 



American and alfo Britifli veff'cls admitted 454 



Sugar and rum carried to Great Britain - 464 



1779 Intercourfe with Jamaica licenced by the king 46? 

 1767 Hogarili, Mrs. indulged with a property in her 



hulband's engravings beyond the legal term 



iii, 461 

 Holland a>'d the Dutch— See Ntthcrlands. 

 1231 E"irl of Holland favours '^mfterdam i, 38J 



1276 Earl is delirous of trade with England . 42S 

 1295 Hollanders allowed to fifh at Y:irm"uih 45J 



1317 They fupply London witli fifli — a crafty ex- 

 pedient of the earl to give fatisfaftion for 

 damages done to Englifli merchants at the 

 expenfe of England - - 4S3 



1407 Englifh merchants trading to Holland, have a 

 governor 



1416 They begin to life bufTes in their fifhery 631 



i43-||They bu\' Englifh wool at Cilais - 653 



1441 They fend fhi(S againfl tVie E;.flerlingS - 659 



1449 The duke prohibits Eri;I'lh cloth - 665 



1511 A great Dii tell fit et token in the Baltic - ''j 38 

 1 52 1 '1 he fea m ke a brc. ch in the dikes - ^8 



1523',] 1 he filhcr- incteafe^ - - - 6j 



1547 Dutch pr<jteft their fiffecry by fliipsof war ico 



i5<,5 A fleet '.v ith fpices attacked by the French 118 



1560 T hey have Itirge fhip.s and much trade 126 



Encomium on their i'duftry - 133, 134 



'579 Five f^ates agree to defend e.ich other as inde- 

 pendent—arc (ircrgthencd bv the acceflion 



of prottft.inrs from other province". - 162 



1585 The Dncli acq' ire the fifhery and manufaJtures 



of I he Spanilh Netherlands after the ruin of 

 Antwtrp - . . 176, 178 



They beg the proleftion of England — thequeen 



fend, forces, &-C - - 178,179 



1586 The cundiift 'jf Liecefter occai'ons much dil- 



conteir, and frefli emigrations - iSt 



15S7 They are accufed of Oniiing corn to their o n 



enemies, and obllrufling the trade of others 1*3 



