709, 7iS 



:z6 



95 

 116 



■3' 

 171 

 264 



168, 

 —the 



Holland and the Dutch. 



1771 Dutch diftrelTed by want of corn inid cattle iii, 5x9 



1776 Eaft-lndia company dirtreired — cl\arter renewed 586 



1777 Dutch difavow the countenance given to the 



Americans in tlieir Well-India iOands 600 



1778 They make a fecret treaty with America 625 

 — — Many of their veflTels are feized - 62S 

 17S0 A Dutch fleet carried into Spith^ad - 652 



Dutch are declared out of allianci: with Britain 656 



Inconfiftency of the treaty of 1674 - 656 '^ 



1 They accede to the armed neutrality — war with 



Great Britain — many vcffel.s loft - 670 



1781 Six EalKIiidia flilps taken — other lolTes — the 



]»eople cry out for peace - 696 



• The northern powers mediate in favour of 



' a nation entirely commercial' 697, 709 



1782 Eaft.india company fupported by government 707 

 The Dutch nouy acknowlege American inde- 

 pendence 



Accra, &c taken by th.e Eritifh 



T Herring Miliery much declined 



17S3 Pence — treaty with Great Britain 



Expenfe ofttiewar 



1786 Eaft-lndia company almoft bankrupt 

 J787 The Dutch quarrel with the ftadtholder 

 1788 Treaty with Great Britain 



1793 War with France 



1795 Dutcli property admitted in Great Britain- 



French enter Amfterdam — Dutch velTelo 

 feized in Britifti ports - - 334 



"— Veffels importing Dutch merchandize prote£led 



3+1, 37 + 

 Malacca, CeyVon, and the Cape, taken 354, 355 



1796 Spice idands taken by the Britifti — their pro- 



duce — Dutch fyftem of extirpation - 371 



A Dutch fleet taken in Saldanha bay - 380 



Proclamation agairift Britifti goods - 380 



J799 Eaft-lndia company pay a dividend in arrears 



to the proprietors — thei;- comiricrce fufpend- 



ed- — retrofpefl of their dividends, &:c. 



7605-1796 , - - -_ - ^ 487 



■1095 Ho!y wars begin — depopulate and impoverifti 



Europe - - . i, 309 



But the trading cities of Italy are enriched by 



them - - - - 311 



Their effect in improving Europe - 312 



1.245 Ships of Chriftians proliibited from failing to 



the Saracen countries - - 396 



1270 The laft crufade of any note - - 419 



1291 The Chriftians finally expelled from Syria 451 



1365 A petty crufade by the king of Cyprus - 572 



Home trade, or internal trade, more important 



than foreign trade iii, 329, 334, 3+0; iv, 12 n 

 l%o*§Hcnner flourilhes - i, 26, 48 n 



1.662 Honduras, Yucatan, &c frequented by the Eng- 



lifti colon; fti for cutting logwood - ii, 504 

 1717 Hiftory of the logwood-cutters, by theboaidof 



trade - - - iii, 57 



1.762 Their imports and -exports much larger than 



thofe of the Mufquito fliore - 354 



J763 Freedom of cutting logwood ftipulated 367 



1794 Logwood- cutters driven out — re-inftated 402 

 iff'S French interfere in cutting logwood 422 



1783 Rightof cutting logwood, &c ceded to Gr.Brit. iv,4 



1787 Exports, (hipping, Sec. - - 159 



1788 Exports to Great Britain 1787-S8 - - 179 



1789 A limited quantity of corn allowed - 18S 



1790 The imports exempted from auction duty, &c lOi 



1795 Si>aniard.i attempt toattack the wood-cutters 460 

 §* Honey— Arm]/, made of it defcribed by Pytheas i, 80 

 14 Honey of Hyblaand Attica excellent - 124 



■ ■ ■ ■ Drii>k made ofitinGaul . - 131 



871-900 Andin Prullia - - 'f'-j 



Hongs in Canton - - iii, 657 



[GENERAL 



iS3.i[\\Mops fjld to be now introduced in Eng- 

 land - - . y, 6j 

 I 552 Exempted from reftraints of inclofures - iii 

 1603 Foreign corrupt hops prohibited - 532 



1770 Produceof theduty on hops - - iii, 506 

 1465 Homers obtain an afl againft exporting horns 1,679 

 11 1%* Horf.5 not mentioned as in Arabia - i, 7 



73 They are carried to Arabia . 165, 167 



345 -A prefent of 200 Capadoci.m horfes fent by the 



Rom.ui emperor to Arabia - - 200 



Thefe pri)!ibly the anceftors of the famous mo- 

 dei"n Arabian horfes . . 109 s 



930 R'lnning horfes fent to King Athelftan 267 



1121 An Arabian horfe in Scotland - 318 



1300 Horfes bought in Galloway for the Engl, army 465; 

 Hor.fes imported in England from various coun- 

 tries - - . . 506 

 T348 Two fent by the king of Spain . 539 



1367 A licence to import 8 from Flanders - 574 



1368 A great niiraber fent to Lombardy - 574 -"2 

 1386 King forbids railing the price in 3 breeding niires59S 

 14S7 A horfe, probably Aiabiaa, fent to L. de NIedici 70S 

 1630 Importation of horfes in England licenced 568 

 1765 Export of liorfes from London to Holland 111,429 



1771 Number exported 1750-1771 - . 517 

 177S Hoii/'rs taxed, except warehoufes and faftories iii, 620 



1781 Number of houfes paying window tax in each 



county of England and Wales in 1750 and 

 178 1, and total of houfes not chargeable 

 Accuracy of this account queftioned 

 ■ Other accounts of houfes in England and Scot- 

 land - - - 



Chargeable houfes in the principal towns 



Hucjcn's Bay company — See Voyagts of difcovery . 



1670 1 he company chartered — (ketch of their trade 



ii, __ 

 1674 Their people haralfed by the French of Canada 585 

 1682 And now made prifoners by them — the com- 

 pany have 5 fettlements in the bay - 607 



1686 Four of them taken by the French - 625 



1687 The king of France agrees to reftorcthein 628 

 1693 The company taxed £^ on every (hare - 651 



Their forts taker^ - - 654, 686 



1697 Some of them ceded to France • - 691 



1713 Now reltored, and indemnity promifcd iii, 27 



1730 The company's imports this year - 159 



1731 State of their trade - - - 166 

 1740, 1743 Amount of fales, &c '',55^, '''',234. 



Nature of the trade — propofal for laying it open 



234, 238 

 1745 Company's rights, &c guarded by parliament 244 

 1749 On petitions for laying open the trade, the 



parliament inftitute an inquiry - 270 



1761-62 The company order two voyagesofdifcovery 368 



1782 Two forts dellroyed by the French - 717 

 119S Hull, a (hipping port for wool - 1,358 

 1E82 Has a very confiderable trade - - 437 

 1298 Made independent of the (hirref, and called 



Kingllon upon Hull 

 1484 May export all goods, except wool, and re- 

 tain part of the cuftoms for repairing the 

 harbour . . . - 



1552 A propofal to make Hull afree port - ii, 

 1611 Hull concerned in the whale-li(li;ry 265, 



161S Trinity ifle iji Greenland fea granted to Hull 

 1774 New quays, docks, &:c made - iii, 



17)6, 1799 Great fuccefs of Hull whalers iv, 3S0, 486 

 1800 Trinity houfe authorized to licence pilots, &c ^oi 

 S71-900 Hundreds, a divifion of counties introduced 



by King Alfred - - - ij.aS^ 



1285 Hundreds bound to compenfate for robberies 443 

 1763 Ihdraulic cngittcs of new kinds invented, iii, 569 



1765 Two others invented. - - - 433 



70r 

 705. 



7°3 

 704 



SSi 



462 



704 

 1 11 

 279 

 292 



554 



