Kova Scot id. 



ij^o ReprerentatioQ of tlie abundance of filTi, Sec 

 and difordcrs in the fiftiery, by Commodore 

 Walker - - " - "i. 5°^ 



»772 Nova Scotia producesexcellcnt marts, yards, &c 526 

 1783 Population increafed by loyalists - '^,36 



1785 Great fcarcity — many leave the province - 70 

 1790 Provifions and lumber got from the United 



dates - - - . - . ^T 



— — Allowances made to Highlanders fettling in 



Nova Scotia and to whalers from Nova Scotia 



fettling at Milford - - »8i 



1476 fiiW'agincJ, a chief faQory of the Hanfe i, S94 



1553II Abandoned by them - - i', >i3 



I o^*Numidia rich — conquered by Rome - i,iii 



73 Aii/OTc^i apparently unknown in Rome - 173 



[GENERAL 



'QliSOLf.TE words, 

 aitemjjted. All in V 



the neaning of which is cxplainrd, or 

 . \, except thofe in the Appendix. 



1779 Oil — of fpices^may be imported 



Drawback allowed to oil of vitriol 

 Duty on flalks from Tufcany repealed - 

 Oil of wii.ile.'., &c admitted without duty 

 Oil imported in Southern filhery 1776. 17S8 

 Drawback withdrawal from oil of vitriol 

 Newdutv on iallad oil 



iii_, 637 



iv,22 



75)''6 



- 104 



180 



221 



341 



'S3 

 1785 

 17X6 

 1788 

 1791 

 179J 



1799 Quantities of filh oil imported 1771-1799 469,470 

 iSoo Duties on train and turpentine oils regulated _ 495 



^6l/frarf maritime laws - - '>3SS 



•■■^ Oman — trade with Barygaza . - i,i6S 



947 Trade to China, Sofala, &c - - 269 



1763 Omickund, a rich black merchant of Calcutta, 



leaves legacies to charities in London iii, 370 

 i8oo*0/5.^/;-— gold from it in Arabia - - i,6 



iooo*Tyrians and Ifraelitesfail to Ophir - 24 



1800 Opium — duty altered - . _iv,495 

 179s Or«nn-« — new duty on them - ■- iv, 341 

 1781 0;i:/5i7/w Jiw(i admitted free in any vefTel iii,6S9 



§*Orgahs before the flood, and in Arabia i, 2,7 



825 Made in France (Seethe note) - 232 



iSo6\0rgnrizine machinery forfilk monoplized by Bo- 

 logna till now,'when Modena acquires it 1,500 

 1717 Being introduced from Piedmont iu England, 



the proprietor obtains a patent - iii, 7.5 



1732 And alfo a reward cf;^i4, 000 - 76 



1794 Organzine mills employed by the Eall-Tndia 



company - - iv, 290,379 



S90 OrAn^) !^''iJ«A occupied by Norwegians i, i^^ 



1360I1 Some natives of Orkney fail to Eftotiland, and 



one of them apparently travels to Mexico 563 

 1380" Foreigners trade to Orkney for firti - 591 



1468 The illands annexed to Scotland . 685 



1771 B.ulcy or biggof O. may be fent to Portugal iii, ^13 

 947 Ormuz or ' Hornius, people induftrious, honert, 



raife fugar - - . i, 2^9 



1295,1321 A great mart of oriental trade - 456,490 

 1507 Occupied by Portuguefe — a caravan trade wini 



Aleppo . . . ii^ 20 



1622 Portuguefe expelled— trade moved to Com. 



broon - - - . ,,- 



1391 Orphan's fund cf London now noticed,blU appar- 



ently more antient - - - h 604- 



i569llRegular intereft paid to the orphans . Ji, 149 

 1694 Fund regulated by parliament - . gr , 



1748 Further regulated ... i{i^ ^jj^ 



1765 Ojl'.nd — ftate of the Britifh trade at it iii, a^-, 



1769 Made a free port - - . ^94 



1772 A lofty light-houfe erected, &-c. - ^j, 

 1776 Port improved with a wet dock . . ro- 

 17X1 Declared a free port by the emperor, who pro. 



motes improvements in his dominions . ggg 

 1714 OJIcnd F.uJ}-India company eliabliHied by the em- 

 peror, — fupportedby Englilli and Dutch iii, 41,118 

 1722 Now cliarlered by theempcror . j^- 



172S They make a dividend of 12 percent - i-,^ 



1727 Their charter fufpended . . ,,g 



1731 And to be dilTolvcd after making one voyage 171 

 42 OJtia, an artificial harbour for Rome . j j-q 

 84S OJImcn occupy Ireland, and become a com- 

 mercial people - - ij J,, 

 1 171 Many remove to Orkney and Mann - ,40 

 — Oxford univerply perhaps founded by Alfred i, 262 

 72 Oyjlcrs carried from Britain to Rome . j ,55 

 1 189 Abundance of them in England remarked 344 



14 JtADUJ (Patavia) excells in tapeftry and 



woolens - _ - ■» 123 



787 Painting thefkin praftifed in England . i, 298 n 

 1066 And even now - . . 298 



14 Paltjiint — trade with Rome . ',125 



\ooo* Palmyra founded by Solomon - j^ j, 



324*Receives India goods by inland navigation 79 



14 And therewith fupplies Syria - i, 125, 140 



273 After enjoying a flouri(hing commerce. Palm, 

 becomes warlike, makes cone|\iefts — finally 

 cru filed by Rome — the people nialTacred loi 

 529 PandcSs and otlier codes of law compiled by 



order of Juftinian - - '1230 



1 136 A copy of the pandecfs, found at Anialfi, ren- 

 ders the Roman law more general in Europe 320 

 ^* Paper ufed for writing long before the age of 



Herodotus — Roman fables - . - i, 93 « 



14 Various kinds of paper now in life . . 126 



732J'|Not to be got in Chrirtian countries . 245 n 



947 The bell made at Samarcand - . 269 



ii02i|Made of cotton ... ^1$ 



1243 A fpecimen of linen-rag paper of tiiis date, the 



moll antient known - . . -5^4 



13S0 Paper carried from Genoa to Flanders . ^90 

 1668 Made in perfeiflion in France, and mucli im. 



ported tlicnce into England - - ii, 53^ 



16S5 Manufafture in England improved by French 



refugees - . - - . 61S 



1690 Paper made in England hitherto moftly brown 



— white paper now made - . 647 



1695 Manufacture of wliite, blue, and brown, im. 



proved - - - - 671 



1721 Two thirds of the white paper ufed now home- 

 made - _ . iii, II J 

 1760 Some imported from Genoa and Holland ii, 647 



