INDEX.] 



1772 Damage done by a hurricane - 111,527 



1721 St. Vincent — an attempt to coloniie it by tlie 



d. of Montague abortive — tlic natives ii, 124,126 

 tTji PofTeffed by the French - - 160 



1762 Talcen by the Britifli forces - - 353 



1763 Ceded to Great Britain at the peace - 367 



United to the government of Greivida - 377 



1764 State of the illand — plan offettlemcnt - 393 

 J766 It is ftill witiiout analTenibly - 442 

 176s A botanic garden made - • 479 



1770 The Caribs attack (onie intruders on their lands 506 

 J774 Not liable to the duty of 4^ per cent 559 

 J775 Made a feparate government - 5S0 

 1779 State of the Ifland — it is taken by the French 639 

 1783 Reftored to Great Britain - - iv, 2 



Neutral vedels admitted for a time • 14 



1787 Importsand exportsof (laves 1784-1787 - 155 

 ■ Population, value of land, Src - i ;6 

 ~— Exports to all countries, Sec - 1 59 



1788 Exports to Great Britain 1787-88 - 170 

 1791 Imports and exports of flaves 1789-1791 228 

 J793 Sout!i-fea bread-fruit imported - - 264 



1795 French inhabitants make an infurreftion — fup- 



prelTed - - - - 351 



Exchequer bills lent to the fufFerers - 550 



1796 And alio money - - 385 

 J79J Sugar and rum exported to Great Britain 461 

 i859*5a/f of land, the firit one recorded . i, 4 



50o|lSa//«OT caught in nets in Britainand Ireland i, 224 

 1283 Salmon fifhery regulated by law in Scotland 440 

 1285 Filhing in irapropertime prohibited in England 441 

 1 2 86 II Export of falnion, a confuk-rable trade in ^^cotl. 4.^6 

 130S Salmon prefcrved in calks in Scotland - 436' 



1337 Order againrt taking young falmon inEngland 519 

 '357 Sale of falmon at Berwick regulated - 557 



1424 Fifliing outoffeafon, &c prohibited in Scotland 639 

 J436 Scottilh falmon to be fold only for gold, or 



exported by Scottilh inerchants - 650 



— — — The trade of W. Elphinlton fuppofed to be in 



falmon - ... 650 



1437II Salmon exported from Ireland " ^J3 



1477 Size of the falmon barrel regulated in Scotland 695 

 1482 Size of the butt, &rc regulated in England 699 



1558 Act againfl taking the fpawn, &c - ii, 125 



1578 Salmon imported from Lapland . ' 162 



1763 An improved method of curing falmon iii, 372 



1765 Quantity exported from Scotland to Holland 428 



1771 Fifhery in the Tweed regulated - 509 

 1782 Salmon of Scotland ;;o almoli all to London — 



the breed fuppofed to be diniiniflied 722 



1797 A€l for guarding the finiery of tlie Tweed iv, 418 



Aft for prefcrvirg falmon in Haniplhire, &c 421 



Salt — See PWitry, Htrrinjyi, Turks ijlands. 

 14 Salt imported into Britain . i, 43>'33 



452 The chief article of Venetian trade 212,227 



Kefore 1066 Salt-wbiks in Worcefler-fliire 295,304 



1283 Salt entirely exempted from tax in Barcelona 438 

 1344 Isnow taxed in France - - 533 



1389 A licence given for making fait at Middlewych 5oj 

 1418 Duty lightened by K.. Henry V, in Normandy 632 

 1440 An improved method of making fait introduced 657 

 1448 Salt taxed by the duke of Burgundy - 670 



1527 A quantity to be delivered annually by the 



king of France to England - ii, 66 



1660 Salt exempted from the navigation act 486,510 

 1695 Much rock fait exported from Frodlham 673 



1697 Addition..! duty iiv.pofed on fait - 68'S 



1763 Salt trade in Liverpool hurt by foreign (.'.uties iii, 374 

 J768 Refvife fait may be ufed as manure - 477 



1775 Suiters in Scotland to be gradually emancipated 575 

 17S5 Art of purifying fait publilhed by Lord Dun- 



donald ... iv, 73 



— — The fait laws made more rigorous . 73 



Salt. 



l^i6 Duties on foreign fa'.t may be bonded iV, 10/ 



1790 Tax upon fait ab.ili lied in France . 2i» 

 »795 New duty on exportation of rock fait 341 



New reg'.'lations for filhcry fait . 3.(3 



Kxporta.lon of rock fait prohibited 354,37? 



— — Allowance for wade abolilhed. Sec . 360 



A total abolition of fait duties propofed 435 a 



179S Portuguefe fait admitted in any neutral vclfcl 442 

 — — Nev/ duties impofed - - 443 



A new fet of duties enafted - - 449 



1799 Many regulations enacted - - 47 + 



New duty on fait in Scotland . 474. 



1624 Saltpetre — a patent (before now) for making 



it exempted from the law againft mono- 

 polies - - . - ii, 32; 



1625 It is monopolized by the king - 332 

 jt)i6 A patent for making faltpetre from uiiiie 341 

 1627 .Orders refpefting the manufacture of it 347 

 162S i^altpetre imported from India made into pov.-Jer35j 

 1634 Orders for manufacfure of it renewed - 382 

 1656 The abufe ofdigging for it abolifhed - 470 

 1670 It is amply fuppliedby the Eaft-India company 547 

 1695 Several faipetre companies have failed 673 

 T702 Price fettled with the Eaft.India company -jix 



1791 Importation of faltpetre authorized iv, 22a 



1800 Saltpetre not affected by the act 39 Geo. Ill, 



C. 59 - . . 494. 



9i6*S<2fca^< regula'.ed by the Rhodian law j, jj 



947 S(2marcc)i(i has inamifartures of the beft paper i, 269 

 700*Sam!.2/ij have fome triremes - . ',3' 



64i*ASami an merchant, driven by a contrary wind to 

 TartefTus, thereby makes a great fortune — 

 the firft Greek who failed upon the ocean 

 — voyage never repeated - - 34 



524*They have powerful fleets, and command the 



fea . - . - j5 



Theirworks in gold, filver, and earthcrn ware 

 — commerce — aqueduft tunnel — long mole 

 or pier . - . - 57,124 



500* They arc the bed feamen of the Greeks - 62 

 1256 Sanaa amore, U^illiam tie, viT\tes a book againft 

 monaftic iloth, which is condemned and 

 burnt - . - i, 407 



1321 5 Sa';B/o'i account of the oriental trade, &:c i, 490 



Saracens — See Arabians. 

 Before 1154 They fail from Spain for difcovery i, 327 

 1 165 They allow the Chriftians to trade in Egypt 33S . 

 1191 Their oriental trade by caravans - 35.^ 



1281 Chriftians forbidden to trade with them 



435, 45 ',492,494 » 

 1291 Cruifersftationed to prevent trade, &c 451 



1321 Sanuto's fcheme for deftroying ihcir trade 452 



1492 The Saracen kingdom of Granada, after long 

 flouridiing in agriculture, manufactures, and 

 commerce, fubdued by Caltileand Aragon 717 

 5og»S<2r</;«!afubjcrt tc Carthage - i, 61 



240*Fraudulently feized by the Romans - ya 



14 The filver mines and trade of Sardinia 124 



1526 A woolenmanufaRnre in it - ii, 66 



1610 Savill, Sir Henry, ellnbUflies profelTors of geo- 

 metry and aftronomv at Oxford 

 1633 Saw-miU ercTied, and given up 

 1763 One which works by wind or water 

 1767 One at Limehoiife 10 work by wind 

 364 .VflA-ons invade Roman Britain 

 The bravclt of the Gei :-.uins 



They afterward., occupy great part of Brit. 217,22a 



In afier ages they are c.iUed Englifh — See En/^/jnJ. 



26^\\SaxoiiJ?iore — accurst appointed to protect iti,2i2,2i4 



J379 5car/'0K?-,i;/i al mod ruined by lof.< of vcffels 1,586,589 



Before 1437 



lad al.und the wludc trade in ftock-fifc 653 

 f'cio — See Chios. 



