Seamen. 



i7do Certain defcriptionsoffeamen not to be preffed "111,123 

 1756,1758 Afts for encouraging feamen, &c jt^TiS^g 



J768 Ihcy demand higher wages — (lop velTels fail- 

 ing - . - . -. - 483 

 1770 Foreign feamen permitted in BritiOi veflTels, Sec 503 

 The perniilTion repeated 587,618,633,654,685,709 

 1791 Act for figned articles in the coalting trade i\.',j2i 

 1^793 Afl for employing foreign feamen during war 265 



Seamt-n obitruiSing work to bepiuiilhed 281 



J794 Aft for encouraging Britirti feamen, &c 29IS 



1797 Act againft dcfertion in the Weft Indies, &c 419 

 1772 iVa waitr frefliened by Dofior Irving iii, 523 



1634 5Vi/an riaiVj introducedin London . ii, 3S0 



1^94 Hackney chairs, 200, pay iq/"each per annum 655 

 1695 Are increafed to 300 - - 656 



1726 Increafed to 400 ... iii, 1-54. 



1-635 Seidtn, John, writes in fupport of the dominion 



of the fea - - . ii, 384 



\6^^\Feni:gal — the French make a fettlement ii, 390,517 

 J758 French forts taken by the Britifh forces iii, 311 

 J763 S^encgal ceded to Great Britain - . 367 



Advantages expected from it - 372 



' Given by government to the African company 374 



Country and river defcribed - 375 



1765 Senegal with Gambia made a royal government, 



and the trade open to all Brit. Tubjecls 413,422 



J7S3 Ceded to France at the peace - iv, 3 



25*.'>Vr« fiid to fend amballadors to Auguftus i, 120 



14 ?iU; got from them in fmall quantities 13S 



73 Trade of Barygaza with tliem . 169 



I Great fum paiil by them to Rome - 175 



353 Route of the caravans — their filent trade 209 



41 J Serrt, an aniient people of Ceylon . i, 149 



Servants — See Labourers. 



J547 Servants, living idly, to be made flaves ii, 98 



1563 Aft for regulating fervants - 137 



1637 A regiiier office for fervants eftabliihed 400 



i^Qo'':^efoJlris — his fleet, conquelis, mapf, &c i, 13 



yiirp—See WjcI, Shetland. 



196 The great number of fheep in Britain noted i, 205 



12135 The breed apparently increafed in England 382 



1274 The flieep of Kngland infei^tedby a Spanilh one 42S 



1338 Live (heep (hipped for army ftores - 521 



- — - An order afterwards 10 (hip no rams . 522 



1348,, A great flock lent frimi Kngland to Spain 539 



1465 They are commonly earned to Flanders — the 



export reftricled to the fupply uf Calais 640 

 i466ijMoic fliecp carried to Spain - . 6S0 



The exportation of rams and ewes continued in 

 Holinflied'slime - . 680 /( 



1480 The duchefs of Burgundy licenced to export 



2,000 rams every year . . 6p8 



J534 An a(5l for reftiaining the number of Iheep ii, 76 

 1660 Exportatien uf (heep piohibited - 489 



• Importation alio prohibiied - 523 



1788 The removal of (heep rigoroully reflrifted iv, 172 

 iSoo Siieep of the Spamlh breed kept by the kino', 



and given av ay or fold . . 524 



1760 ShFJfie/j! — manufactures, population . iii, 324 



1765 Manufactures of S. in great demand in Holland 429 



1781 The number ofchargeable houles — 704 



^.*.*i*f</anfl' difcoveicdby Pytheas . j, 80 



73I] People of Nerigon fail to Shetland . j86 



S90 It is part of the earldom ot Orkiicy - 2^9 



146S Is annexed to Scotland . . 685 



1790 Shetland po(fe(ies tlie mod genuine breed of 



the antient Eritith (ine-wooled flieep iv, 205 



• Has mires of copper r.nd iron' . 213 



Shipping, naviyativn and natal affairs — See Nary, 



Noah's ark a velfel of three decks - i, 2 



^*;Eurly poftdiUivian voyages . 3 



—— M grations made by fea . . 3> 4 



•>— Ships built at Sidon -• . 3 



Shipping, ^c. [GENERxVL 



§*Phoenicians fail to Greece - - i, 5 



Some Arabian velTels noted for faff failing 6 



i6S9*Ships mentioned by Jacob - . g 



\* \ veflTel of 50 oars — fuperiority of naval nations 1 1 



^*Egyptian boats of thorn with paper fails 130 



i226*Argonautic expedition by fea . 17 



ii84*The Gree-ks invade Troy by fea - 17 



Naval affairs of Greece - . 1$ 



7oo*Triremes introduced in Greece - 31 



—^ The difpo(ition of the tires of oars, never hi. 

 therto underrtood, explained by General 

 Melville - - . 3 in 



The multiplied tires of oars, probably imitated 



from the Orientals, by means of the Arabs 

 andSidonians - - . . 3a 



58S*Tyri,in (hips magnificently adorned - 37 



■ f;*Carthagin;an (hips, &c - . 50 



^^Durable velfels built at Tylus . .59 



sSS'lStrange (lory of a fliip v.ith 50 fails . S31 



28o*Ptoleniy's.two great fleets - %i 



2i9*Ships enormoully large built by liiero and Pto- 

 lemy Philopator - - 95 

 57*Ships of the V,eneti lofty, built of oak, boiled 



with iron, have (ails of leather - 115 



14 Very large velfels not ufed after this time ' 121 



Canoes in Germany carrying 30 men - 137 



^Orientals (leer their coiirle in the ocean by 



birds, and have veliels alikeat both ends 147 

 73Ji Canoes with iides raifed by fewing i, 163,168. 



Various kinds of oriental veliels . 17211 



Nav.il ijflairsof this age - . 179-1S6 



2S6 Briti(h (liips now rule the waves - 204 



323 Naval force of Rome now trifling in compa- 



rifon with the antient fleets of Phceni- 



cia, &c - - . 2o5 



441 Great fleet of Theodofius - • 116 



449 Saxon velfels very refpedlable - 2170 



468 Leo's fleet of 1113 velfels • - 219 



50o||Shipping of the Britons . . 224 



533 Large vcHels called dromones - . 228. 



S90 Noi wegians (leer by the flight of birds i6in 



S97 Shipbuilding improved by Alfred . 261 



950 Gallies have only tv»o tires of oars . 270 



The Saracens have the largefl fliips - 271 



Edgar's alleged great fleet - 274 



A fleet, alfuredly greater, built by arequifition 



upon all England, utterly inefficient 274;;, 276 



Large velfels built in Norway, &c - 27S . 



Some (till larger belonging to King Cnut 283 



1066 The Englilh lieet fuperior to V^^illiam's - 286 



1084 1 he Venetians have very laige fliips - 30a 



1095JI An inllance of velfels owned in fliares - 312 



liSi Shipping not to be fold out of England - 344 



1190 Rjchavd's great fleet of diomunds, bulfes, gal- 



lic-, &c - - - 351 

 . Naval affairs of this age . - 351 



1191 A vclVel of two tiresof oars - 353 

 1202 Tlie Venetians have very large (hips 3^^)373 

 1213 England fuperior to France in (hipping 377 



All merchant (hips are at t)ie king's call 378 



1242 Some gallies, lie belong to the king • 394 

 1349 France has a fleet of 1,500 velfels, wliereof 



120 are dromones — one of them built at in- 

 verncfb - - - 397 



Above 1000 velfels in Engl. 300 of them large 403 

 Yarmouth and NV inclieljta have tine velfels 403 

 Large and elegantthtps of an unknown country 



driven upon the coa(l of England - 4^-3 



270 A fliip of icS Venetian feet in length reckoned 



exceedingly large - - - 419 



294 The fleet ut England has three admirals 453 



Velfels af China with 4 malls and 9 luijs - 43? 



—1 Vell'clj of India defcribed . - 459 



970 



973 

 1009 



1000 

 102S 



'253 

 1254 



