OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 981 



"In this year" (Humb. cosm. ii.), the black stripes in Saturn's ring, showing at least two con- 

 centric rings, discovered by Dominie Cassini. 



" In this year" (Spreng.), Sibbald publishing his Scot. 111. 



" 1685, Feb. 6th" (Nicol., Holmes gives " 16th"), Charles II. succeeded by his brother James 

 II., now king of United Britain. Also "in this year" (Nicol.), Iwan Alex, succeeded by Peter the 

 Great, as emperor of Russia. 



m "July" (Chalm., and Holmes), a writ issued against the charter of Connecticut. "October," 

 a writ against the charter of Rhode Island. And "Oct. 8th," by James II., Joseph Dudley born 

 in Massachusetts appointed president of New England. His jurisdiction included Maine, New 

 Hampshire, Massachusetts, and "the Narraganset or king's province;" but the previous legisla- 

 tive ordinances " were declared to be in force, and the laws and customs of the colony were con- 

 tinued." 



At this time (Chalm. i. 609, and Holmes), by " an accurate account taken by order of the governor," 

 the inhabitants of Canada ascertained to be " seventeen thousand ; " of whom, " three thousand " were 

 supposed to be capable of bearing arms. 



"Oct. 12th" (Blair), by Louis XIV., the Edict of Nantes revoked. — In the following year, a 

 small brick church was built in Boston by fugitive French protestants. 



" In this year" (Winckl.), Giov. Bapt. Triumfetti publishing his Obs. de ortu plant. 



"The same year" (Kobell iii.), gold-purple, "formed as a purple precipitate when diluted solu- 

 tions of gold and tin are mixed," discovered by Andreus Cassius ; and applied by Kunkel to the 

 manufacture of red or ruby glass. 



"The same year" (art de verif ), in Japan, the Dutch subjected to further exaction ; their trade 

 not to exceed the annual value of " three hundred thousand taels " = 1,500,000 livres. 



" In this year " (Stirling, and W. W. Hunter), the English East India Company warring against 

 the Muslim Mughuls. — " Nov. 29th, 1688," the governor of Balasor having imprisoned two English 

 servants and threatened the factory, the town attacked and plundered by Capt. Heath. 



"In this year" (Smith ed. fl. lapp., and Spreng.), Rudbeck publishing the third edition of his 

 Hort. Upsal , enumerating Calypso borealis 81. 



"1686, May," arrival of Dampier at Guam. The natives are described by him as "copper- 

 coloured like other Indians, long-visaged, stern of countenance" (Malayans). The hogs seen there, 

 appeared to him to belong to "that breed in America which came originally from Spain" (see 

 Mendana). 



The inhabitants of the Bashee. Islets (Malayans) described by Dampier as the '-quietest and 

 civilist people " he ever met with ; having " no idols and not seen to worship anything, and all equal 

 apparently ; " the men having "but one wife," and the "children honouring and respecting parents." 

 As a punishment for theft, a young man was buried alive. They have no coin, but wore in their 

 ears small pieces of metal which they called "bullawan," the "Mindanao name for gold;" and their 

 language presented "no affinity in sound to Chinese nor to Malayan." 



At Pulo Condore, Dampier found the inhabitants Cochinchinese ; having large nets for turtle, 

 such as he had seen only at Jamaica ; and exporting tar to Cochinchina. 



Alono- the East coast of Celebes, Dampier found beacons placed on the shoals. And at the out- 

 lying island of Bouton, the inhabilants were all Muslim, under a sultan. 



At the Nicobar Islands, Dampier found the inhabitants "all equal" (Malayans), "honest, civil, 

 harmless people," having " neither temple nor idol," nor as far as discovered, any "form of religion." 

 Their language differed from any he had heard before, but contained some Malay words. 



" Dec. 20th " (Sewall, Chalm., and Holmes), arrival at Boston of Sir Edmund Andros, appointed 

 by James II. governor of New England: "to continue the former laws," so far as "not inconsistent 

 with his commission or instructions, until other regulations were established by the governor and 

 council; to allow no printing press; to give universal toleration in religion, but encouragement to 

 the church of England ; " and a small military force of "about sixty" soldiers was at the same time 

 introduced. Before the end of the month, Andros agreeably to orders dissolved the government of 

 Rhode Island, broke its seal, and assumed the administration. In this year also, writs were issued 

 ao-ainst the charter of Carolina, against East and West Jersey, and New York was deprived of its 



assembly. 



"In this year" (Spreng., and Winckl.), Paul Amman publishing his Hort. Bosian. exot., enum- 

 erating Veltheimia uvaria. — He died "in 1691." 



"In this year" (Spreng., and Winckl.), after his Cat. plant, circa Cantabrig. "in 1660," Method, 

 plant, "in 1682," Ray commencing his Hist, plant., enumerating "melianthus hysiquanensis minor 

 fcetidus" dendr. 120 Melianthus minor. — He published the Second volume "in 1688." 



" 1687 A. D." (Kaempf., and art de verif.), Kinsen succeeded by his son Kinsen II., "one hun- 

 dred and fourteenth " dairo of Japan ; — reigning five years later, during Kaempfer's visit. 



