1004 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



" 1713, March 30th " (Blair, Anders, iii. 50, and Holmes), signing of the treaty of Utrecht : France 

 ceding to Britain the island of St Christopher, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and the Bay and Straits 

 of Hudson. On the news reaching New England, the aboriginals on the Eastern frontier sued for and 

 obtained peace. The French perceiving that the island of Cape Breton was not expressly mentioned, 

 formed a settlement there in " August," and claimed to be its first inhabitants. 



"The same year" (Krashenin. hist., and Bickmore), Kunashir, the twentieth Kurile island from 

 the continent, reached by a Cossack. 



" In this year " (Pall. trav. ii. 524), by the Swedish officials in Tobolsk, a school established and 

 instruction given in Latin, French, German, geometry, geography, and drawing. — Its reputation soon 

 became widely extended, but in consequence of the Treaty of Neustadt the strangers withdrew. 



" 1714, Aug. 1st" (Nicol ), Anne succeeded by George, now king of United Britain. 



"The same year" (Keith 173, univ. hist. xli. 549, and Holmes), the Alleghany mountains crossed 

 by Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia. The country beyond as far as the Missis- 

 sippi, though traversed by the French, having been concealed from the knowledge of the English. 



" In this year" (Winckl.), De la Loubere publishing his Descript. Siam. 



" 1715, March 6th " (Salmon chron. hist., and Holmes), the aurora borealis first seen in England, 

 from " evening to near 3 o'clock in the morning, to the great consternation of the people." 



"The same year" (Nicol.), Louis XIV. succeeded by Louis XV., as king of France. 



"The same year" (Hewet i. 22S, and Holmes), in Southern Carolina, general conspiracy among 

 the Yamassees and other aboriginal tribes for exterminating the White settlers. Of these, "ninety" 

 were surprised and slain in and around Pocotaligo ; war followed in all directions ; but the Yamassees 

 were finally defeated, and the remnant of the tribe found refuge in the Spanish territory of Florida. 



A Catalogue of the Beaufort garden, in the handwriting of Sloane, contains Mesembryauthemum 

 albidum, scalpi a/itm, pugioiiiformc, nociiflonim, spinosum, muricatum. atiuau/orme, tuberosum, pcr- 

 foliatum, inicans, and hispidnm. — Sloane died "in 1753" (Spreng. gesch. ii. 83-115). 



"In this year" (J. E. Smith, and Spren.u.), Garidel publishing his Plantes dAix, enumerating 

 Euphrasia viscosa pi. 80, and Iberis linifolia 105. — He died in " 1737." 



"1716 A. D." (Salmon chron. hist., and Holmes), sailing of two French ships from the river 

 Mississippi ; being the first that carried away merchandize from the colony in Louisiana. 



"In this year" (Linn. fl. suec), Linder publishing his Flora Wiksbergensis. — He died "in 1724" 

 (Spreng.). 



" In this year" (Spreng.), Anton. Danty d'Isnard publishing his memoir on Celastrus scandens : 

 — "in 1717," on Lamium orvala, and L. Gar^aiiicum : "in T 7 r 9, '' on Ccntaurca Isnardi, and 

 C. Lippii : "in 1720," on Euphorbia cereiformis, and E. anacantha : and "in 1724," on Sisymbrium 

 supinum. 



"In this year" (Spreng.), Bradley publishing his Plant. Succul, enumerating Crassula tctragona 

 v. pi. ii, Cereus hcxagonus i. I ; Mesembryanthemuvi cauinum, toi tuosum, calami forme, pugioniforme, 

 dolabriforme, tenuifolium, splendens, micans, sfiitcsitm, ciassifolium, glaucum, uucinatum, albidum, 

 perfoliatum, and fakatum. — Th.e publication was completed in " 1727," and he died in " 1732." 



At this time (Spreng.), Maria S. Merian writing her Insects of Surinam, describing among plants 

 Cos/us Merianm pi. 36, Cassia bicapsularis 58, Mullcra moniliformis 35, and Gcnipa Merianm 43. — • 

 She died in " 1717," and her work was published in " 1726." 



"1717 A. D." (Charlev., Du Pratz, and Holmes), on the Lower Mississippi, founding of the city 

 of New Orleans. The commerce of Massachusetts, of Boston and Salem, at this time employing 

 "four hundred and ninety- two ships," measuring "twenty-five thousand four hundred and six tons," 

 and manned by "three thousand four hundred and ninety-three" seamen (Hutch, ii. m). 



'The same year" (Pauth. 447), the emperor Khang-hi warned by a travelled mandarin against 

 the enterprising character of Europeans, their formidable ships armed with cannon, and especially 

 against the Dutch. 



In this year (Spreng.), Petiver continuing his descriptions of plants, including Chionanthus Vir- 

 ginia hort. sice. 241, lsolepis supina phil. trans. 282. 1253, /. Antarctica p. t. 282. 1261, Cyperus 

 exaltatus mus. 539, Galium saxatile herb. 30. 6, Chenopodium pi ci folium herb. 8. 3, Atrip/ex littoralis 

 herb. 7. 4, Erica glutinosa mus. 161, Sibthorpia Europaa herb. 6. 1 1, A raids hispiaa herb. 50. 3, Soli- 

 dago Cambrica herb. 16. 11, "clitorius marianus trifolius subtus glaucus " Clitoria Mariana sice. v. 

 243 (Pers.), Stylosanthes elatior sice. 84, " gramen pratense majus virginianum " Tricuspis scslcrioides 

 mus. 239, "phaseolus marianus scandens floribus comosis " mus. 453 Galaclia comosa ("Glycine" of 

 Linn., and " Galactia mollis" of Mx.), Helianthus au^ustifolius mus. 103. — He died "in 1718," and 

 a collected edition of his works was published "in 1764." 



" In this and the following year " (Spreng.), Schober following the banks of the Volga and shore 

 of the Caspian as far as Hyrcani.i or Northwestern Persia. 



"1718 A. D." (univ. hist. xli. 336, and Holmes), New Providence, one of the Bahama Islands, 



