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CANAL NAVIGATION. 
j^BERDARE canal, 683. 
Aberdeenfhire canal, 692. 
America, canals propufed to be cut there, 
<575. 
Anderfon’s method of raifing and lowering 
boats without tiling locks, 695. 
Andover canal, 679. 
Arundel navigation, 681. 
Alhby-de-laZouch canal, 689. 
Barnfley canal, 684. 
Bafingftoke canal, 679. 
Birmingham canal, 679. 
Brecknock canal, 684. 
Bridgewater’s canal, 676. 
Caerdyke, its antiquity, 675. 
Caiftor canal, 634. 
Canals of antiquity, 67 r ; of Egypt, China, 
India, and Ruffia, 672 ; of Denmark, 
Holland, and France, 673; in Spain and 
America, 67s ; in England and Wales, 
675-691 ; in Scotland, 691 ; in Ireland, 
692 5 their theory, illuftrated by plates, 
692-702 ; finall canals, 699. 
Chelmerand Blackwater navigation, 684. 
Chefter canal, 679- 
Chefterfield canal, 679. 
China, its various canals, 672. 
Combe-hill canal, 682. 
Coventry and Oxford canal, 676. 
Cromfcrd canal, 683. 
Croydon canal, 679. 
Dearne and Dove canal, 685. 
Denmark lately improved by a canal, 673- 
Derby canal, 685. 
Donnington-wood canal, 683. 
Droitwich canal, 677. 
Dubltn canal to the Shannon, 692. 
Dudley extenfron canal, 685. 
Egyptian canals, 672. 
Ellefmere canal, 686. 
Erewalh canal, 679. 
Forth and Clyde canal, 691. 
Fofs navigation, 686. 
France, its firft canal, 673 ; canals of Bour¬ 
bon, Languedoc, Furnes, &c 674. 
Fulton’s ingenious improvements, 699. 
Gloucefter and Berkeley canal, 686. 
Grand Trunk navigation, 676; Grand Sur¬ 
rey canal, 679 ; Grand Junction, 687. 
Grantham canal, 687. 
Greflsy’s canal from Apedale to Newcaltle, 
680. 
Ilaflingdon canal, 689. 
Hereford and Gloucefter canal, 6S0. 
Holland, its great trade by canals, 673. 
Horncallle and Lincoln navigation, 682. 
Huddersfield canal, 689. 
Inclined plane, 696; apparatus for the 
double inclined plane, 699; for the fm- 
gle, 701; the medium plane, 702. 
India, its canals, 672. 
Kennetand Avon canal, 690. 
Kelley canal, 683. 
Kington and Leominfter canal, 680. 
Lancafter canal, 678. 
Leeds and Liverpool canals, 678. 
Leicefter navigation to the So3r, 6815 to 
Melton Mowbray, 681. 
Lewes navigation, 681. 
Locks, their conftruttion and ufe, 693; 
improvements, 694, &c. inventions to 
fuperfede the ufe of them, 695, &c. ba¬ 
lance-lock, 698. 
Loughborough canal, 683. 
Manchefter canal to Bolton and Bury, 68X ; 
to Oldham, 682. 
Market Weighton canal, 67^, 
Monmouthfhire canal, 681. ■ 
Montgomery canal, 690. 
New River, 675. 
Nutbrook canal, 687. 
Oakham canal, 687. 
Peak-foreft canal, 690. 
Playfair’s patent for locks, 693. 
Rochdale canal, 690. 
Ruffian canals, 672. 
Sankey canal, 683. 
Severn, 677; junction with the Thames, 
678. 
Shrevvlbury canal, 688. 
Shroplhire canal, 683. 
Side-ponds, an improvement on locks, 
694. 
Sleaford navigation, 6S2. 
Sometfct coal-canal, 691. 
Spain, has but few canals, ( 575 - 
Stainforth and Ktadby canal, 683 . 
Stover canal, 6S3. 
Stratford canal, 688. 
Stroud canal, 677. 
Swanfea canal, 69x. 
Thames, its rife and courfe, 677 ; jundliom 
with the Severn, ibid. 
Vifhnei-Volofhok canal, 672. 
Ulverftone canal, 688. 
Union canal, 688. 
Warwick and Birmingham canal, 689. 
Warwick and Braunllon, 601. 
Weldon’s engine for raifing or lowering ve& 
fels on canals, 696. 
Wilbeach canal, 691. 
Worcefter and Birmingham canal, 680.. 
Wyrley and Ellington canal, 682. 
C A R T II A G E. 
AGATHOCLES, tyrant of Syracufe, 
after being defeated by the Cartha¬ 
ginians, forms the defign of befieging 
Carthage, 838 ; takes 1 unis, and defeats 
the Carthaginian generals, 839 ; after 
feveral other fuccefies, he returns to Sy¬ 
racufe, ibid 
Afdrubal, fon-in law to H.imilcar, builds 
New Carthage ; is murderei , 843 
Calpurnius Fianima, his bravery, 840. 
Carthage, ceiivarion, foundation, and early 
liiftory, of, 836; totally deftroyed by the 
Romans at the end of the third Punic 
war, 852 ; defcription of the city at the 
commencement of that war, ibid, fitua- 
tion, charadter, trade, Sec. 853. 
Carthaginians early apply to maritime af¬ 
fairs, make a treaty with the Homans, 
and a fruitlefs attempt on Sicily, 836; 
are more l'uccefsful in Sicily, but after¬ 
wards vvorfted hy Dionyfius, 837;'after 
a fruitlefs attempt on Syracufe, make¬ 
peace, 838 ; at the commencement of the 
enfuing war facrifiee five bundled perfons 
to appeafe the wrath of the gods, 8395 
make peace with the Syiacufuns, ibid, 
firft Punic war, 839; war with the mer¬ 
cenaries, 842 ; fecond Punic war, 843 ; 
third, 849 J give up> their arms to the 
Romans, and afterwatds forge others with 
extraordinary diligence, 850 ; totally fub- 
tlued by the Romans, and their city def¬ 
troyed, 851. 
Dido, firft queen of Carthage, 836; kills 
herfelf, ibid. 
Dionyfius of Syracufe marches to the relief 
of Gela, the inhabitants of which he 
faves by a ftratagem, 837; his treachery, 
ibid, makes peace with the Carthaginians, 
838. 
Hamilcar defeated in his attempt on Hi- 
mera, 836 ; put to death at Syracufe, 839. 
Hamilcar Barcas, father to the great Han¬ 
nibal, commands in the firft Punic war, 
840; defends Eryx till the peace, 842 j 
brings the Libyan war to a condufion, 
843 ; his conquefts in Spain, and death,. 
ibid. 
Hannibal takes Silerius and Himera, 837. 
Hannibal, a commander in the firft Punic 
war, 839. 840. 
Hannibal the Great, made general of the 
Carthaginians a ter the death of Afdru- 
bal, and ga ns feveral advantages, 843 ; 
paffies the Alps, and harangues his troops, 
844; defeats the Romans in feveral bat¬ 
tles, 845 ; his ftratagem to efcape from 
Fabius, 846 ; defeats the Romans at Can¬ 
nae, ibid, defeated by Marcellus, 847 ; 
recalled, and has a fruitlefs interview 
with Scipio, 84S ; his death and charac¬ 
ter, 849. 
Himera attacked by Hamilcar, 836; taken 
by Hannibal 837 ; by the Romans, S41. 
Hinrdcar takes Eryx, Motya, and Mefl'ena, 
837 j his misfortunes and death, 838. 
Iarbas propofes to marry Dido queen of Cas-» 
thage, 836. 
Imilcar takes Agrigentum, Gela, and Como- 
rina, 837. 
Lybian war, or war with .the mercenaries, 
842. 
Phileni, confent to be buried alive, 837. 
Prufias, king of Bithynia, betrays Hannibal 
to the Romans, 849. 
Punic war, the firft, 839-842; the fecond, 
843-848; the third, 849; ending with 
the deftruflion of Carthage, 832. 
Regulus, the Roman general, attacked by 
a large ferpent; after various fuccefies, 
is taken prifoner, 841 , his noble beha¬ 
viour, and death, ibid. 
Romans defeat the Carthaginians by fea, 
and take Clupea, 840; ill foccefs 841; 
end the firft Punic war by a peace, 842 , 
take Sardinia from the Carthaginians, 
and make a treaty with Afdrubal, 843 ; 
fecond Punic war, ibid, third, 849 ; 
determine to deftroy Carthage, 850} 
which is- finally accompliflied by Scipio, 
852. 
Scipio, his gicat fuccefies in Spain and 
Africa, by which he puts an end to the 
fecond Punic war, 848; faves rhe Roman 
army, 850; made conful, 851 ; takes 
Carthage fword in hand, ibid, caufes it to 
be completely deftroyed, 852. 
Xanthippus made commander in chief of 
the Carthaginians, 841. 
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