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 * ture in 1595, but had aided in seven previous ones, p. 150

, remarkable views of respecting English commerce and how to benefit it, p. 162

shows that the position of England ought to make her the storehouse of all nations, p. 162

, and how superior the Dutch were to us as traders, p. 163

Read, Capt., adopts great circle sailing between the Cape and China in 1788, p. 377 Registry, British Act of, Aug. 1, 1786, requires that every vessel above 15 tons should be accurately measured and registered, p. 245  Revolutionary War creates an immense demand for American ships, p. 363  Roberts, the most famous of the buccaneers, has one ship mounting 40 guns, p. 211  Roe, Sir J., sent as ambassador to the court of the Moghul Emperor of Delhi, p. 158  Russell, Admiral Lord, restores the prestige of England in the Mediterranean, p. 202  Russia, first ambassador from, enters London February 1557, and leaves it for his own country May 1557, after the signature of an important commercial treaty between England and, pp. 82, 83 , trade with, practically thrown open, 1699, a small fee only being required for admission to the Russia Company, p. 207  , bribed by the acquisition of Finland, Moldavia, and Wallachia, declares war against England, p. 303  Ryswick, peace of, 1697, causes great prosperity, p. 203   Sargarço, sea covered with, found by de Gama on his homeward voyage, 1499, p. 20  Sail-maker, if he ships as an able seaman, must do seaman's work, and is expected to go aloft and help in furling sails, etc., if required, p. 524  Scotland, commerce of, chiefly, during the last century, with W. Indies and the plantations of North America, p. 209  Scotland, list (from Chalmers) of ships entering ports of, between 1769 and 1785, p. 244, note

Scott, Sir William, declines to say what is bonâ fide importation, p. 365

asserts that all writers on the Law of Nations unanimously admit the right of search, p. 391

Seafaring persons generally divided into three classes, able and ordinary seamen, boys or "greenhands," p. 527

Seaman, able, expected to be a good workman on rigging, making knots, etc., p. 528

Seamen, ordinary, expected to know how to "haul, reef, and steer," and all the ordinary rigging, etc., but not expected to be complete helmsmen, p. 529

Seamen, proving incompetent, may be reduced from the grade for which they had contracted, p. 527

Seely, Dorothy, petition of, to Elizabeth's Council, p. 113

Seven Years' War, heavy expenses of, lead the Legislature to pass, in 1764, several acts unwisely pressing upon the Americans, p. 229

Seymour, Sir T., plans a separate kingdom in the Scilly Islands, p. 112

Sierra Leone, settlement formed at, in 1786, for free negroes, p. 249

Simulated papers provided for ships under the licensing system, p. 317

Shannon, H. M. S., captures the Chesapeake in Boston Bay, p. 332

Sheffield, Lord, and Mr. Chalmers maintain that the loyal colonies are able to supply W. Indies with lumber and provisions, p. 251

Ship-Money, story of the demand for, p. 170

, struggle about, tends to the separation of the Royal and Mercantile Navy, p. 171

Shipowners, general complaints of the English, after the recommencement of the war with France, p. 285

Shipping Interests in England strenuously advocate the most restrictive policy, p. 252

Slave Trade, commencement and original causes of, p. 120

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