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 their flesh cheap or dear, i. 336–337.

Holland, observations on the riches and trade of the republic of, i. 155–156; not to follow some business, unfashionable there, 163; cause of the dearness of corn there, 289.—Enjoys the greatest share in the carrying trade of Europe, ii. 65; how the Dutch were excluded from being the carriers to Great Britain, 171; is a country that prospers under the heaviest taxation, 175; account of the Bank of Amsterdam, 194; this republic derives even its subsistence from foreign trade, 218.—Tax paid on houses there, iii. 254; account of the tax upon successions, 274; stamp duties and duties upon registration, 276; high amount of taxes in, 297, 341; its prosperity depends on the republican form of government, 342.

Honoraries from pupils to teachers in colleges, tendency of, to quicken their diligence, iii. 137.

Hose, in the time of Edward IV. how made, i. 365.

Hospitality, ancient, the cause and effect of, ii. 108, iii. 343.

House, different acceptations of the term in England, and some other countries, i. 192; houses considered as part of the national stock, 387; houses produce no revenue, 388.—The rent of, distinguished into two parts, iii. 246; operation of a tax upon house rent, payable by the tenant, 247; house rent the best test of the tenant's circumstances, 250; proper regulation of a tax on, 250–251; how taxed in Holland, 254; hearth money, 255; window tax, ibid.

Hudson's Bay Company, the nature of their establishment and trade, iii. 114; their profits not so high as has been reported, 115.

Hume, David, quoted (?), iii. 174–176.

Hunters, war how supported by a nation of, iii. 44; cannot be very numerous, 46; no established administration of justice needful among them, 68; age the sole foundation of rank and precedence among, 70; no considerable inequality of fortune or subordination to be found among them, 72; no hereditary honors in such a society, 73.

Husbandmen, war how supported by a nation of, iii. 47.

Husbandry. See Agriculture.

unfashionable in Holland, i. 163.

Importation, why restraints have been imposed on, with the two kinds of, ii. 154; how restrained to secure a monopoly of the home-market to domestic industry, 156; the true policy of these restraints doubtful, 157; the free importation of foreign manufactures more dangerous than that of raw materials, 164–165; how far it may be proper to continue the free importation of certain foreign goods, 176; how far it may be proper to restore the free importation of goods, after it has been interrupted, 178; of the materials of manufacture, review of the legal encouragements given to, 418.

Independents, the principles of that sect explained, iii. 179.

Indies. See East and West.