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how supported, 651. Causes which in the Rd- ropeun iiution, 524. The remoteucss of,vanned statu of society rendered it impossible greatly in favour of the European coloniesfor those who took the tield to maintain them- there, 527. The sugar colonies of France selves, ib. How the art of war became a dis- better governed than those of Britain , 546.tinct profession, 653. Distinction between Wheat . See Coni.

the militia and regular forces, 655. Alteration Window-tax in Britain , how rated, 799.

in the art of war produced by the invention Tends to reduce house-rent, ib.

of fire-arms, 656, 664. Importance of disci- Windsor market, chronological table of the

pline, 657. Macedonian army, 658. Carlha- prices of corn at, 253.

ginian army, ib. Homan army, 659. Feudal Wine, the cheapness of, would be a cause

armies, 661. A well regulated standing army, of sobriety, 455. The carrying trade in, en-

the only defence of a civilized country, ami couraged by English statutes, 463.

the only means for speedily civilizing a bar- Wood, the price of, rises in proportion as

barous country, 662. The want of parsimony a country is cultivated, 164. The growth of

during peace, imposes on states the necessity young trees, prevented by cattle, ib. When

of contracting debts to carry on war, 864. the planting of trees becomes a profitable em-

874. Why war is agreeable to those who live ployment, 165.

secure from the immediate calamities of it, Wool , the produce of rude countries, corn-

875. Advantages of raising the supplies for, monly carried to a distant market, 225. The

within the year, 881. price of, in England, has fallen considerably

Watch movements, great reduction in the since the time of Edward III . 227. Causesprices of, owing to mechanical improvements, of this diminution in price, ib. The price of,240. considerably reduced in Scotland , by the

Wealth nml money, synonymous terms, in union with England, 231. Severity of thepopular lunguage, 393. 414. Spanish and laws against the exportation of, 608. Re-Tartarian estimate of, compared, S94. The straints upon the inland commerce of, 609.great authority conferred by the possession Restraints upon the coasting trade of, 610.of, 667. Pleas on which these restraints are founded.

Weavers, the profits of, why necessarily 611. The price of wool depressed by thesegreater than those of spinners, 54. regulations, ib. The exportation of, ought to

West Indies , discovered by Columbus, 519. be allowed, subject to a duty, 614.

How they obtained this name, 520. The ori- Woollen cloth, the present prices of, com-ginai native productions of, ib. The thirst of pared with those at the close of the fifteenthgold the object of all the Spanish enterprises century, 241. Three mechanical improvc-there, 522. And of those of every other Eu- ments introduced in the manufacture of, 243.

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