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Falkland, H.M.S., for Newfoundland, 533, 536, 538 ii.
-, -, Commander of. See Lee, Fitzroy.

Flax, bounty on importation of, 380 p. 289; and see under separate Colonies.

Florida, Gulf of, 457, 578.
-, -,-, passage of Spanish treasure ships from, 252 i p. 175.
-, -,-, Spaniards at, 252 i p. 173.
-, -,-, wrecks at, salvage of treasure in, 36 p. 33.

Foedera of Commissions, written by Rymer, 242 ii.

Fox, H.M.S., at Barbados, 106 i.
-, -, Commander of. See Reddish.
-, -, station ship at Barbados, 32 p. 31.

France and the French; and see under separate Colonies.
-, -, assistance for Danes at Sta. Cruz, 307 i.
-, -, attack by, upon Barbados, preparations for, 114.
-, -,-, upon Leeward Islands (1706), 314 ii p. 216.
-, -,-, upon Montserrat, 314 ii p. 220.
-, -,-, upon St. Kitts, 314 ii p. 216.
-, -,-, upon Sta. Cruz, British sloops at, 461.
-, -, in the Bahamas, 499.
-, -, in Canada, great mountains in Virginia a barrier against, 180.
-, -, in Canso, 246 ii p. 162.
-, -, in the Caribbean Islands, list of men able to bear arms, 602, 602 i.
-, -, in Carolina South, intrigues with Indians, 496.
-, -, competition with British Sugar Colonies, 471.
-, -, Couriers des Bois, (Wood-rangers) raised by, 496.
-, -, danger from, to Barbados and Leeward Islands, 11, 13, 83, 196 p. 123.
-, -,-, to Carolina South, 154, 156, 496.
-, -,-, instructions concerning, 20 p. 24.
-, -,-, to Jamaica, 564 i.
-, -,-, to Nova Scotia, 592 i.
-, -,-, to Sugar Colonies, 106 p. 69.
-, -, defence and fortifications in West Indies maintained by the Crown, 196 p. 123.
-, -, encroachments by, 106, 380 p. 290.
-, -,-, in the Caribbean Islands, 602.
-, -, expedition against in Canada, 10.
-, -,-, in Nova Scotia, 10.
-, -, fear of war with, in South Carolina, 252 i p. 171.
-, -, flourishing state of Colonies of, 106 p. 68, 457.
-, -, at Fort Toulouse, fort built at, 252 i p. 170.
-, -, friendship with Danes, 83, 307 i p. 287.
-, -, fur trade of, in South Carolina, 252 i p. 171.
-, -,-, with Indians, 252 i p. 171.
-, -,-, in New York, 252 i p. 171.
-, -, growing power in the Plantations, enquiry concerning, 581 ii.
-, -, Indians, intrigues with, 252 i p. 170.
-, -,-, intermarriage with encouraged, 252 i p. 170.
-, -, in Jamaica, alleged assistance for rebellious negroes, 171, 361 i p. 272.
-, -, King of, edict by. See Louis XV.
-, -, lands of, in St. Christopher, 592 i.
-, -, Leeward Islands plundered by, 106 p. 68.
-, -, Louisburgh, (Lewisburgh) harbour, fortified by, 246 ii.
-, -, on the Mississippi, 496.
-, -, negroes from Jamaica for, 457.
-, -, negroes from Sugar Islands, premium given on, 106 p. 71.
-, -, Nevis taken by, 314 ii p. 224.
-, -, in Newfoundland, encroachments on fishery, 31, 145.
-, -,-, encroachments on fur trade, 40.
-, -,-, Indians employed by, 40.
-, -,-, memorial concerning settlers at Portabask, 145, 145 i.
-, -, at New Orleans, forts and garrisons at, 252 i p. 170.
-, -, in New York, encroachments by, 338 i, 573 i.
-, -,-, intrigues with Indians, 222 i.
-, -,-,-, measures to counteract, 222 viii.
-, -, in Nova Scotia, danger apprehended from, 246 ii, 546 i.
-, -,-, intrigues with inhabitants and Indians, 246 ii, 399 p. 317.
-, -,-, intrigues at Minis, 164 ii (iv).
-, -,-, lands claimed by, 306 p. 200.
-, -,-, missionaries and priests at Minis, 164 ii (iv).
-, -, privateers, interference with Nova Scotia trade by, 246 ii.
-, -,-, at St. Christopher, 314 ii p. 228.
-, -, rum and molasses from, 471.
-, -, rumours of war with, 106 i.
-, -, at St. Christopher, negroes carried off by, 396.
-, -, Sta. Cruz, claim to, 83, 308, 323.
-, -,-, evacuation of, date for, 461.
-, -,-, sale of, 83, 489 i, 537.
-, -,-,-, contract for, 388, 388 i, iii.
-, -,-, settlement of, 308.
-, -, at St. Dominique, 83.
-, -, St. John's, assistance to Danes at, 288.
-, -, settlement by Denmark at Sta Cruz, importance of, 288.
-, -, ships built for, in New England, 20 p. 19.
-, -, strength of, at frontiers of South Carolina, 252 i p. 170.
-, -,-, at Martinique, l.
-, -, Sugar Colonies of, in competition with British, 257 p. 179.
-, -,-, encouragement of, 196 p. 123.
-, -,-, trade of, illegal, 140 p. 88.
-, -, Sugar trade of, in competition with British, 457, 462.
-, -,-, low duties in, 106 p. 71.
-, -,-,-, effect of, 183 p. 118, 196 p. 123, 314 ii pp. 236, 237.
-, -,-, premium on African negroes for, 196 p. 123.
-, -,-, regulations concerning, 314 ii p. 236.
-, -, trade of, 13, 471.
-, -,-, illegal, with Newfoundland, 31 p. 28.
-, -,-, with Ireland, 106 p. 70.
-, -,-, measures to curtail, 314 ii pp. 238, 239.
-, -,-, with Northern Colonies, 106 p. 70.
-, -, Treaty of Neutrality, 313, 383, 426, 426 i, ii, 464 i, 586 i–iv, 614.
-, -,-, seizure of ships under, 471.
-, -, war with, apprehended, 10, 11, 36 p. 32, 37, 70, 74, 257 p. 177, 591.
-, -,-, rumours of, 1.
-, -, West India Company of, 537.

Friend's Adventure, brigantine of Barbados, captured by Spaniards, account of, 376 p. 287.
-, -,-, deposition concerning, 376 i.

Fundy, Bay of, 454.
-, -,-, payment of quit rents, order concerning, 164 i.

Fur trade, in Newfoundland, French encroachments on, 40; and see under separate Colonies.