Wood, the price of, rises in proportion as a country is cultivated, i. 256; the growth of young trees prevented by cattle, 257; when the planting of trees becomes a profitable employment, ibid.
Wool, the produce of rude countries, commonly carried to a distant market, i. 341; the price of, in England, has fallen considerably since the time of Edward III., 344; causes of this diminution in price, ibid.; the price of, considerably reduced in Scotland, by the union with England, 349.—Severity of the laws against the exportation of, ii. 425; restraints upon the inland commerce of, 427; restraints upon the coasting trade of, 428; pleas on which these restraints are founded, 429; the price of wool depressed by these regulations, 430; the exportation of, ought to be allowed, subject to a duty, 433.
Woollen cloth, the present prices of, compared with those at the close of the fifteenth century, i. 362–363; three mechanical improvements introduced in the manufacture of, 366.
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Zuinglians. See Calvinists.
Zurich, establishment of the Reformation there, iii. 198.
