52;
riches of, 108-114.

Forms, 101.

Forks, use of, 77;
first, 77.

Forts, as churches, 365, 385.

Fox, George, bequest of, 437.

Franklin, quoted, 53, 181;
fairs encouraged by, 191;
advertisement of, 292-293;
as postmaster, 333;
set milestones, 335;
cyclometer of, 335-336;
on canals, 353;
in sedan-chair, 356.

Franklin stove, 70.

Fraxinella, 449.

Fringe-loom, 227.

Frocking, striped, 237.

Fulling-mill, in Boston, 188.

Fulling-stocks, 232.

Fulham jugs, 98.

Funerals, rings at, 298;
gloves at, 298-299.

Furs, search for, 115.

Fustian, in America, 237;
in Europe, 237.

Gallows-balke, 53.

Gallows-crooks, 53.

Gallows-frame. See Tape-loom.

Gambrels, 310.

Gambrel roof, description, 22.

Games, with corn, 139.

Garden, an old-time, 419 _et seq._;
in New England, 419 _et seq._;
in southern colonies, 438-439;
in New York, 439-440.

Garnish of pewter, 85.

Garrison house, 26.

Garter-loom. See Tape-loom.

Geese, raising of, 257-258;
pickings of, 257-259;
noise of, 258.

Georgia, deer in, 109;
turkeys in, 110;
hand-weaving in, 249-251.

Georgius Rex jug, 99.

Germantown, flax-raising at, 181;
flax-workers at, 181;
seal of, 181;
wool manufacture at, 190.

Gibcrokes, 53.

Gimlet, 305.

Giotto, loom of, 213.

Girdling, of trees, 403.

Girls, dress of, 289-292;
seats in meeting for, 372.

Giskins, 96.

Glass, in windows, 23, 366;
nailed in, 366;
for lamps, 46;
early use of, 92.

Gloucester, old house at, 70;
fishing at, 122-123;
communal privileges in, 390.

Gloves, given at funerals, 298-299.

Going a-leafing, 67.

Goldenrod, as dye, 193.

Goloe-shoes, 295.

Gookin, quoted, 137.

Goose-basket, 258.

Goose-neck andirons, 62.

Goose yoke, 258.

Gorse. See Woad-wax.

Gourds, cups of, 96;
utensils of, 309.

Grant, Mrs. Anne, on Dutch gardens, 439.

Grapes, 145.

Grassing, of linen, 234.

Greeley, Horace, on canal-travel, 353.

Gridirons, 61.

Grist-mill, earliest, 133.

Guinea wheat, 129. See Corn.

Gun, as summons to meeting, 368.

Gundalow, 329.

Gutters of houses, 9.

Hackling. See Hetcheling.

Hadley, shad in, 123-124;
potatoes in, 144;
broom-making in, 256-257;
restrictions of settlement in, 392-393;
hay-ward in, 402.

Hakes, 53.

Half-faced camp, 3.

Hammond, John, quoted, 395.

Hamor, Ralph, quoted, 143.

Hancock House, knocker of,