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and we derive from them trustworthy conclusions as to the 

 inherent vitality of the various members of the human race. 

 Only a few of the more striking and interesting statements 

 that may be deduced from the figures given by Quetelet are 

 here reproduced. From birth to the age of five years, out of 

 every 1000 inhabitants, there die, in the respective nations, 

 the numbers given in the first column of the following table: 



Deaths bet. birth and 5 yrs. Attaining S5 yrs. 

 Country. Totali Femaleg _ Male& Females. Males. 



Norway 189 90 99 43 42 



Sweden 232 109 123 17 9 



England 2G3 121 142 22 17 



France 290 138 152 21 16 



Belgium 275 132 143 18 13 



Netherlands 211 149 1G2 12 10 



Switzerland 274 128 146 10 10 



Bavaria J New 285 109 ]76 l 10 ft 



Havana, (Qld ^ ^ ^j 10 8 



When we remember that there are born annually more 

 males than females, in the proportion of 105 to 100, while, 

 on the average, there are more adult females than males, it 

 becomes evident that there must be a greater tenacity of life 

 peculiar to the female constitution ; a fact remarkably in ac- 

 cordance with the deductions of the Rev. Samuel Haughton, 

 as laid down in his "Animal Mechanics," and one well borne 

 out by the tables of mortality, as is shown by the second 

 and third columns of the preceding table, which give respect- 

 ively the deaths of male and female infants under five years 

 of age. Mem. Acad. Brussels. 



WEECK OF THE WHALEE " AECTIC," OF DUNDEE. 



The whaler Arctic, of Dundee, in command of Captain 

 Adams, was lost in Davis Strait during the past season, 

 having on board a full cargo of oil. All hands were saved, 

 however. 



It may be remembered that after the rescue of the second 

 division of the Polaris party by the English whaler the Ra- 

 venscraic/, a portion of the crew w T as transferred to the Arctic 

 and brought into Dundee, receiving on the voyage the ut- 

 most kindness and attention from Captain Adams. 12 A, 

 September 10, 1874, 383. 



