222 Possible Iner ease of Population. QOct. 1, 



the former of these I have been com- tioii, the country conld maintain fiPlj 

 plefcly succcssrul, and particularly in Ihc times its present population. 



li;:jlifer kind of woodcji-work, such as 

 skirtings, dados, w ainscots, &r. &c. 



Uc assured, Mr. Editor, that »he dry- 

 rot may be effectually cured, and, with 

 a little care in the first conslructioii of a 

 building, completely prevented; and 

 both of which at a very trifling expenee, 

 ■which will be fully developed here- 

 after. Jas. Randawe. 



Fitzi-oy-sqiiare ; Sept. 12. 



For the MontJihj Magazine. 



POSSIBLE INCREASE of ron'LATION. 



IT^NGLAND contains (iii- 

 2J eluding Wales) square 



miles 49,450 



Allowing one-third to consist 

 of space occBpied by towns, 

 roads, canals, rivers, waste, 

 &c 16,483 



Will produce, effective square 



miles for cultivation 

 Number of acres in a mile . 



Effective acres 



32,967 

 640 



21,098,880 



The population of England is 9,604,349 

 of Wales . . 541,546 



Total . . 10,145,895 

 Deduct one-sixth for infants 



and invalids .... 1,690,982 



Number of inliabitauts to be 



supported 8,454,913 



This proportion gives tvvo acres, and 

 nearly a-half, to each individual. 

 Number of square yards in an 



acre 4840 



Suppose one-twentieth pnrt to 

 be sufficient for the m;iiute- 

 iianceof each person . . 242 



And suppose every square yard 

 to j)roducc, by the best nia- ' 

 nagcment, 2j lbs. twice over, 

 during the year 5 



1210 lbs. 



Tliis amount, divided by 365, the 

 nnniber of dajs in the year, will give 

 about 3| lbs. of daily food for each 

 person. 



It appears, then, that one acre will 

 maintain twenty jiersons, and of course 

 2| arrcs will maintain fifty ; so that, sup- 



posing cattle entirely out of the ques- eonfidcucc in your strength, I should 



wonder 



8,454,913 

 50 



Total . 422,745,650 

 Admitting that this is the utmost 

 stretch of possibility, an immense lati- 

 tude may be granted, and the result still 

 remain far beyond any expectation that 

 was not grounded on enquiry. Suj)pose 

 one-fourth jjart to be relinquished for 

 fallacy in the statenient, or overstrained 

 calculation ; and another fourth as a fair 

 proportion to admit cattle of every de- 

 scription ; — then, having deducted u|>- 

 wards of 105 millions from the popula- 

 tion for such admission of cattle, it can- 

 not be thought unreasonable to give 

 back somewhat more than 38 millions, 

 to be su[)plied by them in return as art!-, 

 cles of food ; and 250,000,000 of inhabi- 

 tants will remain for the capability of 

 maintenance, on an estimate wliich ap- 

 pears to me to waiTant such conclusion. 

 Sept, 4. Jas. Luckcock. 



For the Moiithly Magazine. 



WORDS, THINGS, the METAPHYSICS nf 



LANGUAGE ; being DIALOGUES between 



HYL.EUS and rmLONotis. 

 Dialogue the First. 

 jT 1 "^T'OD have otten said, what 



■' ' JL the present freshness and 

 stillness of this late-arrived summer, and 

 the silence and tranquillity of all around 

 us, bring to my recollection — that laii- 

 giiagc, whatever be its origin, having re- 

 ceived progressive improvement, through 

 so many centuries, throughout the civi- 

 lized globe, is, in its different branches, 

 by the very tei-ms it contains — a good 

 word being a definition in the smallest 

 compass — a kind of universal abstract of 

 himian knowledge, and the progress of 

 the mind. And that a good general 

 grammarian and eti/mologist would, 

 consequently, be far advanced toward 

 being a good pldlosopher, and especially 

 in metaphysics. 



Phil. — You have Well remembered, 

 and clearly expressed, my deliberate 

 persuasion, and the grounds of it. 



Hyl. — \"S'ould you then illustrate it 

 by application to some great and general 

 question? 



Phil. — Most willingly : and to wlint 

 better than to this very important, cu- 

 rious, and extensive question, of matter 

 and spirit. 



Hyl. — If I did not know your just 



