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NATURAL HISTORY 



are sober and industrious, and live comfortably in good 

 stone or brick cottages, which are glazed, and have chambers 

 above stairs : mud buildings we have none. Besides the 

 employment from husbandry, the men work in hop gardens, 

 of which we have many ; and fell and bark timber. In the 



Baptisms of Males exceed Females by one tenth, or one in ten. 



Burials of Females exceed Males by one in thirty. 

 It appears that a child, born and bred in this parish, has an equal chance 



to live above forty years. 

 Twins thirteen times, many of whom dying young have lessened the 



chances for life. 

 Chances for life in men and women appear to be equal. 



During this period of twenty years the births of males exceeded those of 



females . . 10. 



The burials of each sex were equal. 

 And the births exceeded the deaths . . 140. 



