152 POPULATION. 



Rank of the Principal Towns in Great Britain and 

 Ireland, with respect to Population, in 1821. 



London 1,274,800 



Dublin ..... 186,276 



Glasgow .... 147,043 



Edinburgh. ... 138,235 



Manchester . . . 133,788 



Liverpool .... 118,972 



Birmingham . . . 106,722 



Cork 100,535 



Population of Ireland, A.D. 1821. 



Connaught . . . 1,053,918 



Leinster .... 1,785,702 



Munster .... 2,005,363 



Ulster 2,001,966 



Total . . 6,846,949 



Principal Towns of the United States. 



Population of some of the principal towns accord- 

 ing to the census of 1 8 1 : 



New York. . 96,373 New Orleans 17,242 



Philadelphia . 75,096 Salem. . . 12,613 



Baltimore . . 35,583 Providence . 10,071 



Boston . . . 33,250 Washington 7 107^0 



Charleston . . 24,711 county . j 



Food and Population. 



Food increases in an arithmetical ratio ; popula- 

 tion, according to a geometrical ratio ; viz. 



food as . 1 234 5 6 7 8 9, &c. 



Population 1248163264128256, &c. 



All animals, according to known laws, must have, 

 a capacity to increase in a geometrical progression : 

 the question with regard to man is, at what rate does 

 this geometrical increase proceed ? 



Nothing but the confusion and indistinctness arising 



