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Chile, 1820. 



Comprehending the three divisions or provinces of 

 Coquimbo, St. Jago, and Conception, 600,000 souls. 

 City of St. Jago, 48,000. 



Peru, 1820. 



Total population, including 800,000 Indians, 

 1,400,000 souls. 



City of Lima, 70,000, including slaves, mulattoes, 

 &c. 



Bengal. 



The East India Company's old territory, com- 

 monly known in Europe by the name of Bengal, oc- 

 cupying the space of 162,000 square British miles, 

 contained, in 1820, thirty-nine millions six hundred 

 and seventy-nine thousand souls, (39,6-79,000 souls,) 

 exhibiting a denser population* than any equal por- 

 tion of the globe, China not excepted. 



* Yet, according to some authors, this country has for the last 

 sixty years been misgoverned to a proverb. 



