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ample, the parifh of Annahilt produces 318 men liable 

 to ferve in the militia, from a population of about 

 2,100; therefore, by the rule of proportion, if 318 give 

 2,100, what will 33,382 give, which is the total liable 

 to ferve in the county? The anfwer is 220,447, which 

 is within 6,185 f l ^ e num ber produced by the houfes, 

 taking them as above at twenty-one perfons to every 

 four houfes \ if again we add thefe two numbers, and 

 divide them by two, the total average will be 223,539. 

 This I do not pretend to give as perfectly exaft in point 

 of numbers, but I fhould think, from the coincidence 

 of the two produces, it cannot be very far wrong ; one 

 thing I am pretty certain of, that five and one-fourth to 

 a houfe is near the truth, from my own experience, as 

 I counted both the perfons and houfes in the parifh of 

 Annahilt. 



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