CHAP. XXVII. ASIA. 347 



If we were to consider the coined and uncoined 

 gold and silver in Europe and America to be re- 

 presented by a thousand millions sterling, and we 

 were to apply. to it this scale, we should estimate 

 that of Asia as little short of two hundred millions, 

 which would be about fifty millions more than 

 would be found when due allowance is made for 

 the greater wear of silver, and than we are disposed 

 to think, on considering the state of the eastern 

 part of the world, is actually existing there. 



