CONTENTS 



OF 



THE FIRST VOLUME. 



BOOK I. 



OF THE CHECKS TO POPULATION IN THE LESS CIVILIZED 

 PARTS OF THE WORLD AND IN PAST TIMES. 



Chap. Page 

 I. Statement of the Subject. Ratios of the In- 

 crease of Population and Food 1 



II. Of the general Checks to Population, and the 



Mode of their Operation 17 



III. Of the Checks to Population in the lowest 



Stage of Human Society 25 



IV. Of the Checks to Population among the Ame- 

 rican Indians 35 



V. Of the Checks to Population in the Islands of 



the South Sea 66 



VI. Of the Checks to Population among the an- 

 cient Inhabitants of the North of Europe. . 92 

 VII. Of the Checks to Population among modern 



Pastoral Nations 120 



VIII. Of the Checks to Population in different Parts 



of Africa 144 



IX. Of the Checks to Population in Siberia, 



Northern and Southern 165 



