Ch. iii. 



in Russia. 



301 



Vologda 4 



Kostroma 3 



Archangel 4 



Reval 4 



Government of Tobolsk 4 



Town of Tobolsk, from 1768 to 1778, . . 3 



from 1779 to 1783, . . 5 



in 1783 6 



M. Herman observes that the fruitfulness of 

 marriages in Russia does not exceed that of other 

 countries, though the mortality is much less, as 

 appears from the following proportions drawn 

 from a rough calculation of the number of inha- 

 bitants in each government : 



Dies annually. 



It may be concluded, M. Herman says, that in 



