INDEX. 



TTie Roman Kumernls refer to the I'olames ; the Figures to the Pages. 



A. 



ABBAM and Lot ; their separation, 

 an illustration of the cause which 

 overspread the whole earth with peo- 

 ple, i. 93. 



Abiiisitiia; state of, with respect to the 

 checks to population, i. 154 — exces- 

 sive depopulation of bj' war, 156 — 

 158. 



Africa, of the checks to population in 

 diiferent parts of, i. 144 — great na- 

 tural resources, ih. — counterbalanced 

 by the habits of the Negro nations. — 

 See the article Negro. 



state of Abyssinia, i. 154 — of 



Egypt, 161. 



Agows, an Abyssinian nation, dreadful 

 misery and penury of the, i. 155. 



Agriculture, very great encouragements 

 given to in China, i. 209 — powerful 

 effect of these, '211 — is the sole spe- 

 cies of industry by which multitudes 

 can exist, 231 — in France rather in- 

 creased than diminished during the 

 revolution, 369 — statements respect- 

 ing the present condition of, in that 

 country, 380, note, 



processes for abridging agricul- 

 tural labour sometimes tend rather to 

 diminish than increase the wiiole 

 produce, ii. i;i6 — the supposition er- 

 roneous, that a nation which grows 

 more corn than it consumes, cannot 

 be checked for want of food, 118 

 — wliere there is abundance of good 

 land, and no dilhculties impede either 

 its purchase and distribution, or 



the foreign vent for raw produce, 

 the profits of stock and prices of 

 labour will be high, 119— America, 

 a practical instance of the agricul- 

 tural system in a state the most 

 favourable to the condition of the 

 labouring classes, 121. 125 — in- 

 stances, where, under the agricul- 

 tural system, the condition of the 

 lower classes is very wretched, 125 

 — 128 — effects resulting from a com- 

 bination of the agricultural and 

 commercial systems, 146 — advan- 

 tages of such union, 148 — 152 — it is 

 calculated to produce the highest na- 

 tional prosperity, 153— agriculture, 

 the efficient cause of population 

 rather than population of agriculture, 

 241, 242. 245 — different effects of 

 the agricultural and commercial sys- 

 tems, 133. 137. 141— state of Eng- 

 land with respect to agriculture and 

 conmierce in the middle of the last 

 century, 232, 233— price of labour 

 considered, in relation to this sub- 

 ject, 233. — See also the articlesBoun- 

 ties and Plcnti/. 

 America , period in which population has 

 doubled itself in the northern states 

 of, i. 5— in the back settlements, it. 

 — very rapid increase of the English 

 colonics in, 516 — actual population 

 of the United States, and period 

 of doubluig, 518— hardships expe- 

 rienced in the first settlement of 

 some of the English colonies, ii. 51 

 — famine almost impossible there, 



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