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INDEX. 



Weyland, (Mr.), examination of his 

 objections to the premises developed 

 in this work, ii. 481. 



Wheat, steadiness in the prices of, iji 

 England, compared with those in 

 Holland, ii. 207, note. 



Widowers, a much greater proportion 

 of, marry again, than of widows, i. 

 486, 487. 



Wife, difficulty in the choice of one, 

 according to the ordinances of Menu, 

 i. 194. 



Woman, the dictate of nature and vir- 

 tue seems to be an early attachment 

 to one, i. 5 — cruel treatment of wo- 

 men among the natives of New Hol- 

 land, 29 — 32 — their degraded and 

 wretched state among the American 

 Indians, 37 — 39 — reason why tiie 

 disgrace attending a breach of chas- 

 tity in a woman should be greater 

 than in a man, ii. 32 — 34 — character 



drawn of the women of Indostan, in 

 the ordinances of Menu, i. 195 — 

 in a certain tribe on the coast of 

 Malabar, several males attached to 

 one woman, 200 — the same custom 

 practised in Tibet, !^01. 



Y. 



Young, (Mr.,) his plan of improving the 

 condition of the poor, considered, ii, 

 378 — 381 — 384— 389— his objec- 

 tions to the plan proposed in this 

 Essay for the gradual abolition of 

 the poor-laws, and his own plan for 

 the relief of the poor, examined, 

 457. et seq. 



Zoroaster teaches, that to plant a tree, 

 to cultivate a field, to beget children, 

 are meritorious acts, i. 187. 



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