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GOnfequently, on the v/hole extent of 25,600 acres, 170,660 per- Popula- 

 fons, according to the. firft fuppofition, or 204,800 according to 

 the fecond, can he ftipported yearly. But we have feen above, - 

 that only 44,125 Individuals are fuppofed to exiil on O-Taheitee, 

 according to our fir-H: calculation, which is - nearly lefs by 26,^25- 

 perfons in the iirft. inilance, or 60,675 i" the fecond, than theiile 



can fupport, upon the moft moderate calculation. 



Having thus. 



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fairly ilated the poflibility of fo great a population, we fliall 

 tainly not be thought unreafonable in our eftimate..^ 



Te-Arraboo has 19 or 20 diflrids, and is equally well culti- 

 vated and populous : for its natives not only withftood- the whole 

 power of the inhabitants of T-Obreonoo,.. but even beat their forces- 



and ravaged their fhores . It might therefo 



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be deemed very, little. 



if at all inferior 



power and 



mbers 



but 



will 



them to be only one half of the population of T-Ob 



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number of its inhabitants will be 40,5 



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viEois a little, but well-cultivated ille, ibbjed: to the king of 

 T-Obreonoo... According to the accounts of the Taheiteans, it op- 

 pofed and beat oft the whole force of Te-Arraboo ; and the great. 

 armaments we obferved going forward in T-Obreonoo,. for the re- 



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dudlon of Imeo 



ftr-ength 



prove that they have no mean idea of thei 



nomithilanding this, we fhall allow them no more than 



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