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Recapitulation, General View of the Happinejs of the IJlanders m 

 the Eolith Sea. Short comparative view (f various Manners and 

 ■Cujioms yfual in the South Sea IJles, ii^ith thofe of other nations. 



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AVING ^niflied our obfervatlons on the inhabitants of the 



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jiles in the South Sea^ we have only to bring into one point 

 o£_ view what has been the refult of nine long differtations, ^ in 



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order the better to form a juft idea of their real happinefs. 



The inhabitants of the' illes in the South Sea which we vifited, 

 are upon the whole yery numerous. We found that the farther 

 the nations live from the equino^f^iaj line, the lefs numerous they 



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are, and of thofe within the tropics, they are the mofl numerous 

 who are more civilised than the reil. Though it be highly difficult 

 to afcertain the population of Taheitee, it is however pofTible ta 

 form an idea, which comes very near to its real numbers. We 

 took an opportunity of making fomc inferences from the number 



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