UNITED STATES. 



Mr. Barton's paper concerning the longevity of 

 the inhabitants of these States, is an ample refuta- 

 tion of those writers, who influenced by European 

 prejudices, or considering the subject in a superfi- 

 cial manner, have asserted, that the Americans are 

 not so long lived as the Europeans. He has shown 

 by the fairest comparison, that the probabilities of 

 life in all its stages^ from its commencement to the 

 utmost possible verge of its duration, are higher in 

 these United States, than in such European coun- 

 tries as are esteemed the most favourable to life.* 



* Trans. Amer, Vhih Soc vol, SiJ. 



