2 86 Mijcellanea Curiofa. 



Thus it appears , that the whole People of 

 Bre/law does confift of 340CO Souls, being the 

 Sum Total of the Perfons of all Ages in the 

 Table : The firft ufe hereof is to (hew the Pro- 

 portion of Men able to bear Arms in any Multi- 

 tude, which are thofe between 1 8 and 56, ra- 

 ther than 1 6 and 60 ; the one being generally 

 too weak to bear the Fatigues of PVar, and the 

 Weight of Arms ; and the other too crafie and 

 infirm from Age y notwithftanding particu'ar In- 

 ftances to the contrary. Under 18 from the 

 Table, are found in this City 11 997 Perfons, 

 3950 above 5-6", which together make 1 5947* 

 fo that the Refidue to 340CO being 18053, are 

 Perfons between thofe Ages. At lcafr one half 

 thereof are Males, or 90x7 : So that the whole 

 Force this City can raife of Fencible Men, as the 

 Scotch call them, is about 9000, or ^ , or fome- 

 what more than a quarter of the Number of Souls , 

 which may parhaps pals for a Rule for all other 

 places. 



The Second Vfe of this Table, is, to fliew the 

 differing degrees of Mortality, or rather Vitali- 

 ty, in all Ages ; for if the Number of Perfons of 

 any Age remaining after one Year, be divided 

 by the difference between that and the number of 

 the Age propoled, it mews the Odds that there 

 is, that a Perfon of that Age does not die in a 

 Tear. As for Inftance, a Perfon of z$ Tears 

 of Age has the Odds of f6o to 7, or 80 to jrj 

 that he does not die in a Tear : Becaufe that of 

 567, living of 25 Tears of Age, there do die no 

 more than 7 in a Tear f leaving f6o of 26 Years 

 old. 



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