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the population with that of the least populous 

 portions of France and Spain. As the true area 

 of the island was not then ascertained, these cal- 

 culations have been inexact. We have already 

 seen that the whole island has nearly two hundred 

 inhabitants to the square league (in 1825) ; this is 

 one-fourth less than Ouenca, the least populous pro- 

 vince of Spain, and four times less than the higher 

 Alpes, the least populous department of France. 1 



1 Estimating the present population of Cuba by the pro ratd of 

 increase shown by the censuses of 1827 and 1841, the number and 

 density of inhabitants at the close of 1855 is approximately as 

 follows :— 



Department. Population. 



Western 966,000 



Central 280,000 



Eastern 250,000 



Total 1,446,000 



Area, Square Miles. Density. 



8,077 120 



14,898 16 



11,258 22 



' 34,233 42 



Making the present density about 378 inhabitants to the square 

 league. The density of the Western department approximates very 

 nearly to that of Massachusetts ; that of the Central department to 

 Georgia ; and that of the Eastern to Tennessee, as exhibited by 

 the census of 1850. The number of inhabitants to the square mile 

 in the principal countries of Europe, is as follows : — 



Belgium, 388 Prussia, 151 



England, 322 Austria, H2 



Holland, 259 Denmark, ... .102 



France, 173 Portugal, ,95 



Switzerland, 160 Spain, 78 



