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Population of the 



[MARCri, 



organ mus< be increased as the divergency of the rays decreases. 

 This adjustrtj^ent may be perfectly effected by diminishing; the 

 convexity of the cornea, and it has been shown that there is in 

 the eye a muscle to which this function may be assigned. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. 

 This Plate represents the eye of an ostrich, so prepared as 

 to exhibit the muscle of the cornea in its whole extent, 



A. A, A, A. The Sclerotica cut into four portions, and 

 thrown back. 



B. The Cornea- 



C. The Marsupium. 



D. The Muscle of the Cornea. 



Article IV. 



9 



Population of the principal Towns in Great Britain, according 

 to the Return made to Parliament in 1811. 



(See NO I. page 40.) 



England. 



Inhabitant? 



London 1,050,000 l^ 



Manchester 98,573 



Liverpool 94,376 18 



Birmingham . . . .85,753 



Bristol ..76,433 19 



Leeds 62,534 20 



Plymouth 56,060 21 



Portsmouth ... 1 22 



Portsea > 48,355 23 



Gosport 3 24 



Norwich 37,256 25 



10 Deptford and 7 ^q,^ 26 



Greenwich.. 3 "^^''^^ 27 



11 Sheffield 35,84.0 28 



12 Nottingham 34,253 



13 Bath 31,496 



14 Newcastle upon 7 ron 



Tyne ...... 5 " 



15 Kingston upon 7 



Hull 5 ^^'^-^-^ 



16 Leicester .23,146 



29 

 30 

 31 

 32 



Inhabitants, 

 Chatham and 7 

 Rochester . . 5 

 Ashton under 7 , 



Line 5 ^^'"^^ 



Exeter 18,896 



Shrewsbury 18,543 



York 18,217 



Yarmouth 17,977 



Coventry 17,923 



Great Bolton 17,070 



Preston 17,065 



Woolwich 17,054 



Wenlock 16,805 



Shields, North! 



7,699 

 Shields, South 

 9,001 



Oldham 16,690 



Chester 16,140 



Blackburn 15,083 



Wolverhampton • .14,836 



> 16,700 



