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merits become instructive only by a comparison 

 with analogous facts, I have carefully examined 

 what, in the actual state of the two continents, 

 might be considered as a small relative popula- 

 tion in Europe, and a very great relative popu- 

 lation in America. I have, however, chosen ex- 

 amples only among the provinces which have a 

 continued surface of more than 600 square 

 leagues, in order to exclude the accidental ac- 

 cumulations of population which are found 

 around great cities ; for instance, on the coast of 

 Brazil, in the valley of Mexico, on the table-lands 

 of Santa-Fe de Bogota and Couzco ; or finally, 

 in the small West India islands (Barbadoes, 

 Martinico, and St. Thomas), of which the rela- 

 tive population is from 8000 to 4700 inhabitants 

 to the square league, and consequently equal to 

 the most fertile parts of Holland, France, and 

 Lombardy. 



Minimum of Europe. 



To the 

 Sq. Lea, 



The four governments the least peopled of Euro- 

 pean Russia : 



Archangel 10 



Olonez 42 



Wologda and Astrakhan 52 



Finland 106 



The province the least peopled of Spain/ that of 

 Cuenca 311 



The Dutchy of Lunebourg, (on account of the 

 heaths) 550 



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