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XVf. An Anfwer to that Tart of Mr. W, 
Kerfleboom'5 Ejfay , which treats of the 
Number of the Inhabitants of London 5 
by Wm, Maitland, F. R. 3 . 
S OME time ago an Abftrad of a Political Eflay, 
written by Mr. JV. Kerjfeboom , a "Dutch Gentle- 
man, [intit led, Verhandeling tot een Proeve om te 
weeten de probable Menigte des Volks in de Provent ie 
van Hollandt en Weftvrieflandt) was read before this 
Honourable Society; wherein the Author, to the 
great Difparagement of the City of London , has 
aflerted a , that the City of Paris , in the Year 1684, 
and at the Clofe of the laft Century, contain'd more 
Inhabitants than the City of London . 
And to prove that Paris contains a greater Num- 
ber of Inhabitants than London, he has had recourfe 
to the Accounts of Chriflenings annually publifh'd in 
both Cities, without giving himfelf the Trouble to 
inquire into the Nature of thofe his Authorities 5 
which if he had, he would foon have difcover'd, that 
the former, is a perfect Account, while the latter, is 
perhaps the moft defe&ive of any extant ; for the 
Chriflenings therein mention'd, are only thofe where- 
at the Parifh Clerks are prefent which, l am of Opi- 
nion, cannot amount to near two Thirds of the whole* 
as I fhall endeavour to make appear. 
The Burials in the annex'd Table, by fomeTypogra- 
phical Errors in the Political Account of my Hiftory of 
G g g London 
* Kerjfeboom' s-Verhandel.jp. -14. ib. ij>. 
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