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concerning the waste lands of Great Britain, in their report of De- 
cember 23, 1795, stated them at 73,285,628 acres; of which 
51,178,627 are cultivated, and 22,107,001 uncultivated. Add 
26,049,961 for the acres of Ireland, and the total of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, will be the same as above, viz. 99,335,589, which 
shews that they adopted Arthur Young’s estimate. Of these uncul- 
tivated lands they state as incapable of improvement, one million : 
lands fit for planting 3 millions: fit for upland sheep pasture, 14 
millions : fit for tillage 3 millions : and one million of meadow 
land. As I know of no authority on this subject that is entitled to 
so much credit as Dr. Grew, Arthur Young, and tl>e committee 
of the British legislature, I adopt their calculations, as by far the 
best evidence we now possess. I have no means of checking this 
by the agricultural reports of the several counties. I regard the 
following method used by Mr. Paucton, as one of the best for cal- 
culating by a map. On a good map of Great Britain for instance, 
make an accurate border of wax or dough; lay the map evenly 
on a table ; fill up the interstice with very small slmt ; weigh the 
quantity required. Then make a border round some certain por- 
tion of which the contents are known, as Middlesex : and the com- 
parison of the weights of the shot, will give with tolerable accu- 
racy, the square miles or acres. T. C.] 
(K.) Such was Spain before the invasion by Bonaparte. Its 
population, has, doubtless, greatly decreased — -of the present reve- 
nue no estimate can be made ; under the old monarchy it was said 
to amount to 25 millions — -or for each head. 
(L.) The preceding remarks on Spain also apply to Portugal. 
The revenue of the crown, the chief of ^yhich, however, was deri- 
ved immediately from Brazil, was estimated at twelve millions per 
annum. 
(M.) The revenue derived by the ^ king of the two Sicilies,^ 
from Naples, before his expulsion from the continent, v/as about 
5 millions. 
(N.) Avery considerable part of the dominions of Denmark, 
is contained in the mountains of Norway, and frozen regions of 
Lapland. The provinces of Denmark proper are well populated ; 
and the whole amount of Danish subjects at this time, propably ex- 
ceeds two millions and a half, great improvements in the condition 
of the peasantry being latterly made. 
(O.) Prussia, before the late war with France, possessed 88,f 
9S0 sq. miles, with a population of 9,015,130 inhabitants; and the 
