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fand two hundred and eighteen fuch fquare 
Miles : and fuppofmg one Third of the 
Whole, or three millions ninety-two thou- 
fand and feventy-two Miles, to be dry Land^ 
and of this, two thirds, or two millions 
fixty-one thoufand three hundred and 
eighty-two Miles, to be inhabited: and fup- 
pofing farther, that Holland and Wefl-Frief- 
land are twenty-two Miles long and feven 
broad, which make one hundred and fifty- 
four fquare Miles 3 the habitable Part of the 
World is thirteeen thoufand three hundred 
and eighty-fiveTimes the Bignefs of Holland 
and Weft-Friejland. 
Now, if the People in thefe two Provinces 
be fuppofed a million, and if all the other 
inhabited Parts of the World were as po¬ 
pulous as thefe (which is highly improba¬ 
ble), there would be thirteen thoufand three 
hundred and eighty-five millions of People 
on the Face of the whole Earth : but the 
Milt of this Cod-fifh contained one hundred 
and fifty thoufand millions of Animalcules , 
which is ten Times more than the Number 
of all Mankind. 
/ 
The Number of thefe Animalcules may be 
computed another Way: for the ingenious 
Author of Spectacle de la Nature fays *, that 
* Vide Speft. de la Nat. Eng, i2sno. Edit. Vol.I. p. 231. 
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