Chap。XV
ApplicationoftheabovePrinciplestotheStateofPopulationinGreatBritainAletterfromDrBrakenridge，F。R。S。addressedtoGeorgeLewisScott，Esq；whichIfoundintheDanishMercuryforMarch1758，furnishesmewithaverygoodopportunityofapplyingtheprincipleswehavebeenlayingdowntothestateofpopulationinGreat-Britain。Ishalltherefore，accordingtomyplan，passinreviewthatgentleman’sopinion，withoutenteringuponanyrefutationofit。Ishallextractthepropositionshelaysdown，examinetheconclusionshedrawsfromthem，andthenshewwhereintheydifferfromthosewhichresultfromthetheoryestablishedinthisinquiry。
Theauthor’scalculationsandsuppositionsastomattersoffactshallbetakenforgranted，asIbelievethefirstareasgoodasanythatcanbemade，uponasubjectwhereallthedatarequiredforsolvingtheproblemarequiteapieceofguess-work。
ImustfollowtheMercury，nothavingtheoriginal。
Prop。I。Afteraverycloseexamination，saysourauthor，I