_number_ of millions or thousands only, it is not necessary to express
the ciphers. Pop. of Great Britain = 38,000,000, or (3) {M}ightiest (8)
{F}olks; or {M}anufacturing {F}abrics; or {M}oney-making {F}reetraders.
Pop. of Africa, 127,000,000 = {Th}e {N}egro Continent. Pop. of Bombay
= 804,470 or {F}oreigners a{s} a {r}ule a{r}e E{ng}lish {C}itizens.

A gentleman in Bombay, who had to deal with complaints about water
supplies there, told me the true population is 817,564, which he fixed
by my method as follows: {F}rightful {T}o {K}eep A{l}l {J}ust {R}ight.

Pop. of Calcutta = 840,000; or {V}iceroy's {R}esidential {S}eat. Pop. of
India = 292,000,000; or I{n}dia's {P}opulation E{n}umerated.

Pop. of Australasia, &c., 4,250,000 = Ou{r} I{n}dependent {L}iving
Au{s}tralians.

Pop. of Melbourne with its suburbs (1891) = 490,912 = (4) Ou{r} (9)
{B}iggest (0) {C}ity's (9) {B}uildings (1) {d}ecidedly (2)
u{n}equalled. The "City" contains 73,361 = (7) {G}reat (3) {M}elbourne
(3) {M}akes a (6) {Ch}ief (1) {T}own.

Pop. of Sydney (1891) = 386,400 = A (3) {M}ost (8) {V}aried (6)
{Sh}eltering (4) Ha{r}bour (0) Ha{s} (0) {S}ydney.

Pop. of Hobart (Tasmania), 1891 = 31,196; (3) {M}any (1) {T}asmanians
(1) Ea{t} (9) Ho{b}art's (6) {J}am.

Pop. of Auckland (New Zealand), with suburbs, in (1891) = 51,287; (5)
A{l}l (1) {Th}e (2) I{n}habitants (8) O{f} (7) Au{ck}land.

SPECIFIC GRAVITIES.

The Specific Gravity is the relative weight of a body compared to an
equal bulk of some other body taken as a standard. This standard is
usually water, for all liquids and solids, and air for gases.

1. Gold 19.2--{D}ollars {B}uy {S}u{n}dries.--Gold is made into
money. The specific gravity of gold is 19.2;
that is, nineteen and two-tenths. The initial
consonants of the phrase "{D}ollars {B}uy
{S}undries" express through "D" and "B" the
figures 19. The "S" of "Sundries" expresses
the decimal point, and the first subsequent
consonant "n" expresses the decimal two-tenths.

2. Silver 10.4--{Th}e {S}ilver A{s}saye{r}.

3. Platinum 21.5--U{n}usually {D}uctile {S}o{l}id.--Platinum is the
most ductile metal known.

4. Lead 11.3--{Th}e {T}in {S}{m}ith.--Lead is used to solder tin.

5. Mercury 13.5--{Th}e {M}ercury {S}o{l}d.