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with power.

_Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Hughes, Paul's Work._

Footnotes:

[1] _Etudes des Sciences Sociales._ Par J. C. SIMONDE DE SISMONDI. 3 vols.
Paris, 1837.

[2] Viz.:--

In Ireland, 2,300,000
... England, 1,500,000
... Scotland, 200,000
----------
4,000,000

just a seventh of the whole inhabitants, who are now about 28,000,000.

[3] Committals for serious crime, in--

Population of Great
England. Scotland. Ireland. Total. Britain and Ireland.

1805, 4,605 89 3,600 8,284 15,800,000
1819, 14,254 1,380 13,251 28,885 20,600,000
1842, 31,369 3,884 21,352 56,605 27,300,000

--PORTER'S _Parl. Tables and Prog. of the Nation_, iii. 172, 227.

From this table it appears, that from 1805 to 1842 the population of the
empire has advanced from 158 to 273--that is, increased about 70 _per
cent_; while serious crime has increased from 8 to 56--that is, 700 per
cent. Crime, therefore, has augmented ten times as fast as the number of
the people.

[4] From [Greek: chrema]--"money, riches."

[5] NICOLAI, _dell' Agro Romano_, iii. 167-171. SISMONDI'S _Etudes
Sociales_, ii. 46.

[6] _Ibid_, iii. 153. _Ib._, ii. 44. This part of Sismondi's work, which
will be found Vol. ii, pp. 1-74, is highly interesting. We may perhaps, at
a future period, give a detached account of it, under the title of "The
Campagna of Rome."

[7] The canal by which the waters of the river Guautitlan are carried
through the mountains into the valley of Tula.

[8] The Mexican Ceres, goddess of maize.

[9] Tatli is an Aztec word, signifying father.

[10] Monkish legend.

[11] The dry season.

[12] The best pulque is that of Tacotitlan. Frijolos are a species of bean
which grows in great perfection in the Chinampas, or swimming gardens upon
the lake of Chalco.

[13] Tenochtitlan is the ancient name of the valley of Mexico. It is here
used to designate the capital city.

[14] The _pique_ or _nigua_ is a small but exceedingly noxious insect that
abounds in some parts of Mexico, especially in the low grounds of Vera
Cruz and Acapulco. It bores holes in the skin and lays its eggs there,
causing a violent irritation and sometimes dangerous sores.

[15] A term used in mining operations. A rich vein of