TABLE V. Showing the number of ships of the line of of the principal navies in the world.

Note 1. Ships of the line carry as many as 74 guns. These navies contain also many frigates and smaller vessels, but their comparative strength is nearly in proportion to the number of the ships of the line. The navy of Great Britain is superior to all the other navies of the world taken together.

Note 2. All the principal navies of the world belong to Europe. The navy of the United States is the principal one in America, and the small navy of Algiers is the prin eipal one in Africa. The Asiatic nations have no navies of importance.

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TABLE VI. Showing the number of volumes contained in some of the principal libraries in Europe.

100,000

Note. The two principal libraries in England are the Bodleian library at Oxford, and the library of the British museum in London.

TABLE VII. Universities. Europe contains about 60 Catholic universities, 30 Protestant, and 6 of the Greek Church.

The following are some of the principal Protestant universities.

FRANCE.

NETHER

LANDS.

PORTUGAL

TABLE VIII. Showing the foreign possessions of European

GREAT BRITAIN.

SPAIN.

nations.

"In Europe; Malta, Gibraltar, Heligoland

In North America; Canada, New Britain, Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ber-
mudas

In the West Indies; Jamaica, Barbadoes, Antigua,
Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad, Bahamas, &c.

In South America; Part of Guiana
In Africa; Cape of Good Hope, Sierra Leone, Ba-
thurst, Mauritius, St. Helena

In Asia; Hindoostan, Ceylon, part of Sumatra,
and part of New Holland

Total

"In North America, Mexico, Guatimala

In the West Indies; Cuba, Porto Rico

Population.

107,000

658,000

760,000

100,000

} 180,000

55,000,000

56,805,000

8,700,000

650,000

In South America; New Grenada, Caraccas, Peru, 7,100,000

In Africa; Madeira, Azores, Cape Verd islands, 460,000
Guinea islands, Angola, Mozambique

In Asia; Goa, Macao, &c.

Total

In the West Indies; St. Eustatia, Curaçao, St.
Martin

In South America; Surinam

In Asia; Java, Moluccas or Spice islands

Total

riegalante

In the West Indies; Martinico, Guadaloupe, Ma- 222,000

In N. America; St. Pierre and Miquelon islands
In S. America; Cayenne, or French Guiana

In Africa; Bourbon, Senegal, Goree, &c.
In Asia; Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal,
Chandernagore

8,000

In Asia; Tranquebar, Serampore, &c.

In the West Indies; St. Bartholomew

SWEDEN. Note 1. Russia and Turkey lie partly in Europe and partly in Asia. Russia has some settlements in the northwest part of America, and Turkey claims the sovereignty of Egypt.

Note 2. All the Spanish provinces on the continent of America have declared themselves independent.

TABLE IX.

The inhabitants of Europe classed ac cording to their race or descent.

1. Roman nations, comprising the French, Italians,
Spaniards, Portuguese, and Walachians,
2. Teutonic or German nations, consisting of the
Germans, Dutch, Walloons, English, Danes, Nor-
wegians, and Swedes

3. Sclavonian nations, comprising the Russians,
Poles, Lithuanians, Livonians, Wendish, Tscheck-
en, Sclavonians, Croats, Rascians, Servians, Mor-
lachians, Bosnians, &c.

4. Caledonians

66,600,000

55,000,000

7. Greeks

8. Finnish nations, Finlanders and Esthonians

45,200,000

3,518,000

5. Tartars, comprising the Turks and Bulgarians 6. Maggarians

3,500,000

3,100,000

2,022,000

1,761,000

1,610,000

1,780,000

622,000

313,000

294,000

132,000

88,000

9. Kimri or Low Bretons

10. Jews

11. Basques

12. Gipsies

13. Arnauts
14. Armenians

15. Maltese

Note. The languages spoken by the first class, viz. the French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, are derived from the ancient Latin. Those spoken by the second class, viz. the German, Dutch, English, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, are derived from the Teutonic; and those spoken by the third class, viz. the Russian, Polish, Bohemian, Wendish, &c. are derived from the Sclavonic.

ASIA.

TABLE I. Population and extent of some of the princi

pal countries of Asia.

Arabia

10,000,000 1,000,000 Mecca

Note. The population of Asia is very uncertain, and is variously estimated from 240 to 600 millions. Some state the population of China at 333,000,000. In the ta ble the population of Chinese Tartary, Independent Tartary, &c., and of most of the Asiatic islands, is not included. The whole population of Asia may be estimated at 400,000,000.

TABLE II. Population of some of the principal cities

of Asia.

650,000 Madras

300,000

Canton

250,000

Nankin 1,500,000 Calcutta

1,000,000 Benares 580,000 Aleppo

Note. The population of most of the large cities of Asia has never been correctly ascertained. The estimates of travellers are uncertain, and often exaggerated. Some state the population of Pekin at 3 millions, but others think it less populous than London.