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Excerpt from Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind, in Ancient and Modern Times The Author of the following Dissertation on the Num bers Of Mankind, is desired by the Philosophical Society at Edinburgh, to-acquaint the public, that it was com posed several years ago, and was read before them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.