anation. The manner of application for each square is now considered.
1. Population. This is changing every year; the thousands and hundreds must therefore be omitted, and the millions only preserved. The population for England will be the number 1, 1, first ladder, first step: this is represented by the pillars of Hercules. England contains 16 millions of Inhabitants.[1] This number will be fixed in the memory by changing the figures into a word; t d will be the consonants giving the number;—it may be said then, that there is a Toad crawling up the pillars of Hercules.
2. Natural Products. If a country be remarkable for the excellence of its horses, a rude outline of this animal may be drawn in the square belonging to the natural products. If it contains extensive salt mines, a barrel or basket of salt may be placed by the horse; if good wine, two bottles of wine should be added; iron may be represented by bars, and sheep by an outline, as with the horse. To connect these circumstances together, some narrative should be invented, the more improbable and ludicrous the better. The horse being pressed by hunger, eats the salt, but becoming thirsty, in conse-
- ↑ According to the last Population Returns, 16,552,144
