| Show although the population of china Is is immense it does docs not dot reach near the fabulous number claimed for it itis popularly supposed that every portion winch is not cultivated cultivate J is in covered ith houses bounce which ATO are crowded with botnan bringa but tho the hills tire are nowhere cultivated cultivate and throughout the whole cc country the population is not much proportionately denser thao than in ea rd rope pe akina is credited with tho the absurd number of 0 17 of stants itin ls when it really has ha but and europe with three times it ila area has haa the iho population of crini and or of its ita principal cipal cities has always sounded I 1 too go much dicob like tomi some laity airy tile talo tho the first traveler reported fabulo fabulous Us numbers arthr a hasty glance and all the subsequent ones riot not wishing to bo be outdone out done agreed i th illi I 1 hem or else clee increased tho the figure Li lei lilily tily there here have bave been official investigations and the results rei sulta shows the great above pekin credited with 2 it has been estimated contA contains con taiLS iLli only and hanling Nan ling lias in reality but bat all these figures go to show that although abundantly peopled chini china la is not so fio overcrowded that we ve need r fear ar that our country will be filled fillad with the iho hordes |
