FOOTNOTES:
[EG] In a later work (Statistics of the British Empire, 1839), Mr McCulloch estimates it at 26,188,000 tons.—Transl.
[EH] The postage of newspapers in France is two fifths of a cent within the department where it is published, and four fifths on any distance beyond it.
[EI] In August 1836, this had been increased to 3,600,000 pounds.
[EJ] These notes, with several others, have been omitted, as they contain merely statements familiar to most readers in this country.
[EK] The author is mistaken; they were tried in the county in which the offence was committed. Boston is in a different county.—Transl.
[EL] On the northern frontier there are from 500,000 to 600,000 dogs which enter annually; not more than 6,000 or 7,000 are seized.
Transcriber's Notes:
Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.