The Duchy of Luneburg (on account of the heaths) : 550.
The least populous Department of Continental France : 758.
(Hautes Alps)
Departments of France thinly peopled (the Creuse, : 1300. the Var and the Aude)
MAXIMUM OF AMERICA.
The central part of the Intendencias of : 1300.
Mexico and Puebla, above
In the United States, Massachusetts, but having only 522 square leagues of surface : 900.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, together : 840.
The whole Intendencia of Puebla : 540.
The whole Intendencia of Mexico : 460.
These two Mexican Intendencias together are nearly a third of the superficial extent of France, with a suitable population (in 1823 nearly 2,800,000 souls) to prevent the towns of Mexico and Puebla from having a sensible influence on the relative population.