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p. 23 Pop. decreased 19.42 per c. in 14 years

25 children under 14 ought to be

27 decrease chiefly in children

28 sterility of women shown by fewness of children

28 summary of causes of extinction, under diverse conditions

31. Infertility chief cause of want of brides (p 34 & unhealthiness of children born.

― Interbreeding

32 decrease in full progress 1830-1840, but (p 33) subsequently augmented

33 in 1844 1 non-adult to 2.57 adults

— 1858 1 — — 3.22. adults

34 shows alleged causes of decrease insufficient (p. 39 summary on do.)

35 Maoris attribute decrease to new food & clothing (change of Habits

37 contrast with the Irish — many similar habits & climate

40. In 1830 manufacturing putrid corn — My Journal.

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expressive; that is ov that is when they really smile. Hence I carefully watched my own infants. One of them at the age of 45 days, and being at the time in a happy frame of mind, smiled; that is, the corners of the mouth were retracted, and simultaneously the eyes became decidedly bright. I observed the same thing on the following day; but on the third day the child was not quite well and there was no trace of a smile, and this renders it probable that the previous smiles were real. Eight days subsequently and during the next succeeding week, it was remarkable how his eyes brightened, whenever he smiled, and his nose became at the same time transversely wrinkled. This was now