Note 213 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
Essay on Population, p. 18. In Observations, ii. 141, he estimates the diminution at a million and a half. Other books referring to the same controversy are Howlett's Examination of Dr. Price's Essay (1781); Letter to Lord Carlisle, by William Eden (1744-1814), first Lord Auckland; William Wales's Enquiry into Present State of Population, etc. (1781); and Geo. Chalmers's Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Great Britain (1782 and several later editions).