The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-20
Pacific swarm with inhabitants, living
on the open bounty Of ma ture whose free

Pacific swarm with Inhabitants, living
on the open bounty Of nature, whose free
and careless life has captivated the
,,,t ag i, or highly cultivated men
this new census will include these naked
children or the breezy South in its all
embracing enumeration
IL would be purely an excursion Of
the imagination to suggest that census
takers should be dispatched across the
icy barriers Of the Antarctic continent
IN search OF inhabitants there whose
list would swells nle great roll OF the
planets population. Yet such lnhabi-
tants. II we can suppose them to exist,
would hardly be more completely sepa-
rated from us than the Northern E,s-'
uuiinauN were before Americans and
europeans had begun to penetrate free
~ into the border lands Of the Arctic.
Ana when the census Is completed, If
II proves practlcab;a undertaking,
what will il probably show the total
population Of the globe to be? For many
years past Tie common estimate Of the
number OF the worlds inhabitants has
been l.500 .000, 00o-that is, about thirty
inhabitants to every square mile of land
on the sldbe. If all Of these lnha bitants
could be arranged in Il row standing
shoulder touching shoulder, there arc
enough Of them to completely encircle
tie earth at the equator, where It is
about 10000 rules around. 10 less. than
twenty-five and three quarters times!
Iwenty-two complete circles Of human
beings. shoulder to shoulder, and three
quarters Of another such circle standing
around the globe where it's girth is
Ereatest--that Is the spectacle that
would be presented if some higher power
should choose to arrange mankind IN
that way for Il grand review Of its num-
hers!
But i; Is probable that the Inhabitants
or tho earth
Than the estimate given above shows
one or the latest estimates made in
Germany, assigns no less than LOO, O0O,-
0O0 as the population Of the earth That
would add three complete circles to our
imaginary rows Of human beings ring
Ing the globe. Taking 400 O0O, 900 rs the
population OF China (and that estimate
may be much too SmaiD. there would be
SIX giobc-oncirclng rings Of Cinnamon
alone.
rs far ns numbers go Asia more than
countcTbnances all the remainder OF the
carth confined Assigning 900, DOC, 900 in
habitants to Asia. i00, 600 900 to Europe
2'o.G0O,oO0 to Africa, 1l000O, 600 to North
and South America, and 10000, 900 to the
oceanic Islands, the polar regions, etc.
we see that Asia alone would still have
| 10000 600 in excess Of all the others
counted together. But Europe and
| America. with only one third Of the total
population of the globe. hold the mas
terry OF it through intellectual superior
| ny There are unquestiona bly, more
Aongolians on the planet than there are
! members or any other race Of mankind.
But they DO not occupy all OF Asia,
since that vast continent contains also q
| very large number oC Aryans, IL race
from which the inhabitants or modern
| LufoDe, rs well MS those OF India and
] PerSIa, spranG. Still the new census,
II completed. is likely to show that there
man do-F.uropean In existence Even
| II the great world census results only
| III an approximation to the truth it will
be at least great gain in knowledge
| II would be difficult to conceive q more
| appropriate and valuable gift to future
time IMAM such census representing
the whole earth at tho close of% the
| Nineteenth century. For ages to come
II would serve as great original source
OF authority and basis for calculations
| us influence would be felt for MANY
| centuries to come in all the political and
commercial affairs OF the nations.