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(illegible text)6 miles and 176 yards carrying silver, and 3424 miles and 1740 yards carrying copper.

VI. How many Soldiers will it require to carry either the ⟨National⟩ Debt, or the annual interest of the National Debt, in ⟨Bank of⟩ England Pound Notes, gold, silver or copper; allowing ⟨each soldier⟩ to carry 40 pound weight in his knapsack?

⟨Ans⟩. For the National Debt.

488,281 Soldiers carrying Bank Notes.

524,232 Soldiers carrying Gold.

8,383,304 Soldiers carrying Silver. And

375,002,768 Soldiers carrying Copper.

There are not as many men upon the globe of our earth as would ⟨be⟩ sufficient to carry the National Debt in Copper?

Ans. For Annual Interest of the National Debt.

21,972 Soldiers carrying Bank Notes.

23,590 Soldiers carrying Gold.

294,998 Soldiers carrying Silver. And

16,875,124 Soldiers carrying Copper.

It would require more Soldiers to carry the annual interest of the ⟨National⟩ Debt, in copper, than all the inhabitants of Great Britain ⟨and⟩ Ireland, put together.

VII. Suppose these Soldiers, one man deep, at three yards ⟨distance⟩ from each other: How far would they extend in marching ⟨with⟩ either the National Debt, or Annual Interest of the National ⟨Debt⟩, in Bank of England Pound Notes, Gold, Silver, or Copper?

Ans. For the National Debt.

(illegible text)2 miles and 513 yards carrying Bank Notes, & 893 1/2 ⟨miles⟩ carrying gold, 14,204 1/2 miles carrying silver, & (illegible text)9,209 miles carrying copper; which is farther than the moon, and one half back again; or upwards of (illegible text) times round the equator of our earth.

Ans. For the annual interest of the National Debt. (illegible text) 1/2 miles nearly carrying Bank Notes, 40 1/4 miles ⟨nearly⟩ carrying Gold, 639 1/4 miles nearly carrying Silver, ⟨and⟩ 128,761 1/4 miles carrying Copper; which would go ⟨around⟩ the globe of our earth 1 1/8 times.

III. How many Ships would the National Debt, in Copper, (illegible text) at 500 tons to each? Ans. 13,393 ships nearly.

The tonnage, of the Navy of Great Britain, together with the ⟨commercial⟩ vessels belonging to her, is estimated at about 2,300,000