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NUMERAL SYSTEMS. 47 



xoodun dosme macoi tarewa ; 60, heidum dosme, three twen- 

 ties, &c. 



A good many anomalous forms occur, unnecessary to repeat 

 here, as, for instance, 2 x 4 for 8, 2 x 3 for six. 



Besides the quinary and decimal series, the binary and vigin- 

 tesimal are supposed to be represented. 



A sufficient number of extended vocabularies of numerals have 

 not been obtained to admit of a thorough examination and com- 

 parison of the different series in use, and the following table has, 

 therefore, been prepared, which will enable the collector to com- 

 bine both subjects of inquiry in one, the figures having been 

 selected in reference to the latter, and the arrangement in parallel 

 columns to the former. These are headed " Simple Cardinals," 

 "Personal Cardinals," and "Cardinals of Yalue," merely as a 

 guide, and not as indicating that they will in all cases convey 

 the true idea. It is desired that as careful inquiry as possible 

 should be made into the facts in each one, and that the objects 

 included in the separate classes be enumerated. It is probable 

 that in some languages other columns must be added. 



Very few tribes, it will be found, count beyond 100, while some 

 of the more ignorant have no numbers beyond five. It is desira- 

 able in all cases, if possible, to ascertain the meaning of the larger 

 collective numbers, as 10, 20, and 100, and another point of in- 

 quiry may be the names of the different fingers, especially of the 

 thumb, thus : — 



Little finger. 

 Ring finger. 

 Middle finger 

 Fore-finger. 

 Thumb. 



