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words are compounded into one, thus, pevfimge- 

 lavin, I saw him not on this manner. 



The numeral words in this language are com- 

 plete^ and may be used to describe any number 

 whatsoever. 



Quine, one, Meli, four, Cayut six, 



Epu, two, Kechu, five, Selge, seven, 



Quila, three, 



Man (or Massi, as the Huilliches have it) ten. 



The intermediate numbers are composed as follows : 

 Pataca, a hundred, Huaranca, a thousand. 



Massi quine, eleven, Epu massi epu, twenty-two. 



