XIX.-NT^MERAI-S. 



Any Intelligent Indlnn can easily count a hundred, and repeat this for as many hundreds as may be desired. When counting abstractly a com- 

 mon termination for the numeral will sometimes be used, signlfyins; in t-nunl, in immhin; or something eiiuivalenl. If set to countajsejrles o!" objects, 

 he may repeat the name of tne object each time. No difficulty will be experienced In obtaining the cardinal numbers, but much patience is required 

 to obtain the ordinals and other categories of numbers. 



In some Indian languages there is more than one set of cardinal numbers. Animate objects maybe counted with one set. inanimate with 

 another. They may have a particular set for counting tlsh, or for counting skins; perhaps a set for counting standing objects, and another set for 

 counting sitting objects, &e. When these diBcrent sets arc used the words may simply have ditt'erent terminations, or othei- incorpoi-ated particles, 

 or the different sets may be composed of very distinct words. Occasionally an extra set of numerals may be found, the name of each number being a 

 long phrase or sentence descriptive of the method of counting by fingers and toes. 



The method of using thi? fingers and toes in counting should be carefully studied ai.d minutely explained: also the method of Indicating num- 

 bers to others in like manner. The most common method for counting in this manner is to turn down the little finger of the left hand for one, the 

 next finger in order for two, the next finger for three, the next for four, and the thumb lor five; then the thumb of the right hand for six, dec, until 

 the little finger of the right hand is turned down for ten. This may be varied by turning down the little finger of the right hand for six and the thumb 

 of the right hand for ten. 



In indicating numbers to others by the use of the fingers the little finger of the left hand may be extended and the other fingers turned down for 

 one; the other numbers will be expressed by extending the fingers in the same order in v.'hich they were turned down for counting. In counting by 

 tens, the Indian may close the fingers of both hands to indicate each ten, or he may ext'nd the fingers of each hand, holding them with the palms 

 turned toward the person spoken to. 



In counting, some Indians resort to the fingers only, others to the fingers and toes. The first may result in a decimal system; the second in a 

 vigesimal. All the facts relating to counting should be discovered and recorded. 



Cardinal numbers. 



