132 Transactions. 
As an illustration of the above facts uotations are given in the following 
> 5 
table from various vocabularies :— 
Eneuish N UMERAL, ‘‘ ONE.” 
Tahai ..- | Maori. Essa or isso | Malagasi. 
O Eeutu ... | Ceram. Sa or satu Malay. 
i ... | New Guinea (coast). ye ... | Lampong... 
Ret Tee... | Tanna. Sada as Batta si Sumatra, 
Taci ... | Horn Islands. Sigi va. 
i ... | Isle of Cocos. Ysa Tagala: se 
A Tahau ... | Friendly Islands. Isa ... | Papango ... ẹ Philippines. 
Tahe ... | Sandwich Islands. Isa Mindanao .. 
hi .-- | Socie ene Isse . | Savu (T. 
A Tahe ... | Marque Osu ... | Papua (New Guinea). 
Ko Tahe ... | Easter Tolan, Esa ... | Rotti (Tim arh 
Ita Kissa el t Mesi ... | Coepang (Timor). 
Ita ... | Tenimbar .. Foe Su . | Keh (Timorlaut). 
Itu thee | ETE 
Some of the races have a radically different numeral, such as ji, Kayan 
(Borneo) ; hijee, Prince’s Island (Sunda); sigi, Java ; kaou, Isle of Moses ; 
parai, New Caledonia, ete. 
The numeral “two” is expressed by a word radically the same by all the 
Barata races ; the following of which are examples, showing their variations, 
such as:—rua, Maori; rua, Malagasi; dua, Malay; lorou, Java; dalova, 
Tagala; o’looa, Ceram; wa roo, New Caledonia; looa, Friendly Islands ; 
£ rooa, Otaheite ; bo hooa, Marquesas. Divergence from the above rule is 
limited, and of which the following are examples :— Ati, Vialo (Timor) ; 
woror, Kissa ; bore, Tenimbar. 
The numeral “three” is radically similar in all the races, with the exception 
of Malay and some in Melanesia and the Timor group, as the following 
examples will demonstrate :—torou, Maori ; tulloo, Malagasi ; é/oo, Acheen ; 
tulloo, Lampong ; toloo, Batta ; tellou, Rejang ; tallu, Prince’s Island ; tullu, 
Java ; ytlo, Tagala ; atlo, Papango; tulu, Mindanao ; tulloa, Savu ; o toloo, 
Ceram ; toloa, Isle of Moses ; tolu, New Guinea (coast) ; tolou, Horn Islands ; 
tulou, Isle of Cocos ; toloo, Friendly Islands ; tooroa, Island of Amsterdam ; 
torhoa, Society and Sandwich Islands ; toroo, Otaheite ; a toroa, Marquesas ; 
toroo, Easter Island. 
Examples of radical divergences are as follows :—tiga, Malay ; ‘ior, 
Papua; wat een, New Caledonia; ekei, Malicolo ; ka har, Tanna ; utue, Vialo ; 
wokil, Kissa ; lasi, Arru, ete. 
The sie “four” has wider acceptance than the numeral sii being 
similarly expressed by all races, excepting two in Papuanesia and three in the 
Timor group. The following are examples of the form of expression in its 
variations :—4’fa, Maori; efur, Malagasi; ampat, Malay; paat, Acheen ; 
ampah, Lampong; oput, Batta ; mpat, Rejang ; opat, Prince’s Island ; pappat, 
Java ; apat, Tagala ; apat, Papango ; apat, Mindanao ; uppu, Savu ; opatoo, 
Ceram ; wati, Isle of Moses; patta, New Guinea (coast) ; ebats, Malicolo ; 
