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ka fa, Tanna; d'fa, Horn Islands ; fa, Isle of Cocos ; tfa, Friendly Islands; 
afaa, Amsterdam Island ; ha, Otaheite and Sandwich igen a faa, Mar- 
quesas ; fa, Easter idee ; pat, Kayan (Borneo), ete. 
Examples of radical divergences are as follows:—tiak, Papua (New 
Guinea) ; par bai, New Caledonia ; wo ahka, Kissa ; ka, Arru, etc. 
By reference to the table the number “five” will be seen to have the most 
extensive diffusion of any in a radically similar expression, there being only 
one exception to this. The following are examples of the above numeral :— 
reema, Maori; limi, Malagasi ; lima, Malay ; lumung, Acheen ; leema, Lam- 
pong; leemah, Batta; lema, Rejang; limah, Prince’s Island ; limo, Java; 
lima, Tagala ; lima, Papango; lima, Mindanao; lumee, Savu; o leema, Ceram ; 
rima, Isle of Moses; lima, New Guinea (coast); rim, Papua; wan nim, 
New Caledonia ; e reem, Malicolo ; ku rirrom, Tannah ; ima, Horn Islands ; 
lima, Isle of Cocos; neema, Friendly Islands; neema, Amsterdam Island ; 
h lemi, Sandwich and Society Islands; a acema, Marquesas ; reema, Easter 
Island ; lima, Rotti; limi, Vialo ; walima, Kissa ; wa lima, Tenimbar ; au lim, 
Keh; lima, Arru, etc. The sole exception is in Coepang, ni being the expression. 
The number “six” is another of the most widely diffused under a similar 
expression. The common form with variations will be seen to be as follows :— 
oné, Maori; oné, Malagasi ; anam, Malay ; annam, Lampong ; onam, Batta ; 
noom, Rejang; num, Acheen ; anim, Tagala; anam, Papango ; anom, Min- 
danao ; unna, Savu ; eno, Isle of Moses ; onim, Papua ; houno, Isle of Cocos ; 
vano, Friendly Islands, whaine, Sandwich and Society Islands; æ ono, Mar- 
quesas ; honoo, Easter Island; anam, Kayan; wanam, Kissa ; walem, 
Tenimbar ; annam, Keh.. The radical exceptions are gunnap, Prince’s 
Island ; o loma, Ceram ; houw, Horn Islands ; ne, Rotti, etc. 
‘The Maori expression for “seven” is not so generally diffused as that for 
six, yet it, with its variations, is the general rule among the Barata races. The 
following are examples :—wheetoo, Maori ; feetoo, Malagasi ; peetoo, Lampong ;» 
paitoo, Batta; petu, Java; pito, Tagala ; pitu, Papango; petoo, Mindanao ; 
petoo, Savu ; o peeto, Ceram ; fitu, New Guinea ; fitou, Isle of Cocos ; fidda, 
Friendly Islands ; hitoo, Sandwich and Society Islands ; a wheetoo, Marquesas ; 
heedoo, Easter Island ; hitu, Rotti; hiit, Coepang. 
The radical exceptions are :— tudju, Malay ; toojoo, Acheen; togjooa, 
Rejang ; tudju, Prince’s Island ; tik, Papua; tusyu, Kayan ; wo iko, Kissa ; 
wa ite, Tenimbar ; au fit, Keh ; duhem, Arru. 
To the Maori expression for “eight,” the same remarks apply as to seven, as 
may be seen by the following examples :—warou, Maori; varlo, Malagasi ; 
ovalloo, Lampong ; ovalloa, Batta ; wolo, Java ; valo, Tagala ; valo, Papango ; 
walu, Mindanao ; urvo, Savu ; o aloo, Ceram ; wala, New Guinea ; war, Papua ; 
walou, Island of Cocos; varoo, Friendly Islands ; wallhoa, Sandwich and 
