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3 a-throOi arts 



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enumerating firfl the digits, i a-tahai, 2 ck-rooay 



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4 a-heay 5 a-reemay 6 a- bono , 7 a-htddoOy 8 



9 a-heevdy 10 a-hooroo -, then they add a fecond ten as far as 



twenty, in the following manner; 



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ma-tahaty 12 ma-rooay 



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13 ma-toroOy 14 ma-heay 15 



17 ma-hlddoOy 18 ma-wa?'roOy 19 



From thence they count by fcores to .200; viz. they fay for 21 



a-tahai-taoo-mara-tahaiy literally one twenty with one ; 



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called tahai-taoo-mhra-hooroOy 40 a-roha-taooy 50 a-rloa-taoo 



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&c. 6cc. The teachers are 



who h 



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from their fathers or other teachers acquired a knowledge, which, 

 they again impart to others. Thefe people are callled Tahata^ 

 orrcrOy are very much refpecfled, and commonly belong to the 



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tribe of chiefs ^ which circumftance induces me to believe, that 

 from their eaiy and independent circumftances, they are not under 

 the neceffity of communicating their knowledge to their pupils for 

 any retribution -, as there is little probability that a chief fhould 

 accept of a reward, or even honorary compenfation, having himfelf 

 a competency, viz.. land, a houfe, fruits, and trees that bear 

 them j hogs, dogs, and fowls, and laftly toutous to ferve him. 



The bulk of their fcience is the work of memory only, and by 

 no means the refult of meditation, reflecftion, or reafonlng. For 

 I met with fome of their chiefs who had attempted to learn the 



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names 



AND 

 SCIENCES 



