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calculate the diftance of events by in- 

 tervening Moons, where their number 

 does not exceed ten or twelve ; but af- 

 ter that they feldom remember their 

 number with any exa&nefs. Their me- 

 thod of Numeration is by units, tens, 

 and fcores, till they reach an hundred, 

 after which they have no exadt method 

 of expreffing the number of objeils, 

 but ufually do it, by mewing fuch a 

 quantity of hairs as they think has 

 the neareft relation to the numbers of 

 which they would convey an idea. 



In all their traffic, either with each 

 other or the Europeans, they eft i mate 

 the value of things according to their 

 prefent want ; and an Indian at one 

 time mall require an ax, in exchange 

 for that for which at another he will 

 demand only a fifh-hook, without re- 

 garding any difproportion between their 

 value. 



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