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every Man of ours that pafs'd by him he put one 

 Grain into his Basket. When he had thus taken a 

 great Part of our Number, one of our Men in 

 pafling by, gave his Basket purpofely a Tofs, and 

 threw out his Corn, and fo fpoil'd his Account, 

 This feem'd to difpleafe them : Yet ope of them 

 got a little before, and fitting clofe in the Wood, 

 at a fmall Diftance from the narrow Path, which 

 we were to pafs one by one, he there took our 

 Number in Grains of Maiz. But when he had ta- 

 ken his Account, they were put to it to caft it up : 

 For 2 or 3 Days after, in the Progrefs of our 

 March, coming among fome of the Southern Indu 

 dians^ we faw fome 20 or 30 pf the graver Men got 

 together, and trying their Skill to compute the 

 Grains in the Basket ; which when they had laid up- 

 on a Plantain-leaf, feveral of them indeavour'd to 

 tell one after another : But when they could tell no 

 further, (the Number probably exceeding their A- 

 rithmetick) and feem'd to grow very hot, and ear- 

 neft in their Debates about it, one of them ftarted 

 up, and forting out a Lock of his Hair with his 

 Fingers and ftiaking it, feem'd to intimate the Num- 

 ber to be great and unknown ; and fo put an end 

 to the Difpute. But one of them came after us-, 

 and enquired our Number in broken Spani/h. 



Their Capital Num&efcs, One 9 Two^ Three 9 they 

 name thus : 



1. Conjugo, Numeral 



2. Poquab. Names. 



3. Pauquab, 



4. Pakequabf 



5. Eterrah, 



6. Indricab, 



7. Coogolah, 



8. Paukopab. 

 9? Pakekopah. 



B b 3 iq. Anivego, 



