27 i) KATIVE NUMliltALS, 



place proceed as fin- as tlirc.o. Tlm> : nin\ Mc- 

 tomlml — two, HuUn — -tlin-e. Bulla iiu'toug; ami 

 Biulong, which biguifios any t|uaiitity.* 



The i^read itJrf fi^Kcule prcvaH® 0 m eicfeeimve 

 a degree mm§ the feiaal^ of tbk s^imge ^ 

 among' our mOtrig jB^d&ted xa6.es. One of the 

 naked V^'niisos at this place w^as iinlurt'd some 

 time since by a European, during the absence of 

 her tribe> to array herself its drapery ; n petti- 

 coat was libie fgi^m a My^$ 43re$s selected » 

 but tlie gai'in^^ Was ar^ often tlirown over 

 the sbouhlers as around the wais^^t. Mdieii the 

 tribe returned it ha|)pened to be the hitter, 

 and they made most particular inquiries re- 

 s^ie^i^ the jf^k^ ^at -^t- was m clothed — and 

 whethet«&«'Waa.aslianied txibc n:ikt'ih sicrnrdiiio- 

 to fhe custom of her forefathers f So mueb 

 ridicule was levelled against her costume, that 



* According to Spix mul Martius, The Comados In- 

 dians in the interior of Brazil liave their languages in respect 

 to numbers, very imperfect. Tliey generally count only by 

 the joints of the hnj^er, consequently only to three ; every 

 greater number tliey express hy the word * many.' Tiieir 

 calculation of time is eeiuuily simple — merely according to 

 the returning seLusoii of llie ripciiiiis;;^ uf the IVults. or accorthn;,^ 

 to the pluises of tht' moon, — of wliieh latter, however, they 

 can exprciis in \voi"ds only the a}>pcarunte, without aiiyrcfer- 

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