48 WESraEM AFRICA. 
Mendi and Timiny tribes can count higher, 
even to hundreds. 
They are assisted very much in commu- 
nicating ideas by the great variety of ges- 
tures which they use in conversation. 
Their gestures are very appropriate and sig- 
nificant, and by no means confined to the use 
of the hands alone. When an African talks 
he talks all over ; with head, eyes, face, arms, 
and legs. They use their feet and legs as 
freely, when necessary, as any other mem- 
ber of the body. I have seen them stoop 
forward with the face half way to the ground, 
then again bend back as far as they could, 
and throw their bodies from side to side, to 
assist in the utterance of their thoughts. 
They are also assisted in this bv the use 
of numerous emblems, parables, symbols, 
images i &c. These assist them much in 
showing the relation of one thing to another, 
and the estimate they put upon things, and 
persons. 
For instance, if a headman wishes to 
make an expression of good-will and friend- 
ship to another headman, he simply sends 
him a piece of white cloth. If a bride 
