Using The Hand In Counting

The natives of Erroob a' id sonie of the Cape Yorkers of Austral' a have words for "one," "two" and. "three," but for "four" they say "the'.vhole." In western Australia they have words for "one," "two," "tbr ee" and "four," wbilo the word for '-'five" means "the fingers being on om 3 hand," and "ten" "being on two hani 1g." One author giver , a word for "fifteen" - "mehr-in-belïi-7 oelli-gudgir-jura - banga," the exact me aning of wliich is "the fingers on the hr jnd on either side and half the feet." The Lower Murray nations have ww ds for "one" and "two" only; for "üt e" thoy say "one hand;" for "ten" tv 0 hands." Very few Anstralian tríba' can count beyond "four," their ternu for "five" merely implying a large nnr jiber.