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The Number Concept

CHAPTER III
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mi biche misa = one hand.
10.

mikriba misa sai = both hands.
20.

mikriba misa idecho ibi sai = both hands together with the feet.
Illustrations of this kind might be multiplied almost indefinitely; and it is well to note that they may be drawn from all parts of the world.

South America is peculiarly rich in native numeral words of this kind; and, as the examples above cited show, it is the field to which one instinctively turns when this subject is under discussion.

The Zamuco numerals are, among others, exceedingly interesting, giving us still a new variation in method.
They are[77] 1.


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