Hence it is safe to assert that even this insignificant number is not always reached with perfect ease.

Beyond 5 primitive man often proceeds with the greatest difficulty.

Most savages, even those of the tribes just mentioned, can really count above here, even though they have no words with which to express their thought.

But they do it with reluctance, and as they go on they quickly lose all sense of accuracy.

This has already been commented on, but to emphasize it afresh the well-known example given by Mr.Oldfield from his own experience among the Watchandies may be quoted.[109] "I once wished to ascertain the exact number of natives who had been slain on a certain occasion.