In language after language the same resemblance is found, until it seems impossible to doubt, that in prehistoric times, 9 _was_ the new number--the beginning of a second tale.

The following table will show how widely spread is this coincidence: Sanskrit, navan = 9.

nava = new.
Persian, nuh = 9.

nau = new.
Greek, [Greek: ennea] = 9.

[Greek: neos] = new.
Latin, novem = 9.