If, for example, 8 is expressed by 5-3 in a quinary decimal system, 98 will be 9 x 10 + 5-3.

The quinary element does not disappear, but merely sinks into a relatively unimportant position.
One of the purest examples of quinary numeration is that furnished by the Betoya scale, already given in full in Chapter III., and briefly mentioned at the beginning of this chapter.

In the simplicity and regularity of its construction it is so noteworthy that it is worth repeating, as the first of the long list of quinary systems given in the following pages.

No further comment is needed on it than that already made in connection with its digital significance.

As far as given by Dr.Brinton the scale is: 1.