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Abacus, 19.

Abeokuta, 33.

Abipone, 71, 72.

Abkhasia, 188.

Aboker, 148.

Actuary, Life ins., 19.

Adaize, 162.

Addition, 19, 43, 46, 92.

Adelaide, 108.

Admiralty Islands, 45.

Affadeh, 184.

Africa (African), 9, 16, 28, 29, 32, 33, 38, 42, 47, 64, 66, 69, 78, 80, 91, 105, 120, 145, 170, 176, 184, 187.

Aino (Ainu), 45, 191.

Akra, 120.

Akari, 190.

Alaska, 157, 196.

Albania, 184.

Albert River, 26.

Aleut, 157.

Algonkin (Algonquin), 45, 92, 161.

Amazon, 23.

Ambrym, 136.

American, 10, 16, 19, 98, 105.

Andaman, 8, 15, 28, 31, 76, 174, 193.

Aneitum, 154.

Animal, 3, 6.

Anthropological, 21.

Apho, 133.

Api, 80, 136, 155.

Apinage, 111.

Arab, 170.

Arawak, 52–54, 135.

Arctic, 29.

Arikara, 46.

Arithmetic, 1, 5, 30, 33, 73, 93.

Aryan, 76, 128–130.

Ashantee, 145.

Asia (Asiatic), 28, 113, 131, 187.

Assiniboine, 66, 92.

Athapaskan,92.

Atlantic, 126.

Aurora, 155.

Australia (Australian), 2, 6, 19, 22, 24–30, 57, 58, 71, 75, 76, 84, 103, 105, 106, 110, 112, 118, 173, 206.

Avari, 188.

Aymara, 166.

Aztec, 63, 78, 83, 89, 93, 201, 207, 208.

Babusessé, 38.

Babylonian, 208.

Bagrimma, 148.

Bahnars, 15.

Bakairi, 111.

Balad, 67.

Balenque, 150.

Bambarese, 95.

Banks Islands, 16, 96, 153.

Barea, 151.

Bargaining, 18, 19, 32.

Bari, 136.

Barre, 174.

Basa, 146.

Basque, 40, 182.

Bellacoola, see Bilqula.

Belyando River, 109.

Bengal, Bay of, 28.

Benuë, 133.

Betoya, 57, 112, 135, 140.

Bilqula, 46, 164.

Binary, chap. v.

Binin, 149.

Bird-nesting, 5.

Bisaye, 90.

Bogota, 206.

Bolan, 120.

Bolivia, 2, 21.

Bongo, 143, 186.

Bonzé, 151.

Bororo, 23.

Botocudo, 22, 31, 48, 71.

Bourke, 108.

Boyne River, 24.

Brazil, 2, 7, 30, 174, 195.

Bretagne (Breton), 120, 129, 181, 182.

British Columbia, 45, 46, 65, 86, 88, 89, 112, 113, 195.

Bullom, 147.

Bunch, 64.

Burnett River, 112.

Bushman, 28, 31.

Butong, 93.

Caddoe, 162.

Cahuillo, 165.

Calculating machine, 19.

Campa, 22.

Canada, 29, 53, 54, 86, 195.

Canaque, 142, 144.

Caraja, 23.

Carib, 166, 167, 199.

Carnarvon, 35, 36.

Carrier, 86.

Carthaginian, 179.

Caucasus, 188.

Cayriri (see Kiriri), 79.

Cayubaba (Cayubabi), 84, 167.

Celtic, 40, 169, 179, 181, 190.

Cely, Mom, 9.

Central America, 29, 69, 79, 121, 131, 195, 201, 208.

Ceylon, 28.

Chaco, 22.

Champion Bay, 109.

Charles XII., 132.

Cheyenne, 62.

Chibcha, 206.

China (Chinese), 40, 131.

Chippeway, 62, 159, 162.

Chiquito, 2, 6, 21, 40, 71, 76.

Choctaw, 65, 85, 162.

Chunsag, 189.

Circassia, 190.

Cobeu, 174.

Cochin China, 15.

Columbian, 113.

Comanche, 29, 83.

Conibo, 23.

Cooper's Creek, 108.

Cora, 166.

Cotoxo, 111.

Cowrie, 64, 70, 71.

Cree, 91.

Crocker Island, 107.

Crow, 3, 4, 92.

Crusoe, Robinson, 7.

Curetu, 111.

Dahomey, 71.

Dakota, 81, 91, 92.

Danish, 30, 46, 129, 183.

Darnley Islands, 24.

Delaware, 91, 160.

Demara, 4, 6.

Déné, 86.

Dido, 189.

Dinka, 136, 147.

Dippil, 107.

Division, 19.

Dravidian, 104, 193.

Dual number, 75.

Duluth, 34.

Duodecimal, chap. v.

Dutch, 129.

Eaw, 24.

Ebon, 152.

Efik, 148, 185.

Encabellada, 22.

Encounter Bay, 108.

Ende, 68, 152.

English, 28, 38–44, 60, 81, 85, 89, 118, 123, 124, 129, 183, 200, 203, 208.

Eromanga, 96, 136, 154.

Eskimo, 16, 30, 31, 32, 36, 48, 51, 52, 54, 61, 64, 83, 137, 157, 159, 195, 196.

Essequibo, 166.

Europe (European), 27, 39, 168, 169, 179, 182, 183, 185, 204.

Eye, 14, 97.

Eyer's Sand Patch, 26.

Ewe, 64, 91.

Fall, 163.

Fate, 138, 155.

Fatuhiva, 130.

Feloop, 145.

Fernando Po, 150.

Fiji, 96.

Finger pantomime, 10, 23, 29, 67, 82.

Fingoe, 33.

Fist, 16, 59, 72.

Flinder's River, 24.

Flores, 68, 152.

Forefinger, 12, 15, 16, 54, 61, 91, 113.

Foulah, 147.

Fourth finger, 18.

Frazer's Island, 108.

French, 40, 41, 124, 129, 181, 182, 209.

Fuegan, 22.

Gaelic, 180.

Galibi, 138.

Gaul, 169, 182.

Georgia, 189.

German, 38–43, 129, 183.

Gesture, 18, 59.

Gola, 151.

Golo, 146.

Gonn Station, 110.

Goth, 169.

Greek, 86, 129, 168, 169.

Green Island, 45.

Greenland, 29, 52, 80, 158.

Guachi, 23, 31.

Guarani, 55, 138.

Guatemala, 205.

Guato, 142.

Guaycuru, 22.

Gudang, 24.

Haida, 112.

Hawaii, 113, 114, 116, 117.

Head, 71.

Heap, 8, 9, 25, 70, 77, 100.

Hebrew, 86, 89, 95.

Heiltsuk, 65, 88, 163.

Herero, 150.

Hervey Islands, 118.

Hidatsa, 80, 91.

Hill End, 109.

Himalaya, 193.

Hottentot, 80, 92.

Huasteca, 204.

Hudson's Bay, 48, 61.

Hun, 169.

Hunt, Leigh, 33.

Ibo, 185.

Icelandic, 129, 183.

Illinois, 91.

Index finger, 11, 14.

India, 96, 112, 131.

Indian, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 32, 36, 54, 55, 59, 62, 65, 66, 79, 80, 82, 83, 89, 90, 98, 105, 112, 171, 201.

Indian Ocean, 63, 193.

Indo-European, 76.

Irish, 129, 180.

Italian, 39, 80, 124, 129, 203.

Jajowerong, 156.

Jallonkas, 146.

Jaloff, 146.

Japanese, 40, 86, 89, 93–95.

Java, 93, 120.

Jiviro, 61, 136.

Joints of fingers, 7, 18, 173.

Juri, 79.

Kamassin, 130.

Kamilaroi, 27, 107, 112.

Kamtschatka, 75, 157.

Kanuri, 136, 149.

Karankawa, 68.

Karen, 112.

Keppel Bay, 24.

Ki-Nyassa, 150.

Kiriri, 55, 138, 139, 167.

Kissi, 145.

Ki-Swahili, 42.

Ki-Yau, 150.

Klamath, 58, 59.

Knot, 7, 9, 19, 40, 93, 115.

Kolyma, 75.

Kootenay, 65.

Koriak, 75.

Kredy, 149.

Kru, 146.

Ku-Mbutti, 78.

Kunama, 151.

Kuri, 188.

Kusaie, 78, 80.

Kwakiutl, 45.

Labillardière, 85.

Labrador, 29.

Lake Kopperamana, 107.

Latin, 40, 44, 76, 81, 86, 124, 128, 168, 169, 181, 182.

Lazi, 189.

Left hand, 10–17, 54.

Leper's Island, 16.

Leptscha, 193.

Lifu, 143.

Little finger, 10–18, 48, 54, 61, 91.

Logone, 186.

London, 124.

Lower California, 29.

Luli, 118.

Lutuami, 164.

Maba, 80.

Macassar, 93.

Machine, Calculating, 19, 20.

Mackenzie River, 157.

Macuni, 174.

Madagascar, 8, 9.

Maipures, 15, 56.

Mairassis, 10.

Malagasy, 83, 95.

Malanta, 96.

Malay, 8, 45, 90, 93, 170.

Mallicolo, 152.

Manadu, 93.

Mandingo, 186.

Mangareva, 114.

Manx, 180.

Many, 2, 21–23, 25, 28, 100.

Maori, 64, 93, 122.

Marachowie, 26.

Maré, 84.

Maroura, 106.

Marquesas, 93, 114, 115.

Marshall Islands, 122, 152.

Massachusetts, 91, 159.

Mathematician, 2, 3, 35, 102, 127, 210.

Matibani, 151.

Matlaltzinca, 166.

Maya, 45, 46, 199, 205.

Mbayi, 111.

Mbocobi, 22.

Mbousha, 66.

Melanesia, 16, 22, 28, 84, 95.

Mende, 186.

Mexico, 29, 195, 201, 204, 208.

Miami, 91.

Micmac, 90, 160.

Middle finger, 12, 15, 62.

Mille, 122.

Minnal Yungar, 26.

Minsi, 162.

Mississaga, 44, 92.

Mississippi, 125.

Mocobi, 119.

Mohegan, 91.

Mohican, 172.

Mokko, 149.

Molele, 164.

Moneroo, 109.

Mongolian, 8.

Montagnais, 53, 54, 175.

Moree, 24.

Moreton Bay, 108.

Mort Noular, 107.

Mosquito, 69, 70, 121.

Mota, 95, 153.

Mpovi, 152.

Multiplication, 19, 33, 40, 43, 59.

Mundari, 193.

Mundo, 186.

Muralug, 17.

Murray River, 106, 109.

Muysca, 206.

Nagranda, 207.

Nahuatl, 141, 144, 177, 201, 205.

Nakuhiva, 116, 130.

Negro, 8, 9, 15, 29, 184.

Nengone, 63, 136.

New, 128–130.

New Caledonia, 154.

New Granada, 195.

New Guinea, 10, 152.

New Hebrides, 155.

New Ireland, 45.

New Zealand, 123.

Nez Perces, 65, 158.

Ngarrimowro, 110.

Niam Niam, 64, 136.

Nicaragua, 80.

Nicobar, 78, 193.

Nightingale, 4.

Nootka, 163, 198.

Norman River, 24.

North America, 28, 82, 171, 173, 176, 194, 201.

Notch, 7, 9, 93.

Numeral frame, 19.

Nupe, 149, 186.

Nusqually, 96.

Oceania, 115, 176.

Octonary, chap. v.

Odessa, 34.

Ojibwa, 84, 159.

Okanaken, 88.

Omaha, 161.

Omeo, 110.

Oregon, 58, 195.

Orejone, 23.

Orinoco, 54, 56, 195.

Ostrich, 71, 72.

Otomac, 15.

Otomi, 165, 199.

Ottawa, 159.

Oyster Bay, 79.

Pacific, 29, 113, 116, 117, 131.

Palm (of the hand), 12, 14, 15.

Palm Island, 156.

Pama, 136, 155.

Pampanaga, 66.

Papaa, 148.

Paraguay, 55, 71, 118, 195.

Parana, 119.

Paris, 182.

Pawnee, 91, 121, 162.

Pebble, 7–9, 19, 40, 93, 179.

Peno, 2.

Peru (Peruvian), 2, 22, 61, 206.

Philippine, 66.

Philology (Philologist), 128, 209, 210.

Phœnician, 90, 179.

Pigmy, 69, 70, 78.

Pikumbul, 57, 138.

Pines, Isle of, 153.

Pinjarra, 26.

Plenty, 25, 77.

Point Barrow, 30, 51, 64, 83, 137, 159.

Polynesia, 22, 28, 118, 130, 170.

Pondo, 33.

Popham Bay, 107.

Port Darwin, 109.

Port Essington, 24, 107.

Port Mackay, 26.

Port Macquarie, 109.

Puget Sound, 96.

Puri, 22, 92.

Quappa, 171, 172.

Quaternary, chap. v.

Queanbeyan, 24.

Quiche, 205.

Quichua, 61.

Rapid, 163.

Rarotonga, 114.

Richmond River, 109.

Right hand, 10–18, 54.

Right-handedness, 13, 14.

Ring finger, 15.

Rio Grande, 195.

Rio Napo, 22.

Rio Norte, 136, 199.

Russia (Russian), 30, 35.

Sahaptin, 158.

San Antonio, 136.

San Blas, 79, 80.

Sanskrit, 40, 92, 97, 128.

Sapibocone, 84, 167.

Saste (Shasta), 165.

Scratch, 7.

Scythian, 169.

Seed, 93.

Semitic, 89.

Senary, chap. v.

Sesake, 136, 155.

Several, 22.

Sexagesimal, 124, 208.

Shawnoe, 160.

Shell, 7, 19, 70, 93.

Shushwap, 88.

Siberia, 29, 30, 187, 190.

Sierra Leone, 83.

Sign language, 6.

Sioux, 83.

Slang, 124.

Slavonic, 40.

Snowy River, 110.

Soussou, 83, 147.

South Africa, 4, 15, 28.

South America, 2, 15, 22, 23, 27–29, 54, 57, 72, 76, 78, 79, 104, 110, 173, 174, 194, 201, 206.

Spanish, 2, 23, 42.

Splint, 7.

Stick, 7, 179.

Stlatlumh, 88.

Streaky Bay, 26.

String, 7, 9, 64, 71.

Strong's Island, 78.

Subtraction, 19, 44–47.

Sunda, 120.

Sweden (Swedish), 129, 132, 183.

Tacona, 2.

Taensa, 44.

Tagala, 66.

Tahiti, 114.

Tahuata, 115.

Tama, 111.

Tamanac, 54, 135.

Tambi, 120.

Tanna, 154.

Tarascan, 165.

Tariana, 174.

Tasmania, 24, 27, 79, 104, 106.

Tawgy, 130.

Tchetchnia, 188.

Tchiglit, 157, 196.

Tembu, 33.

Temne, 148.

Ternary, chap. v.

Terraba, 172.

Teutonic, 40, 41, 43, 179, 181, 208.

Texas, 69.

Thibet, 96.

Thumb, 10–18, 54, 59, 61, 62, 113, 173.

Thusch, 189.

Ticuna, 168.

Timukua, 165.

Tlingit, 136, 163, 197.

Tobi, 156.

Tonga, 33, 85.

Torres, 17, 96, 104, 105.

Totonaco, 205.

Towka, 78.

Triton's Bay, 152.

Tschukshi, 156, 191.

Tsimshian, 86, 164, 198.

Tweed River, 26.

Uainuma, 122.

Udi, 188.

Uea, 67, 153.

United States, 29, 83, 195.

Upper Yarra, 110.

Ureparapara, 153.

Vaturana, 96.

Vedda, 28, 31, 76, 174.

Vei, 16, 147, 185.

Victoria, 156.

Vilelo, 60.

Waiclatpu, 164.

Wales (Welsh), 35, 46, 141, 144, 177, 180.

Wallachia, 121.

Warrego, 107, 109.

Warrior Island, 107.

Wasp, 5.

Watchandie, 29, 77.

Watji, 120.

Weedookarry, 24.

Wimmera, 107.

Winnebago, 85.

Wiraduroi, 27, 108.

Wirri-Wirri, 108.

Wokke, 112.

Worcester, Mass., Schools of, 11.

Yahua, 168.

Yaruro, 139.

Yengen, 154.

Yit-tha, 109.

Yoruba, 33, 47, 64, 70, 185.

Yucatan, 195, 201.

Yuckaburra, 26.

Zamuco, 55, 60, 138, 139.

Zapara, 111.

Zulu, 16, 62.

Zuñi, 13, 14, 48, 49, 53, 54, 60, 83, 137.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Latham, R. G., Essays, chiefly Philological and Ethnographical, p. 247. The above are so unlike anything else in the world, that they are noNote 2 · Taplin, Rev. G., “Notes on a Table of Australian Languages,” Journ. Anthr. Inst., 1872, p. 88. The first nine scales are taken from this souNote 3 · Latham, R. G., Comparative Philology, p. 352.Note 4 · It will be observed that this list differs slightly from that given in Chapter II.Note 5 · Curr, E. M., The Australian Race, Vol. III. p. 684.Note 6 · Bonwick, Tasmania, p. 143.Note 7 · Lang, J. D., Queensland, p. 435.Note 8 · Bonwick, Tasmania, p. 143.Note 9 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. i. p. 58.Note 10 · Op. cit., II. i. p. 70.Note 11 · Op. cit., II. i. p. 23.Note 12 · Barlow, H., “Aboriginal Dialects of Queensland,” Journ. Anth. Inst., 1873, p. 171.Note 13 · Curr, E. M., The Australian Race, Vol. II. p. 26.Note 14 · Op. cit., Vol. II. p. 208.Note 15 · Op. cit., Vol. II. p. 278.Note 16 · Op. cit., Vol. II. p. 288.Note 17 · Op. cit., Vol. I. p. 258.Note 18 · Op. cit., Vol. I. p. 316.Note 19 · Op. cit., Vol. III. p. 32. The next ten lists are taken from the same volume, pp. 282, 288, 340, 376, 432, 506, 530, 558, 560, 588, respectiNote 20 · Brinton, The American Race, p. 351.Note 21 · Martius, Glossaria Ling. Brazil., p. 307.Note 22 · Op. cit., p. 148.Note 23 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. i. p. 438.Note 24 · Peacock, “Arithmetic,” Encyc. Metropolitana, 1, p. 480.Note 25 · Brinton, Studies in So. Am. Native Langs., p. 67.Note 26 · Op. cit., loc. cit.Note 27 · Codrington, The Melanesian Languages, p. 222.Note 28 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. ii. p. 83.Note 29 · Op. cit., I. ii. p. 55. The next two are the same, p. 83 and p. 210. The meaning given for the Bari puök is wholly conjectural.Note 30 · Gallatin, “Semi-civilized Nations,” Tr. Am. Eth. Soc., Vol. I. p. 114.Note 31 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. ii. p. 80. Erromango, the same.Note 32 · Boas, Fr., Proc. Brit. Ass'n. Adv. Science, 1889, p. 857.Note 33 · Martius, Glos. Ling. Brasil., p. 360.Note 34 · Du Graty, A. M., La République du Paraguay, p. 217.Note 35 · Codrington, The Melanesian Languages, p. 221.Note 36 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. i. p. 363.Note 37 · Spurrell, W., Welsh Grammar, p. 59.Note 38 · Olmos, André de, Grammaire Nahuatl ou Mexicaine, p. 191.Note 39 · Moncelon, Bull. Soc. d'Anthr. de Paris, 1885, p. 354. This is a purely digital scale, but unfortunately M. Moncelon does not give the meaninNote 40 · Ellis, Peruvia Scythia, p. 37. Part of these numerals are from Martius, Glos. Brasil., p. 210.Note 41 · Codrington, The Melanesian Languages, p. 236.Note 42 · Schweinfurth, G., Linguistische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Centralafrika, p. 25.Note 43 · Park, M., Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, p. 8.Note 44 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 37.Note 45 · Op. cit., p. 39.Note 46 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, IV. i. p. 101. The Kru scale, kindred with the Basa, is from the same page.Note 47 · Park, in Pinkerton's Voyages and Travels, Vol. XVI. p. 902.Note 48 · Park, Travels, Vol. I. p. 16.Note 49 · Schweinfurth, G., Linguistische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Centralafrika, p. 78.Note 50 · Park, Travels, Vol. I. p. 58.Note 51 · Goedel, “Ethnol. des Soussous,” Bull. Soc. Anth. Paris, 1892, p. 185.Note 52 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, I. ii. p. 114. The Temne scale is from the same page. These two languages are closely related.Note 53 · Op. cit., I. ii. p. 155.Note 54 · Op. cit., I. ii. p. 55.Note 55 · Long, C. C., Central Africa, p. 330.Note 56 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, IV. i. p. 105.Note 57 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 41.Note 58 · Müller, op. cit., I. ii. p. 140.Note 59 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, IV. i. p. 81.Note 60 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 41.Note 61 · Müller, op. cit., I. ii., p. 210.Note 62 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 42.Note 63 · Schweinfurth, Linguistische Ergebnisse, p. 59.Note 64 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, I. ii. p. 261. The “ten” is not given.Note 65 · Stanley, Through the Dark Continent, Vol. II. p. 490. Ki-Nyassa, the same page.Note 66 · Müller, op. cit., I. ii. p. 261.Note 67 · Du Chaillu, Adventures in Equatorial Africa, p. 534.Note 68 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, III. i. p. 65.Note 69 · Du Chaillu, Adventures in Equatorial Africa, p. 533.Note 70 · Müller, op. cit., III. ii. p. 77.Note 71 · Balbi, A., L'Atlas Eth., Vol. I. p. 226. In Balbi's text 7 and 8 are ansposed. Taru for 5 is probably a misprint for tana.Note 72 · Du Chaillu, op. cit., p. 533. The next scale is op. cit., p. 534.Note 73 · Beauregard, O., Bull. Soc. Anth. de Paris, 1886, p. 526.Note 74 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 46.Note 75 · Op. cit., p. 48.Note 76 · Turner, Nineteen Years in Polynesia, p. 536.Note 77 · Erskine, J. E., Islands of the Western Pacific, p. 341.Note 78 · Op. cit., p. 400.Note 79 · Codrington, Melanesian Languages, pp. 235, 236.Note 80 · Peacock, Encyc. Met., Vol. 1. p. 385. Peacock does not specify the dialect.Note 81 · Erskine, Islands of the Western Pacific, p. 360.Note 82 · Turner, G., Samoa a Hundred Years Ago, p. 373. The next three scales are from the same page of this work.Note 83 · Codrington, Melanesian Languages, p. 235. The next four scales are from the same page. Perhaps the meanings of the words for 6 to 9 are moreNote 84 · Hale, Ethnography and Philology, p. 429. The meanings of 6 to 9 in this and the preceding are my conjectures.Note 85 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, IV. i. p. 124.Note 86 · Aymonier, E., Dictionnaire Francaise-Cambodgien.Note 87 · Müller, Op. cit., II. i. p. 139.Note 88 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. i. p. 123.Note 89 · Wells, E. R., Jr., and John W. Kelly, Bureau of Ed., Circ. of Inf., No. 2, 1890.Note 90 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 57.Note 91 · Müller, Op. cit., II. i. p. 161.Note 92 · Petitot, Vocabulaire Française Esquimau, p. lv.Note 93 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. i. p. 253.Note 94 · Müller, Op. cit., II. I.i. p. 179, and Kleinschmidt, Grönlandisches Grammatik.Note 95 · Adam, L., Congres Int. des Am., 1877, p. 244 (see p. 162 infra).Note 96 · Gallatin, “Synopsis of Indian Tribes,” Trans. Am. Antq. Soc., 1836, p. 358. The next fourteen lists are, with the exception of the Micmac, fNote 97 · Schoolcraft, Archives of Aboriginal Knowledge, Vol. II. p. 211.Note 98 · Schoolcraft, Archives of Aboriginal Knowledge, Vol. V. p. 587.Note 99 · Boas, Fifth Report B. A. A. S., 1889. Reprint, p. 61.Note 100 · Boas, Sixth Report B. A. A. S., 1890. Reprint, p. 117. Dr. Boas does not give the meanings assigned to 7 and 8, but merely states that they Note 101 · Op. cit., p. 117. The derivations for 6 and 7 are obvious, but the meanings are conjectural.Note 102 · Boas, Sixth Report B. A. A. S., 1889. Reprint, pp. 158, 160. The meanings assigned to the Tsimshian 8 and to Bilqula 6 to 8 are conjectural.Note 103 · Hale, Ethnography and Philology, p. 619.Note 104 · Op. cit., loc. cit.Note 105 · Hale, Ethnography and Philology, p. 619.Note 106 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. i. p. 436.Note 107 · Op. cit., IV. i. p. 167.Note 108 · Op. cit., II. i. p. 282.Note 109 · Op. cit., II. i. p. 287. The meanings given for the words for 7, 8, 9 are conjectures of my own.Note 110 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. i. p. 297.Note 111 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 90.Note 112 · Müller, op. cit., II. i. p. 379.Note 113 · Gallatin, “Semi-Civilized Nations of Mexico and Central America,” Tr. Am. Ethn. Soc., Vol. I. p. 114.Note 114 · Adam, Lucien, Congres Internationale des Americanistes, 1877, Vol. II. p. 244.Note 115 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. i. p. 395. I can only guess at the meanings of 6 to 9. They are obviously circumlocutions for 5-1, 5-2, etc.Note 116 · Op. cit., p. 438. Müller has transposed these two scales. See Brinton's Am. Race, p. 358.Note 117 · Marcoy, P., Tour du Monde, 1866, 2ème sem. p. 148.Note 118 · Op. cit., p. 132. The meanings are my own conjectures.Note 119 · Thiel, B. A., “Vocab. der Indianier in Costa Rica,” Archiv für Anth., xvi. p. 620.Note 120 · O'Donovan, Irish Grammar, p. 123.Note 121 · Armstrong, R. A., Gaelic Dict., p. xxi.Note 122 · Spurrell, Welsh Dictionary.Note 123 · Kelly, Triglot Dict., pub. by the Manx Society.Note 124 · Guillome, J., Grammaire Française-Bretonne, p. 27.Note 125 · Op. cit., p. 78.Note 126 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, I. ii. p. 124.Note 127 · Op. cit., p. 155.Note 128 · Op. cit., p. 140.Note 129 · Op. cit., loc. cit.Note 130 · Schweinfurth, Reise nach Centralafrika, p. 25.Note 131 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, IV. i. p. 83.Note 132 · Op. cit., IV. i. p. 81.Note 133 · Op. cit., I. ii. p. 166.Note 134 · Long, C. C., Central Africa, p. 330.Note 135 · Peacock, Encyc. Met., Vol. I. p. 388.Note 136 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, III. ii. p. 64. The next seven scales are from op. cit., pp. 80, 137, 155, 182, 213.Note 137 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 83.Note 138 · Op. cit., p. 83,—Akari, p. 84; Circassia, p. 85.Note 139 · Müller, Sprachwissenschaft, II. i. p. 140.Note 140 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 87.Note 141 · Op. cit., III. i. p. 130.Note 142 · Wells, E. R., Jr., and Kelly, J. W., “Eng. Esk. and Esk. Eng. Vocab.,” Bureau of Education Circular of Information, No. 2, 1890, p. 65.Note 143 · Petitot, E., Vocabulaire Française Esquimau, p. lv.Note 144 · Boas, Fr., Proc. Brit. Ass. Adv. Sci., 1889, p. 857.Note 145 · Boas, Sixth Report on the Northwestern Tribes of Canada, p. 117.Note 146 · Boas, Fr., Fifth Report on the Northwestern Tribes of Canada, p. 85.Note 147 · Gallatin, Semi-Civilized Nations, p. 114. References for the next two are the same.Note 148 · Bancroft, H. H., Native Races of the Pacific States, Vol. II. p. 763. The meanings are from Brinton's Maya Chronicles, p. 38 et seq.Note 149 · Gallatin, “Semi-Civilized Nations of Mexico and Central America,” Tr. Am. Ethn. Soc. Vol. I. p. 114.Note 150 · Pott, Zählmethode, p. 89. The Totonacos were the first race Cortez encountered after landing in Mexico.Note 151 · Op. cit., p. 90. The Coras are of the Mexican state of Sonora.Note 152 · Gallatin, Semi-Civilized Nations, p. 114.Note 153 · Humboldt, Recherches, Vol. II. p. 112.Note 154 · Squier, Nicaragua, Vol. II. p. 326.
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