 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 432 pages
...misfortunes they curfe and blafpheme him. It is very diverting to fee them attempt to reckon above ten : for having reckoned the fingers of both hands, they clafp them together, which fignififs ten ; then they begin with their toes, and count to twenty ; after which they are quite confounded,... | |
 | 1798 - 432 pages
...without their fingers they do not tell three. It is very diverting to fee them reckon more than ten j for having reckoned the fingers of both hands they clafp them together, which fignifies ten ; they then begin with their toes, and count to twenty ; after which they are quite confounded, and... | |
 | History - 1802 - 502 pages
...miffortunes, they curie and blafpheme him. It is very diverting to fee them attempt to reckon above ten ; for, having reckoned the fingers of both hands, they clafp them together, which lignifies ten ; then they begin with their ' toes, and count to twenty ; after which they are quite... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1826 - 480 pages
...reckon above ten; for having counted the fingers of both hands, they clap them together, which signifies ten. Then they begin with their toes and count to...twenty ; after which they are quite confounded, and cry mttcha ? that is, where =hnll I take more ? They divide the year into ten months, some of which are... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1838 - 480 pages
...above ten ; for having counted the fingers of both hands, they clap them together, which signifies ten. Then they begin with their toes and count to...twenty ; after which they are quite confounded, and cry metcha? that is, where shall I take more ? They divide the year into ten months, some of which are... | |
 | American Pharmaceutical Association. Annual Meeting - Pharmaceutical industry - 1859 - 444 pages
...reckoned the fingers of botli hands, they clasp them together, which sigi.ifies ten; they then begin at their toes and count to twenty; after which they are quite confounded, and cry "matcha," that i», where shall I take more 'I " — (Sprachallai, page 16.) thought ever presided over the inception... | |
 | American Pharmaceutical Association - 1859 - 442 pages
...reckoned the fingers of both hands, they clasp them together, which sigi ifics ten; they then begin at their toes and count to twenty; after which they are quite confounded, and cry "matclm," that is, where shull i take more? " — ( SprathatUu, page 16.) thought ever presided over... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1887 - 506 pages
...reckoned the fingers of both hands, they clasp them together, which signifies ten ; they then begin at their toes and count to twenty ; after which they...quite confounded, and cry " Matcha," that is, where shall I take more?" ( lai, page 16.) bers (cousequent upon other scales of progression) unfortunately... | |
 | 1764 - 434 pages
...blafpheme him. They keep no account of their age, though they can count as far as one hundred ; bet this is fo troublefome to them, that without their...; after which they are quite confounded, and cry, iMatcha ? That is, Where (hall I take more ? They reckon ten months in the year, fome of which are... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1765 - 514 pages
...miffortunes, they curfe and blafpheme him. It is very diverting to fee them attempt to reckon above ten ; for, having reckoned the fingers of both hands,...their toes, and count to twenty ; after which they arc quite confounded,, and cry, Metchaithatis, Where (hall I takemore? They reckon ten months in thp... | |
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They reckon ten months in the year, fome of which are longer and fome fhorter ; for they do not divide them by the changes of the moon, but by the order of particular occurrences that happen in thole regions, as may be feen in the following table : ift. 