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" Yet they seldom lose oxen ; the way in which. they discover the loss of one is not by the number of the herd being diminished, but by the absence of a face they know. "
Prehistoric Man: Researches in the Origin of Civilization in the Old and the ... - Pągina 387
per Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862
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The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa

Francis Galton - 1853 - 352 pągines
...their ignorance of all numerical ideas is very annoying. In practice, whatever they may possess hi their language, they certainly use no numeral greater...secure the fingers that are required for " units." Yet they seldom lose oxen : the way in which they discover the loss of one, is not by the number of...
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Curiosities of savage life

James Greenwood - 1864 - 506 pągines
...take to their fingers which are to them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding rule is to an English schoolboy. They puzzle very much...and secure the fingers that are required for units. Yet they seldom lose oxen ; the way in which they discover the loss of one is not hy the number of...
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Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and ..., Volum 4;Volum 16

Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1864 - 332 pągines
...African Damaras have no numerals beyond three. They calculate on their fingers, and are terribly puzzled after five, because no spare hand remains to grasp...and secure the fingers that are required for units. f Many doubtless were the stages by which nations passed from the vague idea of multitude to the definite...
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Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and ..., Volum 4;Volum 16

Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1864 - 342 pągines
...African Damaras have no numerals beyond three. They calculate on their fingers, and are terribly puzzled after five, because no spare hand remains to grasp...and secure the fingers that are required for units. t Many doubtless were the stages by which nations passed from the vague idea of multitude to the definite...
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Prehistoric man, researches into the origin of civilisation

sir Daniel Wilson - 1865 - 1016 pągines
...him. Mr. Francis Gal ton, in an amusing account of the Damaras, in his Narrative of an Exploration in Tropical South Africa, remarks of them : " In practice,...stage of thought when all beyond two was an idea of indefinite number. We can discern the various stages which have, in certain nations, marked the passage...
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Pre-historic Times: As Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and ...

Sir John Lubbock - 1865 - 556 pągines
...take to their fingers, which are to them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding rule is to an English schoolboy. They puzzle very much...secure the fingers that are required for units."* Mr. Crawfurd, to whom we are indebted for an interesting paper on this subject, f has examined no less...
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The Natural History of Man: Being an Account of the Manners and Customs of ...

John George Wood - 1868 - 802 pągines
...take to their fingers, which are to them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding rule is to an English school-boy. They puzzle very much...secure the fingers that are required for 'units.' Yet they seldom lose oxen: the way in which they discover the loss of one is not by the number of the...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volum 42

1893 - 902 pągines
...take to their fingers, which are to them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding rule is to an English school-boy. They puzzle very much...and secure the fingers that are required for units. Yet they seldom lose oxen ; the way in which. they discover the loss of one is not by the number of...
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The North American Review, Volum 117

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1873 - 512 pągines
...take to their fingers, which are to them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding rule is to an English school-boy. They puzzle very much...because no spare hand remains to grasp and secure the the godlike intellect evidently will not apply here. If the emotions of the German and his intellectual...
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the north american

james r - 1873 - 520 pągines
...take to their fingers, which are to them as formidable instruments of calculation as a sliding rule is to an English school-boy. They puzzle very much...because no spare hand remains to grasp and secure the the godlike intellect evidently will not apply here. If the emotions of the German and his intellectual...
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