ah'o
Five, leemo'
Six, woarroo
Seven, veeshoo'
Eight, tee-oo
Nine, wahrew'
Ten, saik

In counting fish they have still a different set of numbers:--

Seemul eekah, one fish
Gwimmul eekah, two fishes
Sreemul eekah, three fishes
Vahmul eekah, four fishes
Neemul eekah, five fishes
Waw'remul eekah, six fishes
Vish-ee ahmul eekah, seven fishes
War'remul eekah, eight fishes
Too-ee'mul eekah, nine fishes
Saik eekah, ten fishes

DIALOGUES IN THE LANGUAGE OF LORD NORTH'S ISLAND.

Tee'mit, tay too attee'dee, nang ver'ree-ver'ree gur; mah'ree
To'bee tay ver'ree-ver'ree man Inglish mo'ree pooruk; zahbee'to
Yarris yettah'men man Inglish.

Horace, come here, for I am going to tattoo you; if To'bee man
does not tattoo Englishman he will die; Yarris (God) will come
and Englishman will go immediately out of sight; i. e. be
destroyed.

They perform the process of tattooing by means of a little instrument,
made either of a thin, flat fish-bone, or of the wing bone of a large
sea-bird. The blade of the instrument (as it may be called) is about an
inch long; it is fixed upon a little handle, about four inches in
length, and the whole instrument may be compared to a carpenter's adz,
in miniature; except that the edge, instead of being straight, and
smooth for cutting, is made into teeth for puncturing the skin. This
little instrument is held in the left hand, with the edge or teeth
directly over the place to be punctured, and successive blows are then
struck upon it, with a small stick of iron-wood, resembling a drumstick,
and of about two pounds' weight, until the coloring matter is
sufficiently pricked into the skin.[9]

Before commencing the operation they mix the coloring liquid (before
described, page 102) in a cocoa-nut shell. They then compel you to lie
down upon the ground in such a position that the part of the body which
is to be tattooed shall lie uppermost. After this, with a slender,
flexible stick dipped in the liquid, they mark out upon the body the
figures that are to be imprinted in the skin; then they dip the teeth of
the tattooing instrument in the liquid, and by successive strokes, as
above mentioned, prick it into the skin, till it is completed to their
taste. During the operation you are surrounded by men, women, and
children, all singing a kind of chorus or song adapted to the occasion;
and if any comp