The inhabitants of Lord North's island seldom count above a hundred; but when they wish to express a larger number they do it by a repetition of the syllable _saik_, (ten,) in this manner:--sakum ah saik, ah saik, ah saik, &c. In counting cocoa-nuts, they use the following numerals:-- One, soo Two, goo-o' Three, sa-roo' Four, vah'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]