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Show FIGURES WITH FINGERS. In TIiciii Was llic Origin nf till- Iln- iiiiiii .NiltiK'rul Mdlmil (If , Counting. Hold j jiur hands up before you, palms 'outward, thumbs at an acute angle. vV.Itegln on the left; little linger I ; little linger niul ring finger, II; little finger, t ring finger and middle fingir. ill; all ,i 'the finger of the left hand, 1111, and ? Cw '4 cniiind n:.d thunil) tit an acute angle 'i WjprmV. Inpl.iecof the II 1 1 3011 may use f; 'l,1,,J fourth linger from the lift, still ' , 'Siholdlng the thumb at nn acute angle, , liiid you have IV, ;iji the l'hlladelphla f ' "Jj -Times. "'it? ""ow l'nss to the right hand. Hold- "'Ing the thumb nnd the hand nt the isamc angle us before we have VI; ly using the index and tho middle finger c get VII, while the thumb and the three large fingers mahc VIII. Js'ovv Join the two V' jnado by the thumbs, luvertlng one, and wc have X, or ten. Then use the X with the hut little finger before it and It will give IX. The. combinations follow IngX nro obvious. The foreflngcrof the lefthaud, with tlie thumb nt right nnglc, muho n pcrfct L; the little finger of the left bund curved toward the thumb makes C, the initial of centum (100), ,, nnd m on with the hundredx. Now if join tho two thumbs with the fore- ' lingers, or t'vo Vs invtrtid, and ou have thc-iiicroglyphlcs complete. |