[39] Philosophy of the Human Mind, Ch. I., sect. 2.
[40] Kleinpaul, loc. cit.
[41] Writing, ideography, originated in an analytical process analogous with the language of gestures. Like the latter, it (1) isolates terms, (2) arranges them in a certain order, (3) translates thought in a crude and somewhat vague form. Curious examples of this may be found in Max Müller’s Chips from a German Workshop, XIV. The aborigines of the Caroline Islands sent a letter to a Spanish captain, as follows: Above, a man with extended arms, sign of greeting. Below, to the left, the objects he has to offer; five big shells, seven little ones, three others of different forms. To the right and centre, drawing of the objects wanted in exchange: three large fish hooks, four small ones, two axes, and two pieces of iron.
[42] Ants, Bees, and Wasps, VII.—Romanes, Animal Intelligence, IV.
[43] Animal Intelligence, XVI., p. 445.
[44] The most interesting of the many observations on this subject are those of Dr. Wilks, F. R. S., published in the Journal of Mental Science, July, 1879.
[45] Mental Evolution in Man, p. 137.
[46] Der Ursprung der Sprache (1877). Fr. Müller maintained a similar view.
[47] A. Lefèvre, Les races et les langues (Bibliothèque scientifique internationale), pp. 5-6.
[48] Loc. cit., 372.