You can quantify by saying "say when", by pointing at stuff, by physically bunching items together. It was children. I assume their parents sent them away; be

You can quantify by saying "say when", by pointing at stuff, by physically bunching items together. It was children. I assume their parents sent them away; because they were picking up bad habits (like counting). I don't think they really did "want to learn to count", since they have resisted all other cultural imperialism, and think themselves superior to all other cultures.