nutches

Updated: May 17, 2025

He drew a small notched stick from his "possible sack," and desired us to count the notches upon it. We did so. There were one hundred and forty-five in all. "You have killed one hundred and forty-five, then?" cried we, astonished at the number. "Yes, i'deed," replied he, with a quiet chuckle, "that many dozen; for every 'un of them nutches count twelve.

Mayne Reid - The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire