ARABIC NUMERALS.

I must apologise for adding anything to the already abundant articles which have from time to time appeared in "NOTES AND QUERIES" on this interesting subject; I shall therefore confine myself to a few brief remarks on the *form* of each character, and, if possible, to show from what alphabets they are derived:— 1. This most natural form of the first numeral is the first character in the Indian, Arabic, Syriac, and Roman systems. 2. This appears to be formed from the Hebrew ב, which, in the Syriac, assumes nearly the form of our 2; the Indian character is identical, but arranged vertically ins…