Brintou.] 



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[Dee. 21, 



Another form of representing days is seen in the Vatican Mex- 

 ican Codex published in Kingsborough's Mexico^ Yol. iii : 



Fitr. 12 



This is not far from the figure on the stone at Copan, described 

 in Dr. Hamy's paper, where the design is as follows : 



Fisr. 13. 



This does nut re-einble the Ta Ki, as Dr. Kamy supposes, but 

 rather the Yin-Yang; yet differs from this in having a central 

 circle (apparently a cup-shaped depression). 'I'his central circu- 

 lar figure, whether a boss or nave, or a cup-shaped pit, has been 

 explained by Worsaae as a conventionalized form of the sun, and 



