ABOEIGIXAL WRITING IN MEXICO, ETC. 



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The affinity between Landa's signs and the glyphs on the Palenquean 

 slabs is undeniable, and certainly goes far to show that the former are the 

 remnants of a graphic system in vogue among the Mayas and kindred nations 

 in past centuries. This affinity, furthermore, leads mo to the inference that tlie 

 Mayas and the builders of Palenque, if not the same people, were at least closely 

 related to each other. 



G H I K L 



Fig. 16. 



M 



N P Q 



ID 



2n 



02 



R 



I 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 3 

 9 



10 



II 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



INDEX DIAGRAM OF THE GLYPHS ON THE TABLET OF THE CROSS. 



I will now proceed to point out such analogies as I discovered between both 

 kinds of characters by means of the annexed diagram (Fig. 16), in which the 

 places of the glyphs shown in the outline plate are indicated by small squares, 

 the vertical and horizontal rows being respectively marked with letters and 

 numbers. The method here adopted, though somewhat slow in its application, 

 is so simple that any further explanation would appear superfluous. In some 

 cases, Landa's signs will be found identical with glyphs or parts of glyphs 

 sculptured on the Palenquean slabs, while in other instances a more or less 

 distinct resemblance can be traced. In the following analysis, which doubtless 

 might be further elaborated, Landa's designations for his signs, whatever their 

 true significance may be, have been retained. 



