[CAMPBELL ] MEXICAN COLONIES TRACED BY LANGUAGE 221 
No. IT begins at the right and is to be read boustrophedon. 
o hi la nu a 
ba hi tsu o hi 
ma ta ne shi ta ne 
“Ohi lanua bahitsu ohi mata ne ichta ne.’’ 
Ohi, the workman ; Ohi engages (himself) to the king (and) to the proprietor. 
No. IIT reads all through from left to right. 
o be tu shi ta 
0 shi o la no 
au 
o be tu shi ta 
** Obetu ichta oshiola no nu Obetu ichta.’’ 
Of Oshiola, the proprietor of Obetu, this proprietor of Obetu. 
No. IV. is a peculiar inscription. It begins at the top on the left 
and reads upwards from the second group of characters. The second 
and third lines read from the right, as does the fifth ; but the fourth and 
sixth begin at the left. The separated group on the left commences on 
the left, and reads boustrophedon. 
al shi ta dzu no no no. 
te ma ne 
no dzu shi no 
te la ma 
o sa shi tata no a 
ma ta 
ne shi no 
ma à ta ta 
“Al iehta Dzunono no Temane no atze sein Telama 
Osachitatanoa mata ne sein mai tata”? 
Telama, the succeeding son of Temane, the holder of the power of Junonia. 
The son erects the tablet to the king of Osachitatanoa. 
No. V. begins at the left, but the following three lines read from the 
right. 
shi ma 
no ma ne no a 
no dza shi no na be 
no dzu ne no no 
“ Asma anoma Nenoa no atze sein nabe no Dzuneno no.”’ 
The succeeding son of Nenoa gives a memorial (portion of indication) of the 
lord of Junonia. 
No. VI. has a separated line on top which reads from the right 
ma shi ta, which is ema ichta ‘the proprietor gives.” It is a fragment. 
The rest of the inscription begins at the right, but turns to the left in the 
