[CAMPBELL ] MEXICAN COLONIES TRACED BY LANGUAGE 227 
No. XXIV. The first c is read from the back ; the two lines follow- 
ing, from the left, as are the fifth and sixth. The longer fourth line 
reads from the 1ight. The lower groups are read from top to bottom, 
and, in the case of the last, from left to right. 
SO 
ba ma 
ma no ta 
ha tsu da ma i 
na ka tu 
ma te 
lama 
roma ma mane 
‘So Bama Manota hatseda mai nekatu; maite Lama Roma ema men.’’ 
Behold, Bama executes the tablet of the defunct Manota. Rome gives 
authority (to) the beloved Lamia. 
No. XXV. The first and second lines commence at the right, and the 
‘third at the left. 
shi ha ko i 
shi shi ta shi 
shi la ta ma i ta ta shi 
“ Zehakoi Chichitachi zilata mai tatachi. 
Chichitachi sets up an incised tablet to Zehako.” 
No. XXVI. read from the right, yields ka-la-chi, to which, as a 
fragment, no definite signification can be given. 
No. XXVII. reads from lefs to right, and the second line is a repeti- 
tion of the first. 
fe i no ma ta 
“* Teino mata.”’ 
King of Teino. 
. 
No. XXVIII. is boustrophedon, beginning at the left. The first 
figure is a group of three characters. 
Tsumashi hu me ko 
tzu ma shi 
ta tsu 
“* Zumatze hume ko; Zumatze tatsu.’’ 
The little child of Zumatze ; Zumatze erects (the tablet) 
No. XXIX. I have failed to translate. 
No. XXX. This peculiar inscription, after the inscribed o on top, 
reads from left to right for the first line, then two characters down, 
afterwards over to the right, and winds up with the diagonal line reading 
from below up. 
mi 
ma mo ma ta no 
u 
ka 
shi la ta te ma i la nu au shi tsu pi mo ma ta 
it at shi o wu ka pi mo ma 
