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hole, and un, and thus to denote by Holhun the deity Hurakan, whose 
name has so far been unaccounted for.’ Hurakan in Maya must be 
Holkan, the warrior, and is represented under the pedestal of the left 
hand standing figure of the group, by fifteen dots, which give the number 
holhun, preceded by 2 fops, and followed by wuc, 7. This may be read : 
“ca popob Holkan hayac Buktanox hayac cankax kulel hun: “Two 
thrones Hurakan destroys, Puchtunox destroys, the very united ruler 
one.” The phallus to the left of the centre pedestal, with a ball sub- 
scribed, stands for ku/e/, It is really a representation of syphilis, which 
as Brasseur and Dr. Brinton have shewn, came to be associated in the 
minds of the Maya-Quiches with the thought of royalty, and was even 
applied to the gods. Even now, £u/ef and kindred terms of disgusting 
_ origin are employed by the Maya-Quiches in address as honorable titles 
for ladies and gentlemen.*. Commencing with a similar figure on the 
right of the pedestal, and placing ca, 2, first, we read: “ Cakulel yokto- 
kob hayac Puchtunox nakob patan hayac Pak hayac: “ Cakulel destroyed 
the rebels, Puchtunox destroyed the enders of tribute, Pak destroyed 
” 
The group of hieroglyphics to the left of the feathered shaft of. the 
cross consists of a circle or wheel, fez, a comb-like ca, and a cartouche 
containing the symbol of division, xzc. It should perhaps be read 
capetxic for chunbezah, the foundation or founder, or ruler. The rest of 
the inscription along the shaft is difficult. It begins with ca, 2, but 
meaning, when or then, to the left of the bird’s legs. Below, a little to 
the left, are four balls round a circle, giving caz and fet ; and, just under 
the bird, is chz, aborder. Here then isthe Chunbezah again. On either 
side of the nest-like figure containing two eggs is the symbol for wac, 6; 
and the figure, with the subscribed “wn, may be read ca, 2, duc, covering, 
and un, 1, making ayac chabuc on, destroying, we killed, or chabuc en, 
I killed. Far to the left, over the spiked balls, is wz, a stone, with four 
balls about it, making up cazzun, which may be read can than, saying a 
word, or chunthan, the president, spokesman. This is followed by ca, 2, 
and then comes a fancy cartouche that may be read hun ahau. Next 
appear a circle and 1, making /azan, tribute, after which one would expect 
katun, asked, but a ¢wz, or stone, alone appears, which may represent, 
than, speech, used asa verb. The next group is kuz bak-pet, the latter 
of which unites with the following stone to make fazan, so that hun bak 
is one four-hundred. After the #wz comes a circle with two balls,making 
kapet, answering, as many examples have shewn, to the modern £eban- 
than, to rebel. Once more, hun dak,a four hundred, appears, and, below 
it, two stones, ca tun, denoting katun, a soldier. The last legible figure 
