188 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. VI. 
the stone, inscribed with ca, 2, and, under it, the same characters as gave 
ox yzb in the preceding group. At the back of all is the semblance of a 
wing or of drapery, which, from its position, however, has the simple 
meaning of xu/, the end. This group 2 reads: “Huntoh bet katun Oxytb 
vud:” “Huntoh makes an end of the army of Oxyib.” Group 3 begins 
with Oxyib, which is followed by fak as in Palenque G. Below come hun, 
1, 2ch, the face, and 0é, plurality ; and behind, from top to bottom, are 
pet, circle, ca, 2, tun, stone, and the well known figure denoting o/, end, hole, 
door. These furnish: “Oxyzb pak Hunichob bet katun hol:” which may be 
read, “The army puts the Hunichob to the door of the town of Oxyib,” or 
“The Hunichob of the town of Oxyib put the army tothe door.” Group 
4 reads from the bottom up, beginning with ox, 3. Then comes ca, 2, 
within the covering duc, followed by hun, 1, zch, face, and a lower face 
traversed by two lines, furnishing another ca. The whole is: “ Oxcabuc, 
hunich Catch :” or “Oxcabuc, the Hunich of Quiche.” The small group 
5 begins with dzzb, writing, under which come Aum, 1, and ¢uz, stone, with 
two lines for ca, thereafter follow four lines for £a/, 20, and a thun, or 
drop. Arranged in order, these set forth: “ dzzb than hunkal katun:” 
“he writes word (that) twenty soldiers.” No 6, as consisting of ca, 2, 
dzibs, is Katzib, the name of a place. No. 7 begins with 4o/, which is 
followed by fo, 5, or yzb, a bean; then come caxz chz, 4 mouths, and fet 
the circle. Together these may be read : “ Katzt6 holob xanac bet :” “in 
the holes, (or cells) of Katzib makes to remain.” The first character in 
No. 8 is compound, consisting of duc, to envelop, and ¢uz, a stone. 
Below it are ca tun, 2 stones, and then ¢wz, a stone, resting in /o/, a hole. 
These give the subject of the sentence: “puchtun katun holthan:” “the 
chief speaker of the quarrelling army.” No.9, as comparison shews; 
reads from below upwards, consisting of or, 3, and zch, the face. It isa 
word like Hunich, the zc# representing edz, established, and ox being an 
expedient for yok, over. The next group, No. 10, is very interesting. It 
consists of chz, the mouth, ¢wz, a stone, zch, the face, and ox, 3. This 
Chitun Ichox is the nearest the engraver or his scribe could come to 
Chichen-Itza. After its hierogly phicsappear the conventional ca,the circle 
pet, and the cross fak, to represent kebat pak, “the wicked town,” The 
next group of two characters gives fet, the circle, and an object doubly 
inscribed for ca, 2. Then comes ¢uz, a stone, over an aberrant form of 
ahau, and an inverted ca, which from its position, becomes ru/, the end. 
The whole is: “ Yokech Chichen-itza kebat pak bet katun ahau xul:” 
“The Yokich of Chichen-Itza, wicked town, makes an end of the chief 
of the army.” ; 
The final group of line 1 belongs syntactically to line 2 ; it consists of 
