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of the history of Mexico, of the tributes paid to its rulers, and of the social 

 state, including education, among the Mexicans. 



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FIGS. 358 aud 359. Fac-simile delineations illustrating Aztec navigation aud fishing. 



the Meudoza Codex. 



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On the sixty-first plate, which is the third of the last part, several groups 

 illustrating the training of boys and girls are drawn. One of the groups (Fig. 

 358) shows a father, seated and speaking (as indicated by a symbol before his 

 month), and two boys of thirteen years. One of them carries reeds or sticks to 

 a canoe already partly loaded, and the other stands in it, handling a paddle. 

 The age of the boys is denoted by thirteen circles or dots, and two connected 

 ovals marked with small dashes indicate that they were allowed two cakes or 



