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Table 11.— Names and numbers of tliefour series of years of the Maya system. 



Cauac ... 

 Ahau . - . , 

 Yraix . . . . 



Ik 



Akbal.... 



Kan 



Chicchan 



Ciml 



Manik . . . 

 Lamat. . . 

 Miiluc . . . 



Oc 



Chuen . . . 



Eb 



Been 



Ix 



Men 



Cib 



Caban . . . 

 Ezanab . . 



Kan 



Chioehan 



Cimi 



Manik . . . 

 Lamat... 

 Muluc . . . 



Oc 



Chuen . . . 



Eb 



Been .... 



Ix 



Men 



Cib 



Caban . . . 

 Ezanab . . 

 Cauac . . . 

 Ahau — 

 Ymix... 



Ik 



Akbal . . . 



Muluc . . . 



Oc 



Chuen . . . 



Eb 



Been . . . . 



Ix 



Men 



Cib 



Caban . . . 

 Ezanab . . 

 Cauac . . . 

 Ahau.... 

 Ymix.... 



Ik 



Akbal ... 



Kan 



Chicchan 

 Cimi 



Lamat... 



1 2 3 4 5 6 

 14 15 16 17 18 



, ( Numbers 

 V of the 

 ( months. 



Caban . . 

 Ezanab . 

 Cauac . 

 Ahau . . . 

 Ymix... 



Akbal ... 



Kan 



Chicchan 



Cimi 



Manik . . . 



Muluc . 



As this table lias been explained in my previous papers it is only 

 necessary to add here that the thirteen figure columns form a single 

 series: therefore, when we reach the bottom of the thirteenth column 

 we go back to the top of the first. The day reached will be the one 

 directly ojjposite (that is. in the same horizontal line) in the day 

 column for the given year. 



For example, taking the fifth column of niiinljers (the one having 

 3 for the top figure) and counting down nine days from the top num- 

 ber we reach the num])er 12. This will be 12 Lamat if a Cauac year, 

 12 Been if a Kan year, 12 Ezanab if a Muluc year, and 12 Akbal if 

 an Ix year. Therefore it is necessary in counting to refer always to 

 the year (year column) with which the count begins. So long as the 

 particulai' year referred to is unknown (as is usually the case, the 

 day series being apparently of general rather than of special appli- 

 cation) it is immaterial which day column is selected, as the result 

 will be the same with any. This will be apparent if we bear in 

 mind that, when 260 days with their numbers attached have been 

 written down in proper order as a series, we have therein all the pos- 

 sible combinations of days and numbers. This, it is true, does not 

 give us all the months and years (to include these it is necessary to 

 write out fifty-two entire years), but the same series of numerals will 

 be applicable to each of the four year sei-ies (Kan, Muluc, Ix, and 

 Cauac years). As any one of the thirteen figure columns of the table 

 may be taken as the commencement of a year and any of the four 



