ilGNIFICATION OF THE CHARACTERS. 



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Cab. Earth, soil; also honey. (See Study of the Manuscript 

 Troano. by Cyrus Thomas, ]). loO.) 



Piz. Stone or stone heap. (See Study of the Mauuscrijjt Troano, 

 by Cyrus Thomas, p. 144). The Maya name of the thing indicated 

 is uncertain, though I am inclined to beUeve Piz, as given in tlie 

 work alluded to, is correct. 



No. 8. 



U. The left symbol of this figure appear-s to stand for vase, and 

 , (CTi "J I is also used to indicate a pronoun or article when joined to an- 

 1 ^1 other symbol, as here shown. (See oji. cit., p. 14.1.) 



The ear. Rosny, Vocabulaire hieratique. No. 185. 



llau. The (luarter of a deer, 

 tlie gods; in all tlie manusci 



Iliilv(tb. The bee. Although the figure bears a 

 much stronger resemblance to a beetle than to a 

 bee, there can be no longer any doubt that Bras- 

 seur"s supposition that it represents a bee is cor- 



Houey in the comb. (See Study of the Manuscript Troano, by 

 Cyrus Thomas, Fig. 20); in the Manuscript Troano only, and 

 always in red. 



Thissymbol, found in all the codices, 

 its use in the upper division of Plate 

 it stands over each of four vessels 

 in Fig. 374. 



