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The prefix in this case is the same as that to the syml)(jl above de- 

 scribed (No. 20), and of course has the same signification. Tlie otlier 

 portion of No. 31 must therefore represent the substance in wliich tlic 

 god is walking. This appears to be dust, sand, or mud. 



Cacauak or caenuche. The wild or cultivated cacao. Foiind a 

 a nuiiibcr of times in the Dresden Ckxlex, sometimes as representi-d 

 in the marginal figure a and sometimes as in c, and always in 

 conne<'tion with figures holding in the hand a fruit of some kind. 

 It appears once in the Cortesian Codex (Plate 36), as shown in 

 li. in connection with a fruit of precisely the same kind as that 

 figured in the Dresden Codex. It is found also on Plate XVIII* 

 of the Manuscript Troano. but is apparently used here to denote 

 an action. 



There can be little, if any, doubt, judging by the figures in connec- 

 tion with which it is found, that this symbol is used in the Dresden 

 and the Cortesian Codiivs tn,lrii.)ti' llic'cacao. AVhi'tluT it refers-to 

 the tree or to the fruit is uiiciTtaiii: ]»issilily the ilillVi-ciit forms in 

 which it is found are intianlcd to ili-iintc these distiiietiuns. In S(jme 

 of the figures the capsule appears to be indicated; in others the seed. 

 The prefix to figure c apparently indicates the heaping or piling up 

 of the fruit on the dish held in the hands of the individuals figured 

 in the same connection, as, for example, on Plates 12 and 13 of tlie 

 Dresden Codex. If this supposition be correct it gives us a key to the 

 signification of this prefix. Reference to its use in the upper divis- 

 ion of Plate XVIII*, Manuscript Ti'oano, will be made further on. 



In this symbol we find another of Landa's letters, and, if phcjnetic, 

 agreeing precisely with his interpretation. 



EkhaUnii according to Rosny. The variety marked a is found twice 

 ill the Manuscript Troano, Plates XVI and XVII, and that marked 

 (/ /) once ill the Dresden Codex, Plate 8, each time in connection with a 

 spotted, leopard-like animal. 



The black markings on the symbols render it probable 

 b that Rosny's interjiretation is correct. The numeral be- 

 fore the first form may possibly be explained by the fact 

 that this symbol is used once (Manuscript Troano, Plate 

 indicate the day Ix. 



Moo. The ara, a large species of parrot. This symbol is found liut 

 once, and that in Plate 16c, Dresden Codex, in coimection with the 

 bird shown in Fig. 379. 



Fiu. 379. The i 



late 10. Dri'Silen Codex. 



