THOMAS] USE OF TABLE 1 707 
Suppose we wish to know in what year the date 6 Ahau 3 Zotz— 
that is, 6 Ahau, the 3d day of the fourth month (Zotz)—falls. Looking 
to the year columns (table 1), we see that Ahau can be the 3d day of 
the month only in Ezanab years. Looking along the line opposite 
running through the figure (or month) columns, we find 6 in the 
seventh column. As this is in the fourth month, to find the first we 
must count back (to the left) three columns, which brings us to the 
column headed by 9 (that is, the column whose top figure is 9); hence 
our year is 9 Ezanab. Now let us trace this year through by the table 
and find the first day of the next year. Beginning with the column 
headed 9, we count to the right nine columns, which brings us to the 
last; then we go back to the first (left-hand) and count eight. This 
reckoning brings us to the column headed 11. Counting 5 days down 
the next column (headed 5), we find that the next—the 6th day of 
the month—is 10 Akbal, which,as will be seen by our table of years 
(table 3), is correct. To follow out this year, we must begin with the 
month column headed 10, as this is the first month (Pop) of the year 
10 Akbal. 
As any one day can fall on only four different days of the month, 
as Ahau on the 18th in Akbal years, on the 13th in Lamat years, on 
the 8th in Ben years, and on the 3d in Ezanab years, a mere inspec- 
tion of the table will at once detect a date erroneous in this respect. 
For example, there can be no day Manik on the 3d, 9th, or 16th of the 
month, ete. 
Suppose we wish to find on what date the 600th day counting forward 
from 7 Cib 4 Mae will fall. Looking at the table (1), we see that Cib 
can be the 4th day of the month only in Ben years. Running along the 
line opposite (horizontal line) through the figure columns, we find 7 in 
the column headed 4. As Mac is the thirteenth month of the year, we 
must count back thirteen months or columns to reach the first month 
of the year. Counting back the seven columns to the first (left), we 
then go to the last (right) and count six columns. This brings us to 
that headed 11; hence the year is 11 Ben, and the next year must be 
12 Ezanab. As 7 Cib 4 Mac is the 4th day of the thirteenth month, 
there will remain of this month 16 days, 5 whole months (100 days), and 
the added 5 days to complete the year, or, in other words, 121 days. Sub- 
tracting this from 600, there remain 479 days to be counted, and 
deducting from this 365 days, or one year, 114 days remain to be 
counted on the next year, which must be 13 Akbal. As 114 days equal 
5 months and 14 days, we begin with the figure column of our table 
headed 13, and count forward 5 months (including this one), and 
counting down the next month (column headed 9) 14 days, we reach 
the figure 9, and opposite it in the Akbal column find the day Cib. 
The date reached is therefore 9 Cib, 14th day of the (sixth) month. 
