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order of units above the fifth, or cycle; that is to say, a sixth, or great 
eyele, as Mr Goodman calls it. This being true, there is every rea- 

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Fie. 17>—Inscription on the middle space of fhe Tablet of the Cross, Palenque. 
son to believe that it would be represented in the inscriptions by a 
special character. 
Examining the seven succeeding double glyphs in the order in which 
they stand, they are found to be as follows: A3, B3,a face character and 
