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date 5 Mol, and counting back, Mr Goodman reaches 4 Ahau 8 Cumhu— 
D3, F4. That the count backward from 9 Ik 5 Mol will reach 4 Ahau 
8 Cumhu is true, but here again is leaping over series as though they 
were inserted without plan or system. Moreover, Mr Goodman’s 
remark that the count reaches back to the beginning of the great cycle 
appears to be inconsistent with his own figures unless we change his 
‘“‘full counts” to naughts. The initial series which he gives is, as has 
been shown, 53-12-19-13-4 x 20 to 8 Ahau 18 Tzec. Now, from this 
date—8 Ahau 18 Tzee—to 4 Ahau 8 Cumhu, according to his own 
count (page 135) is 6-14 20. Let us add these together. 

Cycles Katuns Ahaus Chuens Days 
12 19 13 4 20 
6 14 20 

13 0 0 2 0 
This reckoning runs back beyond the beginning of his 13th cycle, 
and hence, by his method of stating series, past the beginning of his 
great cycle, by two months, using his own figures. If the 20 days in 
the two series had been counted as 0, his calculation would have 
brought him to the beginning of a great cycle according to his scheme. 
Although, as has been stated, he does not use the full counts in his 
calculations, reference is made here to his method of stating numeral 
series in order to guard students from being led into error thereby. 
In every case where he uses 20 for days, ahaus, or katuns, and 18 for 
chuens, the true figure is 0. 
Another fact to be taken into consideration in deciding whether the 
evidence in the last count is satisfactory is that, as Ik might fall on 
the 5th, 10th, 15th, or 20th of the month and any one of the months 
might be chosen, there are 72 (418) variations to be tried to bring it 
into accord with the preceding date. If it could be connected by a 
following numeral series with some other date, the evidence would 
then be entirely acceptable, but this does not appear to be the case. 
However, I am not entirely satisfied with the result in this case, as 
the omission of the month date seems to imply that the 9 Ik is to fall 
on the 20th day of the month. If we follow the same rule as in the 
two preceding series, and subtract the 4th (297,942 days) from the 5th 
(479,042), and from the remainder the first numeral series, taking off 
the one month as before, and counting from the last preceding date— 
9 Ik 20 Chen as corrected—we reach 9 Ik 20 Mol, year 6 Akbal. Or, 
subtracting the first series from the 5th (the 4,542) and counting for- 
ward from 1 Ahau 18 Zotz, we reach 9 Ik the 20th day of the month by 
dropping the same troublesome one month. These facts lead me to 

suspect that the true solution of the problem has not yet been reached. 
Following the last date, after some five unknown glyphs are passed, 
comes, at F15, F16, the numeral series (6, left slab) 13 days, 7 chuens, 
