940 NUMERAL SYSTEMS [erH. ANN. 19 
post-Columbian, an explanation of it haying been made by native 
priests and turned into Spanish for the use of the Emperor Charles V. 
It must be admitted, however, that very slight, if any, indications of 
European contact are to be found in it. 
Turning now to the Fejervary codex, to plates 22, 21, 20, etc., to 13 
(taking them backward as paged), we find the method of counting from 
day to day, and thereby the order in which the days are to be taken. 
As the colored figures can not be introduced here, Arabic numbers are 
substituted for the dots or little circles, and the day names, for the 
symbols. The relation one to another in which they stand on the 
plates is maintained. The pages are given in the order of the num- 
bering, but are to be read in the opposite direction, beginning with 22. 
PLATE 13 
Upper line: Xochitl, Quiahuitl, 3 Ocelotl. 
Tecpatl. 
Lower line: 23 Tochtli. 13 Ocelotl. 
Puate 14 
Upper line: 3 Itzquintli. 3 Miquiztli. 
Lower line: 12 Cipactli. 9 Ozomatli. 
PuatTeE 15 
Upper line: 2 Calli. 1 Cipaetli. 
Lower line: 10 Xochitl. 7 Malinalli. 
PLATE 16 
Upper line: 3 Ollin. 3 Acatl. 
Lower line: th XQ) 10 (?) 
PLATE 17 
Upper line: 3 Atl. 3 Coatl. 3 Cipaetli. 
Lower line: Sui (is) 9 (?) 
PuatTe 18 
Upper line: 3 Ollin. 3 Acatl. 3 Atl. 
Lower line: 6 (?) 5 (?) 
PLATE 19 
Upper line: 3 Coatl. 3 Cipactli. 3 Ollin. 
Lower line: 6 Atl, Coatl, Ollin, Acatl, Cipactli. 
PLATE 20 
Upper line: 3 Acatl. 3 Atl. 3 Coatl. 
Lower line: (?) 7 Acati. 
PLATE 21 
Upper line: 3 Cipactli. 3 Ollin. 3 Acatl. 
Lower line: 4 Tochtli. 2 Coatl 4 Xochitl. 2 Ollin. 
