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 TUOMAS 



] THE TEST OF THE KECKONING. 45 



day of a uew year: therefore the count of this year begius Avith 11 

 Ezaiiab. It would be well iu this couuectiou to refer to the calendar, 

 table 3 (page 21), as occasion will arise to use it. ^^'e couut uow the 

 mouth Pop, 20 days; Uo, 20 days; Zip, 20 days; Tzoz, 20 days; theu 

 to the uiueteeuth day of the uiouth Tzec makes 4 mouths and 19 days 

 to complete the 12 mouths aud 10 days. This carries the couut to 5 

 Cib, the uiueteeuth day of the mouth Tzec, which agrees with the date 

 over the third column, plate 40. Eight days more reach 13 Kan, the 

 seventh day of the mouth Xul, the date over the fourth column of 

 plate 46. Counting 11 months and 10 days from 13 Kan, the seventh 

 day of Xul, 2 Ahau, the third day of the eighteenth month, Cumhu, is 

 reached. This accords with the date over the first column of plate 47. 

 As the next couut is 4 months aud 10 days it is evident that it runs 

 into the next year, which, as the present is 11 Ezauab, should, under 

 the system above outlined, be 12 Akbal. Counting 17 days, 6 Caban, 

 the last day of the month is reached; five more carry the count to 11 

 Ik, the last of the intercalary days, aud the close of the complete year. 



As the next day is 12 Akbal, the first of the month Pop, it is the 

 couimeucement of another year. xVs 22 days, or 1 month aud 2 days, 

 have uow been counted, there remain of the 4 mouths aud 10 days 

 only 3 mouths and 8 days (or 68 days). These bring the couut to 1 

 Oc, the eighth day of the mouth Tzoz, the date over the second column of 

 plate 47. Coutinuing the count, 12 mouths and 10 days more we reach 

 4 Ahau, the eighteenth day of the mouth Pax, the date over the third 

 column of plate 47. Eight days more extend to 12 Lamat, the sixth 

 day of the mouth Kayab. The count must uow be carried forward 11 

 mouths aud 16 days in order to reach the first day of the first column 

 iu plate 48, Counting forward from this point 1 mouth and 14 days 

 (or 34 days), we reach 7 Ik, the end of Cumhu, and hence the close of 

 the year proper. Adding the five intercalary days — 8 Akbal, 9 Kan, 

 10 Chicchau, 11 Cimi, and 12 Alanik, — 13 Lamat, the first day of the 

 month Pop is reached, and with it the beginning of auother year. As 

 1 month and 19 days have now been counted, there remain of the 11 

 months and 16 days, the period of 9 months and 1 7 days. Starting 

 with 13 Lamat, the first day of Po]), this brings the reckoning to 1 

 Kan, the seventeenth day of the month Yax, the date over the first 

 column of i)late 48. Four mouths and 10 days more extend to 13 Ix, 

 the seventh day of Muan, the date over the second column of i)late 48. 

 Twelve mouths and ten days more would extend to 3 Kan, the twelfth 

 day of Chen; but as this runs into the next year, the steps are noted. 



Counting forward from 13 Ix. the seveuth day of Muan, to 8 Mauik, 

 the last day of Cumhu, there are found to be 3 months and 13 days; 

 and the five intercalary days reach 1.) Eb, the last day of tlie year. 

 Following this is 1 Ben, the first day of the month Pop, aud also of the 

 next year. As 3 months and 18 days have been counted, there remain 8 

 mouths and 12 days out of the 12 mouths and 10 days. Counting these, 



