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little circles of various colors, arranged in divisions of 5, 5, and 2. 

 This is undoubtedly meant for the number 12 (matlactli omome). 

 The person drawn here is therefore called by the name of a day, ma- 

 tlactli omome mazatl, " 12 deer ". which Avas possibly the day of his 

 birth or had some other connection with him. 



Finally, the wall crowned with battlements under the figure of the 

 chieftain, in sections 44 and 45, undoubtedly stands for the place name 

 Tenanco, " at the place of inclosures ■'. The name hieroglyph of 

 the chieftain is again quite unintelligible in Kingsborough, and it is 

 incorrectly painted green. In the original there is not a trace of 

 color to be seen. With some difficulty the hairy head of an animal 

 can be recognized, which is probably intended for a rabbit (tochtli), 

 and the name should probably be read accordingly. 



If, in conclusion, we now turn to the question of the origin of the 

 manuscript, we see that the analysis of the hieroglyphs leads to no 

 definite result. The most important hieroglyph, the place name, in 

 section ()8, colimm a (plate vi), can not be interpreted with certainty. 

 The other place names can, indeed, be explained wath some degree of 

 certainty, but they leave room for doubt, insomuch as places called 

 Tenanco and Zacatlan occur in different localities. Nevertheless, I 

 believe that the combination of the names Tenanco, Zacatlan (or 

 Acxotlan) , and, possibly, if my interpretation is correct, Almoyauacan 

 points to a particular region, the land of the Uexot/.incas and 

 Chalcas, the valleys and slopes at the southern and western foot of 

 the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. In this region also, as 

 we know from Chimalpahin, various tribal heads bore the title 

 Teohua teuhctli, " priest-prince '\ Nezaualcoyotl and the great Mote- 

 cuhzoma, the elder, went thither to obtain from the tribal chief a 

 victory-insuring fetish, the otlanamitl teueuelli, the four bamboo 

 arrows, and the shield of the war god. I do not believe that the 

 "Monte Sacro", the famous shrine of Amaquemecan, was the one to 

 which our manuscript refers, for in that case we should be able to 

 A^erifv the names of persons from Chimalpahin. But, besides the 

 great sanctuary, there must have been others in the immediate neigh- 

 borhood and more remote. Let us hope that among the many records 

 which were made in the first century after the conquest something- 

 may yet be discovered which shall establish the identity of the persons 

 and places of our manuscript beyond all i^ossibility of doubt. 



FRxlGMENT II 



This fragment (plate vii) is a strip of agave paper 08 cm. long and 

 40 cm. wide, covered with drawings and writing on one side. It is 

 the page which Alexander von Humboldt describes in Vues des Cor- 



