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Molina), for in the Xaltepetlapan list of names of persons (Mann- 

 scrit Mexicain number 3. Bibliotheque Nationale) I find mention of 

 a man named Juan Tlatlatin, who is described by the hieroglyph «, 

 figure 48; that is, by a hand holding up a key. The first person 

 from the right seems to be hieroglyphically designated by two horns 

 on his head. His name may therefore have been Quaquauh (see h 

 and c, same figure), which in the list of names of persons (Manuscrit 

 Mexicain number 3, Bibliotheque Nationale) denote persons of that 

 name. The second person seems to be hieroglyphically designated 

 by a stone (te-tl) and water (a-tl). The third person has no hiero- 

 glyph, and I can not interpret the circular design in front of him. 



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Fin. 4S. Syniliols for certain porsons and for numliers. 



Both divisions of the page treat of the same matter, the delivery 

 of articles for which payment is asked or nonpayment is comjjlained 

 of; that is, it is an account or a bill of complaint. 



If we take for granted that we are to proceed from below upward, 

 as in the other fragments, then the first representation below would 

 be ten turkey hens, followed by five cocks. Beside the cock at the 

 left end of the row, however, there is a small flag, the sign for 20. 

 This, therefore, must mean 24 cocks. In the next row above, first 

 on the right, there is a vessel and above that a figure, which I can not 

 explain, surrounded by featherlike rays, very much like those (see 

 the upper half of this fragment) which are drawn to denote the num- 



