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plate, the stone ax, the ear pendants, which correspond exactly to 

 those in our figure 87, the frontal in the form of a Mexican royal 

 crown, examples of which are also Avorn by the pulque god in the 

 Borgian codex, page 2G ; Codex Vaticanus B, page 70 (or Codex Vati- 

 canus 3773, page 31) and Codex Vaticanus B, page 7 (or Codex Vati- 

 canus 3773, page 30), and lastly also by the forehead knot of Quet- 

 zalcoatl, which is to be seen likewise on the pulque god in Codex 

 Telleriano-Eemensis II, page 16, in Codex Vaticanus A, page 35, and, 

 in a somewhat different form, also on page 11 of the Tonalamatl of 

 the Aubin-Goupil collection. 



Fig. 91. "Juego de pelota ", from Tepoxtlan. 



In conclusion, I give in figure 91 the photographs of several other 

 relics which Avere found in Tepoxtlan. The ring-shaped stone in the 

 center came from a ball ground. On it there is the large figure of a 

 bird and thereunder the date " 2 house " (ome Calli). 



It is to be hoped that the interest once aroused among the patriotic 

 inhabitants of Tepoxtlan will continue, and that further investiga- 

 tions will produce other important material for the study of the 

 ancient civilization and history of these regions." 



" I am indebted to Dr Max Buchner, of Munich, for tlie pliotographis (figs. 84 and 91), 

 and for the plan (pi. xl), drawn by Mr Rodriguez, to Mr Marshall H. Saville, of New 

 York. I was enabled to maice use of the picture manuscript of the Biblioteca Nazionale in 

 Floi'ence through the Itindness of INIrs Zelia Nuttall. to whom I wish to express my sincere 

 thanks. Mrs Nuttall discovered this important manuscript in the library and intends to 

 publish it. 



