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that here a large bunch of quetzal feathers droops from the crown. 

 A similar ornament is displayed on a number of other deities in this 

 manuscript. 



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Pig. 94. Figures of the fire god and other deities, from the Mexican codices. 



The statements made by the historians regard ino: the exactness 

 with which the ancient Mexicans observed the appearance and reap- 

 pearance of the planet Venus have recently received surprising cor- 



