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THE NUMERAI.S IN THE SERPENTS 415 



Translated into European characters, the numbers are as follow: 



la 13,489,781 



16 12,388,121 



2a 12,454,761 



2b 12,394.740 • 



3rt 12,438,810 



3b 12,466,942 



4a 12,454,459 



4b 12,894,740 



We see that these large numbers are more nearly equal than 

 the numbers in the preceding section. If 1 there considered the 

 period of 12 ahau katuns as the true mean of the group, we might 

 here, perhaps, regard nine times that period, that is, 108 ahau 

 katuns = 12,209,040, as tlie point of departure for these numbers. 



Nor can it be accidental that while 2h and 46 are alike, the numbers 

 2« and 4a, belonging to them, have the very slight difference of 302 ; 

 that is, 260-1-42. 42 is the space of time between XIII 20 and III 2. 



Nothing should be disregarded which may possibly throw light on 

 the construction of the entire edifice. Perhaps some other number 

 may represent the mean of these large nmnbers better than 108 ahau. 

 ]catuns. In discussing this series I observed that the number 136,864 

 occurs on page 63. It is remarkable for its position, but still more 

 so for its magnitude. For how comes 91 X 1,504 in a series which 

 conchides with 91X800, 91X1,200, and 91X1,600? If we imagine 

 this number again nniltiplied by 91. as the fundamental number of 

 the whole, we obtain 12.454,624, the relation of which to the eight 

 large numbers I leave the reader to consider. I make no assertions 

 with regard to it. 



In my earlier ])aper I mentioned, further, that under each of the 

 eight numbers there is a calendar date. I here give these dates, and 

 at the same time add the years in which they must occur : 



la III 2; 18, 6th month 4 Muhic 



lb III 2; 13, 16th month 4 Ix 



2a III 2; 13, 7th month 2 Ix 



2b III 1; 12, 12th month 7 Ix 



3a III 11; 7, 5th month 5 Mnlnc 



36 III 3; 14, 17th month 9 Ix 



4a XIII 20: 1, 14th month 1 Kan 



46 III 1; 17. 2fl month 7 Muluc 



Only the 17 in the last date is conjectural: the manuscript 

 reads 16. 



We perceive at once that exactly the same days occur here which we 

 saw above at the beginning and the end of the large series; that is, 

 III 2, III 1, III 11, III 3, and XIII 20. of which III 2 is used three 

 times and III 1 twice. Hence we clearly have a connection of the 

 dates with the series. 



