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MAYAN CALENDAR SYSTEMS 



[ETH. ANN. 22 



iiumbci- ill the place of tlio second order ol' iuiit,s, is 18 or 10 (tliere 

 being- a space where one dot maj' have been ol)literated), eitlier of 

 which is wrong. Tlie date ])eh)w one is Ix 20 Poi), the otlier is U Ix 

 13 Pax or Tzec, botli of which are wrong, as Ix is never the 13th or 

 20th of the month. 



A good example of this method of increasing the counter as the 

 series proceeds is found on plates Lxx-Lxxiii of the same codex. 

 Although this runs from right tojeft, we give it here in reverse order 

 and in ordinary figures as follows: 



The figures in parenthesis are merely arbitrary numbers given to 

 tlie columns as a means of reference. The counter is 3-5, or 65 days, 



