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Having aetermined the number to be counted, the starting point 

 from which the count commences, and the direction of the count, we 

 may now proceed with the actual process of counting (see step 4, 

 p. 138). 



Since 1,388,067 is greater than 18,980 (1 Calendar Round), we may 

 deduct from the former number all the Calendar Rounds possible (see 

 preliminary rule, page 143). According to Table XVI it appears 

 that 1,388,067 contams 73 Calendar Rounds, or 1,385,540; after de- 

 ducting this from the given number we have left 2,527 (1,388,067 — 

 1,385,540), a far more convenient number to handle than 1,388,067. 



Applymg rule 1 (p. 139) to 2,527, we have: 2,527-^13 = 194^, 

 and counting forward 5, the numerator of the fractional part of the 

 quotient, from 4, the day coefficient of the starting point, 4 Ahau 8 

 Cumhu, we reach 9 as the day coefficient of the termmal date. 



Applying rule 2 (p. 140) to 2,527, we have: 2,527 -^20 = UQ^V, 

 and counting forward 7, the numerator of the fractional part of the 

 quotient, from Ahau, the day sign of our starting point, 4 Ahau 8 

 Cumhu, in Table I, we reach Manik as the day sign of the terminal 

 date. Therefore, the day of the terminal date will be 9 Manik. 



Applying rule 3 (p. 141) to 2,527, we have: 2,527 ^365 = 6|fJ; 

 and counting forward 337, the numerator of the fractional part of 

 the quotient, from 8 Cumhu, the year position of the starting point, 

 4 Ahau 8 Cumhu, in Table XV, we reach Kayab as the year position 

 of the terminal date. The calculations by means of which Kayab is 

 reached are as follows: After 8 Cumhu there are 16 positions in the 

 year, which we must subtract from 337; 337 — 16 = 321, which is to 

 be counted forward in the new year. This number contains just 1 

 more than 16 uinals, that is, 321 = (16x20) + 1; hence it will reach 

 through the first 16 uinals in Table XV and to the first position in 

 the 17th uinal, Kayab. Combining this with the day obtained 

 above, we have for our terminal date determined by calculation, 9 

 Manik Kayab. 



The next and last step (see step 5, p. 151) is to find the above date 

 in the text. In Initial Series (see p. 152) the two parts of the ter- 

 minal date are generally separated, the day part usually following 

 immediately the last period glyph and the month part the closing 

 glyph of the Supplementary Series. In plate 6, B, the last period glyph, 

 as we have seen, is recorded in B3; therefore the day should appear 

 in A4. Comparing the glyph in A4 wdth the sign for Manik in figure 

 16, j, the two forms are seen to be identical. Moreover, A4 has the 

 bar and dot coefficient 9 attached to it, that is, 4 dots and 1 bar; con- 

 sequently it is clear that in A4 we have recorded the day 9 Manik, 

 the same day as reached by calculation. For some unknown reason, 

 at Naranjo the month glyphs of the Initial-series terminal dates do 

 not regularly follow the closing glyphs of the Supplementary Series ; 



