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MAYA AND MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS. 



outer corner to Cuban (No. 36) ; then to the left to Ezandb (No. 37) ; 

 then inward to Oc (No. 38) ; then to the left to Ghuen (No. 39); outward 

 to Akbal (No. 40), aud so on around. 



Before proceeding thither it is necessary that I introduce here a Maya 

 calendar, in order that my next point may be clearly understood. To 

 simplify this as far as possible, I give first a table for a single Cauac 

 year, in two forms, one as the ordinary counting house calendar (Table 

 I), the other a simple continuous list of days (Table II), but in this 

 latter case only for thirteen mouths, just what is necessary to complete 

 the circuit of our plate. 



As explained in my former paper, 3 although there were twenty days 

 in each Maya mouth, each day with its own particular name, and al- 

 ways following each other in the same order, so that each month would 

 begin with the same day the year commenced with, yet it was the cus- 

 tom to number the days up to 13 and then commence again with 1, 2, 

 3, and so on, thus dividing the year into weeks of thirteen days each. 



For a full explanation of this complicated calendar system I must 



refer the reader to my former paper. But at present we shall need only 



an understanding of the tables here given. I shall, as I proceed, refer 



to Table I, leaving the reader who prefers to do so to refer to the list 



of days marked Table II, as they are precisely the same thing, only 



differing in form. 



Table I. — Maya calendar for one year 



Nos. of the months. 



13 



II) 



Canac — 



Ahau 



Tmix 



Ik 



Akbal . . . . 



Kan 



Chicchan 



Cimi 



Manik 



Lamat . ... 

 Mnluc — 



Oc 



Chuen — 



Eb 



Been 



1% 



Men 



Cib 



Caban — 

 Ezanab... 



3 

 4 



5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 



12 

 13 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 B 

 7 

 8 

 9 



'A study of the Manuscript Troano. 



