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figure, thus apparently indicating that this denotes the year Acatl. 

 That these groups are to be taken in the same order as those of Plate 

 44 of the Fejervary Codex, that is around to the left, opposite the sun's 

 course, is evident from the days and also from Plate 9 of this (Borgian) 

 Codex, where the twenty days of the month are placed in a circle. 



In this latter the order of the four years is indicated by the first days 

 of the years, viz, Cipactli, Miquiztli, Ozomatli, and Cozcaqucmhtli placed 

 in blue circles at the corners in the following order: 



Ozomatli. 



Miquiztli. 



Cozcaquauhtli. Cipactli. 



In the lower right-hand corner of Plate 4, same Codex, is a square 

 with the four quadrants very distinctly colored and arranged thus : 



Yellow. 



Blue 



Green. 



Bed. 



and a large red circle in the center, on the body of what is evidently 

 intended as a symbol of Cipactli. As this appears to be a figure of 

 general application, we presume that it commences with Cipactli, the 

 day on which the cycles began. As the four names of the days with 

 which the years began probably show, as arranged in the above square, 

 their respective positions in the calendar wheel, I infer that, in their 

 normal arrangement, Cipactli corresponded with the red, Miquiztli with 

 the green, Ozomatli with the yellow, and Cozcaquauhtli with the blue. 

 This brings the colors in precise accordance with those on the cross in 

 the lower right-hand square of Plate 43; and if we suppose the black 

 figure to correspond with the blue it brings the colors in the same order, 

 but the day groups are shifted around one point to the left. It is prob- 

 able therefore that this plate, like a number of others in the same Codex, 

 is intended to denote the relation of colors and day groups to each other 

 in some other than the first or normal year, or possibly to the seasons or 

 the four Indications of the cycle. 



But be this as it may, I do not think the difficulty in reconciling the 

 arrangement of the colors and days in this Codex will warrant the. re- 

 jection of our explanation of the plates of the other codices. That Plate 

 44 of the Fejervary Codex is one of general application must be admitted, 

 as is also the "Table of the Bacabs" from the Cortesian Codex ; and if 

 the true assignment to the cardinal points is made anywhere it will cer- 

 tainly be in these. Turning now to the latter, as shown in our Plate II, 



