544 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
works, sedulously shun idleness in order to avoid the bad habits which 
idleness is accustomed to cause. The allowance of food which was 
given to the boys at each meal was a roll and a half. 
The father of the two boys appears at uw; two boys of 6 years old at 
v; w, aroll and a half; #, the mother of the girl; y, a roll and a half; 
2, the girl of 6 years old. 
P]. LX, here Pl. xxxvi, treats of the time and manner in which the 
native Mexicans instructed and corrected their sons, that they might 
learn to avoid all kinds of sloth and to keep themselves constantly 
exercised in profitable things. It is divided into four sections. 
The first section shows how fathers employed their sons of 7 years 
old in giving them nets to fish with; and mothers occupied their 
daughters in spinning and in giving them good advice. The allowance 
of food which they gave to their sons at each meal was a roll and a 
half. 
The seven points, a, signify seven years; b, is the father of the boys; 
ec, avoll and a half; d, the boy of 7 years old whose father is instruct- 
ing him how to fish with the net which he holds in his hands; e, the 
mother of the girls; f/, a roll and a half; g, the girl of 7 years whom 
her mother is teaching how to spin. 
The second section declares how fathers chastised their sons of 8 
years of age, threatening them with thorns of the aloe, that in case of 
negligence and disobedience to their parents they should be punished 
with the said thorns. The boys accordingly weep for fear. The quan- 
tity of food which they allowed them consisted of a roll and a half. 
The eight points. h, signify eight years; 7, the father of the boys; /, 
a roll and a half; /, the boy of 8 years, whose father threatens him in 
case of ill behavior to inflict public punishment upon him with thorns; 
1, thorns of the aloe; m, the mother of the girls; », a roll and a half; 
o, the girl of 8 years of age, whose mother threatens her with thorns 
of the aloe in case of ill behavior; p, thorns of the aloe. 
The third section declares how fathers punished with the thorn of 
the aloe their sons of 9 years of age, when they were incorrigible and 
rebellious toward their parents, by running the said thorns into their 
shoulders and bodies. They also corrected their daughters by prick- 
ing their hands with thorns. The allowance of food which they gave 
them was a roll and a half. 
The nine points, q, signify nine years; 7, a roll and a half; s, the 
father of the boys; ¢, a boy of 9 years old being found to be incorrigi- 
ble, his father runs thorns of the aloe into his body; w, the mother 
of the girls; v, a roll and a half; w, the girl of 9 years old and her 
mother, who corrects her for her negligence by pricking her hands with 
thorns. 
The fourth section shows how fathers chastised their sons of 10 
years of age, when they were refractory, by inflicting blows upoa them 
with a stick and threatening them with other punishments. The 
