THOMAS] THE NINTH DAY 237 
It is possible that the Mexicans selected the rabbit for this day as a 
known symbol of light, thus bringing it into correspondence with the 
signification of the day names of the other calendars. The method 
by which Drs Seler and Brinton try to bring the Maya and Zapotec 
names into harmony with the Mexican appears to me to be in the wrong 
direction. 
It is therefore quite probable, from what has been shown, that the 
Maya, Tzental, and Quiche-Cakchiquel names refer to light, flame, or 
the lightning flash, and that the rabbit was selected because of some 
mythological relation it was supposed to bear to the sun, orlight.! As 
this character is seldom found in combination, or used otherwise than 
as a day symbol, it is probable that the signification is represented by 
some other symbol, or is not referred to in the text. 
THE NINDH DAY 
Maya, muluc; Tzental, molo or mulu; Quiche-Cakchiquel, toh; Zapotec, niza or 
queza ; Nahuatl, atl. 
There are but few and slight variations in the form of the symbol of 
this day. That given by Landa is shown in plate Lxy, 39. The usual 
forms in the codices are seen at 40-42 of the same plate. Symbol 43, 
which is an important variation, is from the Cortesian Codex. 
The addition of the little circle and loop in example LXy, 43, from the 
Cortesian Codex, is important, as it possibly indicates that the simple 
forms given in plate Lxv, 40-42, are incomplete, and may be a slight 
indication of phoneticism. If the latter supposition be correct, it is 
probable that in this additional feature we find the element ’c of the 
word. It is one of the characteristics of the manik symbol, which, as 
heretofore shown, has, in some instances at least, ch as one of its 
phonetic elements, whether considered truly phonetic or not. 
This clue, if followed up, appears to furnish an explanation of some 
other characters in which the little circle and loops are found. For 
example, the character shown in plate Lxv, 44 (Dres. 2 (45)b and ec), 
apparently refers to the act of sewing or stitching indicated by the pic- 
tures below the text. As the circle and loops form an important part 
of the character, it is probable that ¢ or ch is the chief or prominent 
element of the word. It is possible therefore, that chwyah, “to sew,” 
or some derivative thereof, would be a proper rendering. The glyph 
shown in plate LXV, 45, from Tro. 11*c is a duplication of Lxy, 44. As 
the appendix, as shown elsewhere, probably has ah, ha, or hal as its 
phonetic equivalent, we have, as the elements of the word represented 
by the whole glyph (omitting the prefix), ch’-ch’ah. As choch (chochah), 
Perez, and chooch (choochah), Henderson, signify ‘‘to loosen, untie, dis- 
unite, detach,” this may be the true interpretation of the symbol. The 
presence of the eye in a symbol appears, as a rule, to have no special 

1Notwithstanding his definition given above, Dr Brinton suggests in his late work that the symbols 
of the day bear a close resemblance to some of the sun signs. 
