4 A STUDY OF THE MANUSCEIPT TROANO. 



To be able to decide positively whether this opinion of the Abbe's 

 was correct or not, would, I felt, be taking one important step toward ascer- 

 taining the contents of this mysterious document, as these day columns 

 form a considerable part of it. 



The frequent occurrence of numerals in connection with these day 

 characters appeared to indicate dates or the numbering of days, somewhat 

 as we find them in our oi'dinary calendars. 



How to verify or disprove this inference was the first problem that 

 presented itself 



