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A STUDY OF THE MANUSCEIPT TROANO. 



divisions of Plate XXXII; third division of XXXIII; upper division of 

 VIII*, XX*, and XXIX*. 



The next group I refer to is found in the upper division of Plate X, 

 and consists of one perpendicular column and two transverse lines, as shown 

 in Fig. 97. Taking the column at the left, proceeding from the top down- 





wards, I suggest the following interpretation of the four compound char- 

 acers : 



"South, tortilla of maize, vase, or pan, of burnt clay, turn 6 (times)." 

 The characters here interpreted yam and xam, I am avt^are, are appar- 

 ently identical; but the former, which is a part of that heretofore interpreted 

 "south," is one in reference to whicli I have been, and still am, in great 

 doubt, especially as it may well be interpreted xumin, "north." The two 

 Tmix characters here translated ixim are doubtless used more as symbols 

 than as woi'd characters. The vase, or u character, is, I think, simply 

 added to render definite that to which it is attaclied. The lowest character 

 (Landa's li) may be hch, "to turn over" or "revolve"; eh, "to elevate"; he, 

 "to march''; or jje, also "to march." 



The transverse lines reading from left to right, I would interpret thus: 

 "West, tortilla of maize, pan of burnt clay, 7 (times), deer 1" 



