CHAPTER VII, 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DAY COLUMNS AND NUMBERS IN 

 THE ilRST PART OF THE MANUSCRIPT. 



In order that as much of the material contained in this Manuscript as 

 can be given without facsimile representations may be placed before the 

 reader, I will now give the names of the days as found in the day columns 

 of some of the plates; tliis will enable him to test my interpretation of 

 the numerals. As my object in doing tin's is to give an opportunity to all 

 into whose hands this paper may fall to test the correctness of tlie theo- 

 ries I have advanced, I will give the different divisions of the plates, each 

 with its own days and numbers. It is to be understood that where there is 

 more than one division on a plate, as is usually the case, they will be num- 

 bered consecutively from the top downward, first, second, third, &c. In 

 giving the numerals, the Roman represent the red or da}^ numerals, the 

 Arabic the black or month numbers. The red numerals usually found 

 over the day columns will also be placed over tliem here. Tliose in the 

 spaces will also be given in the spaces here, and by pairs as in the Manu- 

 script. In the first example a few explanatory words will be placed in 

 parentheses; afterwards these will be omitted. 



Plates I-XIX all contain three divisions, separated from each other 



by broad, transverse red or brown lines. It is therefore to be understood, 



when no special mention is made of the number of the divisions, that 



there are three on each plate. Tiie upper or top division I will designate 



as the first, the middle as the second, and the bottom as the third. These 



divisions are again divided into compartments, usually differing in the color 



of the ground, which is white, reddish-brown, or blue. In some cases the 



subject-matter of a division is continued into the second or even the th'rd 



plate. These do not follow each other in the usual order of pages. Where it 

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