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Chiapan (Tzendal?) and Soconuscan. 

 Cbabiii or (Jbahiu. 

 Chic or Cliiue. 

 Oliiaax. 



Cahogh or Cabogb. 

 Agbual. 

 Imox or Mox. 

 Igb or Tgb. 



Quiche and Cakchiquel. 

 Yiz or Itz. 

 Tziquin. 

 Abmak. 

 Nob. 

 Tibaz. 

 Oaok. 

 Huualipu. 



I shall take for granted that the inscription commences with the large 

 character in the upper left-hand cornel-, but whether it is to be read in col- 

 umns from top to bottom, or in lines from left to right, remains to be dis- 

 cussed; the tendency of belief at present ai)pears to be that it is to be read 

 in lines from left to right. 



As I have demonstrated, satisfactorily to myself at least, that in the 

 Manuscript Troano the characters are, as a general rule, placed in columns 

 to be read from the top downwards, but that, where circumstances require 

 it, they are placed in lines to be read from left to right, we will be justified 



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Fiu. 101. — Dr. Eau's index diagram of the inscriptid 



ill assuming the same rule applies to this tablet, especially as we here see 

 single columns and single lines. But let us examine the inscription care- 

 fully and see if we can find anything in it that will aid us in deciding this 



