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symbol as shown in fig. 4. They alwa3\s followed one another in the 

 same order, the year uniformly beginning- with Pop. The 20 days 

 were also named, each haying its appropriate s3mibol as shown in fig. 

 5. The order in which they followed one another was uniform, though 

 the year did not always begin w^ith the same da}^, the 5 in the supple- 

 mental month carrying the count forward 5 days each year. Although 

 the days had their month numbers, as 1, 2, etc., to 20, as we say the 



Akbal. 



Chicchan. 



Cimi. 



Muluc. 



Oc. 



Chuen. 



Eb. 



Men. 



Cib. 



Ezanab. 



Aliau. 



Allan. 



Allan. Ahau. Aliau. 



Fig. 5.— The symbols of the days. 



Ahau. 



fifth, sixth, and seventh day of the month, there was another number- 

 ing which applied to the days only. This, howeyer, was from 1 to 13, 

 beginning again with the unit. These numbers were prefixed to the 

 days and followed in regular succession, no day being without its num- 

 ber. It follows from this method that a day bearing both the same 

 name and the .same number will not recur until 13 months have passed. 

 This gives a cycle or period of 260 days, which appears to have been 



