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such as the parrot eye, the biting mouth, and the mole-like 

 teeth, the curved line of the serpent's body, and the beauti- 

 ful outlines of the antennoR of the bee, also its sting, and 

 last, not least, the graceful leaf of the maize, and other nat- 

 ural forms which are symbols of fertility. 



It may be interesting to remark that the phonetic value of 

 the antennce of the bee was suggested by the third 'glyph, 

 Cauac, on the Kukuitz bas-relief, left-hand side of the Casa 

 No. 3, Palenque. This 'glyph was traced to more demotic 

 forms on plate 25 of the Troano, also plate 24, where it is 

 upheld by the Goddess Cab. Near the figure of Cab is the 

 same infant-like figure that is to be seen on the so-called 

 tablet of the cross of Palenque. The component characters 

 of the 'glyphs composing this child's body refer to his name 

 as Ikilcab, and this same name is expressed on the head- 

 dress and hieroglyphs of the God-with-the-long-nose of the 

 Troano, and other manuscripts, so-called by students to dis- 

 tinguish him. Ikilcab and Cauac, the Cuch-haab, are in 

 ' some way clearly connected, for the components of the 

 Cauac 'glyph of the day-signs of Landa and those of the 

 Chilan Balaam of Eaua are closely connected with those of 

 Caban. The Cauac 'glyph, if my interpretation be correct. 



reads Ikilcab. The ancient Mayas probably thought of the 

 bee as Ikil, the sting, and Cab, honey. The 'glyph of the 

 day-sign, Caban, refers to that day-sign and Ikilcab, and is 

 also the honey sign ("Bee Keeper's Narrative," the Codex 

 Troano). The numeral signs of the Troana, both red and 

 black, seem to have been used at times ikonomatically. The 

 serpent symbol on plate 25, division 1, Troano, is Can, and 

 close to it are numerals giving the suggestion Hunakbii, the 

 one God. On the sun symbol of this plate are numerals, 

 which, in connection with the flute 'glyph {Chul) projecting 

 above the sundisk and the hand below pinching the ma- 

 chete, suggest the interpretation "a name," Chu kul-ca- 

 Caw. 



Alliteration and syncapation for the sake of euphony are 

 especially noticeable in the Maya language, but do not seem 

 to be followed in the arrangement of their graphic charac- 

 ters, and no regularity of procedure, in reading the compo- 

 nent parts of a 'glyph, seems to exist. As a general thing, 

 however, some object carried in the hand of a figure, or 

 placed near it, serves as a sort of a determination or sugges- 

 tion; this is more frequently the case in the demotic than 

 hieratic script. 



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NEO-DARWIMSM AND MO-LAMARCKISM. 



By LESTE^^ F. WARD. 



Annual address of the President of the Biological 

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