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Figs. 87 to 88 = Cha v-s, Xa v-s, sha v-s. 



Figs. 89 to 91 = Cha v-s, Xa v-s, sha v-s. (FromChilan 

 Balam of Kaua). 



Fig. 92 = Cha v-s (ch'i glyph from ch'i to bite, pinch, 

 cling to; phonetic addition in this case indi- 

 cates its value to = i; see Fig. 43). 



I^'ig'- 93 = ^ha v-s. 



Figs. 93^, 94 = Ah, u (Generally used as a prefix; its 

 phonetic elements are a variant of Figs. 92 

 and 93^, Fig. 48 and Fig 163, expressing 

 cha v-s, Ha v-s, from which ah is obtained. 

 Its u value is suggested by chu from 

 cha v-s). 



Figs. 95 to 98 = Cha v-s, chan, an v-s. Ha v-s. Fig. 

 99 shows this element combined in a circle, 

 see Fig. 171, glyph of kukulkan; see also 

 day signs Muluc, kan, cib, akbal and their 

 variants. See Figs. 100, loi. In Fig. 102 

 it appears in the well-known chak glyph of 

 the Peresianus, whose phonetic elements 

 express the words chak-ik = "God of 

 Wind." See also this element as it appears 

 in Troano 22*, an upper row of glyphs. 



Figs. 103a, 103!^ = Cha v-s, chan. Variant of Figs. 92, 

 105, 108; frequently appears with face 

 glyph of the so-called "Long-Nosed God," 

 or kukulkan. 



Fig. 104 = Cha v-s, chan, an v-s; derived from Figs. 92 

 and 8; see sculptured representation of the 

 "Long-Nosed God," left wing of Palace at 

 Chi-chen-itza; see also sculptures of Labna 

 and Kabah, etc. 



Figs. 105 to III = Chan, cha v-s, an v-s. Ha v-s; vari- 

 ants of 92, 93, 103. 



Figs. 112, ii3 = Cav-s, combined with the twisted line, 

 as in the day sign cib. See Figs. 134, 135, 

 136, 137; it expresses ciban from which 

 cib is derived. See also day signs caban 

 and the cabil or honey glyph. Fig. 125 ; see 

 also variants of this glyph in Codices. 



Figs. 114 to 119 = Cha v-s, Ha v-s. 



Fig. 120 ^ Cha v-s. The "pinching hand," with crus- 

 tacean-like thumb, suggesting by its action 

 ch'i ^ "to bite, pinch"; see Plate 24, 

 Troano. 



Fig. 121 ^ Xan, chan, shan, cha v-s (variants derived 

 from the serpent motive. Fig. 192). 



Fig. 122 = Kan, chan, kav-s, an v-s, n (variant of Fig. 

 192; see Landa's n, representing the final 

 letter of the word kan. The letters of 

 Landa's alphabet, viz: a, b, c, e, k, n, ka, 

 ku, X, are all derived from kan elements, 

 and are attempts of a Maya scribe, or 

 Landa himself (?), to approximate to the 

 sounds of the Castilian alphabet such as ah, 

 ba)', thay, e or a, ain-nay, aikeys; k dues 

 not exist in the Spanish alphabet, but is 

 represented in Maya script, not only by 

 variants of the serpent line. Fig. 192, but 

 also by a face glyph, which is a composite 

 of phonetic elements having the values of 

 kan, ka v-s, cha v-s; see Figs. 172 to 177. 

 It is not onl}' ikonomatic recalling ku 

 = "a god," but is used with the phonetic 

 value of kan, ka v-s. The addition of the 

 hissing aspirate, half circle. Fig. 172^, 

 gives it the phonetic value of x or sh, also 

 of ch. 



Fig. 123 = Ca v-s, cha v-s; is a variant of Figs. 192 and 

 122. See face glyph of kukulkan (so-called 



Long-Nosed God) in Codices and hieratic 

 script. 



Figs. 125 to 127 = Glyph expressing cabil = "honey." 



Fig. 126 ^ "L curve." 



Fig. 123 = Kab or cab, honey glyph (see Peresianus, 

 Plate 23) composite ot Fig. 127 = ca and. 

 the twisted line ban. Fig. 135, 137; see 

 variants of the day signs cib and caban in 

 codices. The dotted aspirate line also ap- 

 pears as one of its components, Figs. 63 

 and 66 = cha. From the element, Fig. 

 113 and Fig. 127, we obtain the word caban, 

 suggesting cab, and this prefixed to the il 

 curve, Fig. 126, gives cabil = "honey." 

 The glyphs underneath this compound 

 glyph are variants of Figs. 118 and 119 

 and = cha. The element placed between 

 is a variant of Fig. 63, with ttie vowel ele- 

 ments a above; one of its phonetic values 

 is also cha. The glyph to the right is the 

 prefix Fig. 93 ^= in this case, u. We, 

 therefore, obtain the suggestion u-cabil 

 = "honey" or "sweets." Cha. is repeat- 

 ed several times. In certain glyphs we 

 frequently find repetitions of certain 

 sounds as if the scribe desired to prevent 

 any mistake in the meaning of the glyph, 

 or else considered their audition as pho- 

 netic elements improved the appearance 

 of the giyph. It cannot be denied that 

 the arrangement of the phonetic elements 

 composing these glyphs has a high de- 

 gree of artistic excellence. The 1 curve. 

 Fig. 126, in the giyph just analyzed, is 

 combined with Fig. 53, one of whuse val- 

 ues is i. We see given in glyphs Figs. 128 

 and 129 (refer to Plate 22* Troano) ap- 

 pearing in connection with the representa- 

 tion of an armadillo caught beneath a trap. 

 On the top of tne wooden bars cumpusing 

 the tiap are three glyphs shown m my 

 Fig 136. It has for component parts three 

 small squares, variants of Fig. 35-^, one of 

 whose vaiues = cha. Joined to it iS the 1 

 curve, see Figs. 126 and 130, giving chal. 

 The element Fig. 74 is represented = cha v-s 

 or xa v-s, cha v-s, from which we ob- 

 tain by vowel fluctuation che or xe ; suf- 

 fixing this to chal or xal we obtain chalche. 

 The glyphs. Figs. 128 and 129, eitner rep- 

 resent pieces of calcareous rock, chaiche, 

 placed upon the bars of the trap, or else 

 the word is used to recall the word che = 

 "wood." The giyph itself may represent 

 round bars of wood calche that have been 

 sawed across and laid on top of the trap or 

 cage drawn by the scribe. If the inter- 

 pretation "wooden bar" be accepted it 

 coincides with and proves the interpreta- 

 tion of Dr. Thomas to be correct. The 

 method herein set forth, in fact, coincides 

 in its results with many of the interpreta- 

 tions made by my colleague of the Bureau 

 of Ethnology, Dr. Thomas, and one 

 m.ethod of procedure is, in fact, but a check 

 upon the other. 



Figs. 131 and 132 = Co or ku v-s, chu v-s (see day- sign 

 chuen). In the day sign akbal these same 

 elements appear placed in a perpendicular 

 position. Its value, instead of being ku 

 or chu, as in chuen, is ak or ach, deriver 



