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Vol. IV. Plates XLIIT. & LXVIIL). The hand is spread out towards the corner of 

 the dragon's mouth. The thigh has one square of picture-writing on it (Plate XIV. 

 No. 4), and the lower leg two squares (Plate XIV. Nos. 5 & 6), one of them almost 

 completely destroyed. At the bend of the knee is a scroll similar to that on the 

 elbow. The foot and recurved claw are well shown in Plate IX. 



On the right side of the dragon (Plate XL) a fault in the stone seems to have 

 prevented the sculptor from showing the right leg, and a part of the position which it 

 would naturally have occupied is covered with some curious and elaborate scroll- 

 work (see Plate XII., b). The square of picture-writing placed above this scroll-work 

 (Plate XIV. No. 13) matches the square of picture-writing on the left thigh. The 

 left arm and hand match the right, the arm in each case being covered with picture- 

 writing (Plate XIII., a and b). 



The back of the dragon (Plate XII., b) is covered with scroll-work, now much 

 weather-worn, and a broad band of six squares of picture-writing. Detail photographs 

 and drawings of the picture-writing are given on Plates XIII. to XV., and the squares 

 are numbered in what I believe to be the most probable sequence. 



The drawing of this inscription has been a matter of the greatest difficulty, as the 

 figures are so extraordinarily contorted and complicated. Without at present going 

 into any further analysis of the inscription, it is desirable to point out that the figures 

 in the squares numbered 4 and 5, representing the " chuen " and the " day," are both 

 accompanied by figures with an open hand on the lower jaw, which indicates that there 

 was " no count " of chuens or days, so that the figure which has been destroyed in the 

 square number 6 must necessarily have represented the day Ahau. 



Stela C. (Plates III. and XVI. to XX.) 

 Height 13 feet; breadth about 4 feet ; thickness 2 feet 9 inches. 



In size and general appearance this monument closely resembles Stela A. The 

 principal differences are : — That four glyphs form a pedestal to the figures carved on the 

 front and back of the monument instead of a grotesque mask. On the front of the 

 monument (Plate XVI.) the two faces in profile near the top are grotesque instead of 

 human faces. At the end of the breastplate are jaguars' heads instead of snakes' 

 heads. The back of the monument (Plate XX.) is broader than the front. The heel 

 of the right foot of the figure, instead of that of the left, is raised from the ground, 

 and the feet and hands are those of a human being, and not those of a jaguar. 

 There are no garters and the feet are bare. The anklets are similar to those on 

 Stela A. On the upper part of the monument the serpent-bird is rather more distinct 

 than on Stela A. 



biol. centr.-amer., Archseol., Vol. II., September 1899. 



