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days, were added at the end of the month Ale- 

 moztll. The following are the names of the 18 

 months. 



1. Tititl, perhaps from tititxia, to glean after 

 the harvest ; ItzcalU, month destined to renew 

 and whiten the insides of houses and temples. 

 From the 9th to the 28th of January, in the 

 first year of the first indiction of the cycle 

 Xiuhmolpilli. 



2. Xochilhuitl, from the 29th of January, to 

 the 17th of February. 



3. Xilomancdiztli ; Ailcaliualco, which wants 

 water or rain ; Quahuitlehua, month in which 

 the trees begin to bud; Cikuailhuitl, women's 

 festival. From the 18th of February to the 9th 

 of March. 



4. TlacaxipehuaUztli ; the name of this 

 month calls to mind the horrible ceremony, in 

 which human victims were flayed for their skins ; 

 which, when tanned, formed the priests gar- 

 ments, as we see in the hieroglyphic painting 

 represented in plate 27 ; Cohiiailhuitl, festival 

 of the snake. From the 9th to the 29th of 

 March. 



5. Tozoztontli, month of vigils, because the 

 ministers of the temple were obliged to watch 

 during the great festivals celebrated in this 

 month. From the 30th of March to the 18th of 

 April. 



6. Huey Tozoztli, the grand vigil, the grand 



