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ponding to the end of summer. From the 17th 

 of August to the 5th of September. 



13. Ochpaniztli, a besom, the month appoint- 

 ed for cleaning the canals, and repairing the 

 dykes and roads ; Tenahuitiliztli. From the 6th 

 to the 25th of September. 



14. Pachtii, name of a parasite plant, which 

 begins to bud at this period on the trunks of old 

 oaks ; Ezoztli ; Teotleco ; come from the gods. 

 From the 26th of September to the 15th of 

 October. 



15. Hueypachtli, month in which the plant 

 pachtii has arrived at a certain size ; Tepeil- 

 huitl, festival of the mountains, or rather of the 

 rural divinities who preside over the moun- 

 tains. From the 16th of October to the 4th of 

 November. 



16. Quecholli, month in which the flamingo 

 (phoenicopterus) a bird called by the Mexicans, 

 on account of the beautiful colour of its plumage, 

 teoquechol, the divine heron, arrives on the bor- 

 ders of the lake. From the 5th to the 24th of 

 November. 



17. Panquetzaliztli, from the name of the 

 standard of the god Huitzilopochtli, carried in 

 the processions, during the celebrated festival of 

 Teocualo, or of the god eaten by the faithful, 

 under the form of flour of maize kneaded with 

 blood. From the 25th of November to the 14th 

 of December. 



