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twenty, t or one hundred and eighty days, to the 

 same hieroglyphics ; but it is impossible, that, 

 in the same year of three hundred and sixty-five 

 days, the same term of three series, namely, the 

 number, the sign of the day, and the companion, 

 or nocturnal spirit, can coincide more than once. 

 In a year which begins by Cipactli, 



The 11th of January will be... 3d Calli, Xochitl. 



The 10th of July will be. . .1st Calli, Xochitl. 



The 2d of February will be... 12th Cohautl, Tlazolteotl. 



The 1st of August will be. . .10th Cohuatl, Tlazolteotl. 



The 18th of May will be.. 3d Xochitl, Xochitl. 



The 5th of November. . . .will be . 1st Xochitl, Xochitl. 



The employment of the third periodical series, 

 by means of which two days, that have the same 

 number and the same hieroglyphic, are distin- 

 guished ; for instance, 1 Cipactli, correspond- 

 ing to the 9 th of January and the 26th of Sep- 

 tember, was unknown to the greater part of the 

 Spanish historians. It was discovered by Mr. 

 Gama, from the Mexican manuscripts of the 

 Indian Christoval del Castillo. In order to 

 denote a day, according to the complicated 

 method of the Mexicans, we should say, a fourth 

 of a month, which is at the same time a Wed- 

 nesday of the Gregorian, and a quintidi of the 

 French republican calendar. This expression 

 would indicate the coincidence of certain terms 



