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twelve years is governed by one of the five male 

 elements. As, among the Mexicans, the fourth 

 term of the series of numbers, nahui, can corres- 

 pond, in fifty -two years, only once to the second 

 term of the series of signs, acatl; so among the 

 Japanese, in a cycle of sixty years, one of the 

 five male elements is placed but once with one 

 of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The follow- 

 ing table, which contains fourteen Mexican and 

 Japanese years, will clearly explain the analogy, 

 that exists between the calendars of the nations 

 of Mexico and of Eastern Asia. 



