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FRAGMENTS 



AZTECK HIEROGLYPHICKS 



DEPOSITED IN THE 



ROYAL LIBRARY OF BERLIN. 



PLATE XXXVI. 



These fragments are taken from some ancient 

 manuscripts, that I purchased during my abode 

 in Mexico. There can be no doubt, that they 

 are lists formed by the collectors of tributes, 

 tlacalaquiltecani ; but is not easy to indicate 

 the objects designated in these lists. 



No. 1 makes part of a codex Mexicanus of 

 agave paper, which is three or four metres in 

 length ; and appears to be a register of maize, 

 gold ingots, and other productions, which com- 

 posed the tribute, tequitl. I am absolutely ig- 

 norant what the painter meant to indicate by 

 the great number of small squares symmetrically 



