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Hell., Mictlanteuhcihua, stretching out hei' arms 

 toward the body of the victim. 



No. 8. (Cod. Borg. fol. 47, MSS No. 210). 

 The astrological sign nahid Ollin tonatiuJi, the 

 Sun in its four motions ; which, by prints of feet, 

 or xocpalli, seems to remind us of the positions of 

 the Sun at the zenith, in the equator, and at the 

 solstices*. At the side we find the dates of the 

 days presided over by the asterisms oxomatli, 

 ape; colli, house; and quiahuitl, rain. If these 

 dates were 8 rain, 5 house, and 3 ape, they would 

 answer, according to the disposition of the peri- 

 odical series, to the days in which the Sun is 

 at one of the tropics, at the equator, and in the 

 zenith of the city of Mexico ; but the ciphers 

 added to the hieroglyphics differ several units 

 from those which we have just mentioned. The 

 sign ollin is placed at the extremity of a cylin- 

 drical insect, which appears to be a millipede 

 or scolopendra. I am ignorant of the significa- 

 tion of the astrological symbol, which resembles 

 a cross. 



No. 9. (Cod. Borg. fol. 59). A man and a 

 woman folding children in their arms, and rais- 

 ing one hand toward Heaven. 



No. 10. (Cod. Borg. fol. 23, MSS No. 94). 

 The drinking devil, Tlacatecohttl motlatlaperiani, 



* See vol. xiii, page 35*2 and 399. 



