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as an offering, in Tro-Cortesianus 69b with god B and Tro- 

 Cortesianus 78 (PI. 31, fig. 10) in the line of glyphs. The 

 whole deer may be represented as an offering in Tro-Corte- 

 sianus 2b (PL 31, fig. 8).* 



There are some examples in the manuscripts where the 

 deer is pictured quite apart from any idea of the hunt or 

 an offering. In Tro-Cortesianus 14b, it is shown on top of 

 the body of one of the large snakes and in Tro-Cortesianus 

 29c (PI. 31, fig. 3), it appears seated on the end of a snake- 

 like curve. The deer occurs in Tro-Cortesianus 30b (PL 30, 

 fig. 6) in connection with the goddess from whose breasts 

 water is flowing. God B appears in Dresden 41c (PL 31, 

 fig. 1) seated on a red deer. The same animal is also to be 

 noted in Dresden 60a (PL 30, fig. 5) in connection with the 

 combat of the planets, f A deer is seen in Tro-Cortesianus 

 92d seated on a mat opposite a female figure in the same 

 manner as the armadillo on the same page and a dog on the 

 preceding page. These, as previously noted, probably refer 

 to cohabitation. On PL 32, fig. 9, is a deer from the Pere- 

 sianus and PL 32, fig. 12, shows another from Stela N, east, 

 from Copan. 



The Nahua day Magatl signifies deer and we naturally 

 find a large number of glyphs representing this animal among 

 the day signs in the Mexican manuscripts (PL 31, fig. 9; PL 

 32, figs. 8, 10, 11). 



Yucatan Peccary {Tayassu angulatum yucatanense; T, 

 ringens) . Peccaries (Maya, qeqem) of the T. angulatum group 

 are common in Mexico and Yucatan, and a number of local 

 forms have been named. The white-lipped peccaries also 

 occur, but in the figures it is impossible to distinguish the 

 species. These animals are characterized by their prominent 

 snout, curly tail, bristling dorsal crest, and rather formidable 

 tusks, as well as by the possession of hoofs. By these marks 

 most of the figures are readily identifiable (PL 32, fig. 1; PL 



*Forstemann (1902, p. 20) identifies this animal as a rabbit I 

 fForstemann identifies this animal as a dog. 



