1881. ] The Manuscript Troano, 639 
as a matter of course, embraces twenty years, but we observe 
TABLE XL. between each period 
four uncounted years. 
We must not presume 
from this that these 
T L2 i 3) 4 years are never counted, 
vei ee 7*| 8*F || as this is contradicted 
g* | 10* | 11* | 12* 
rst re] ge] om not only by the pre- 
4*| 5*| 6*| 7% ceding example but by 
| 8*| o*f{ 1o;ir || others which might be 
eee, ee presented ; still it does 
3 : a indicate that the view 
- th * Z maintained by Perez 
“hd bat ag Betis Ge’ was correct. Assuming 
ery sis that a Katun consisted 
1o /ir | 12 |'r3 of twenty-four years, 
Ab ED a BP we can see from this 
Clery ts table why they were 
9 180 te. {ta numbered in the pecu- 
wits ts liar manner heretofore 
4 $:4.60 9 mentioned. We _ see 
$ for) BF that the years with 
routoes iA which the five, here 
; : : ne marked, begin, are II, 
rr fre (13 | 1 9, 7, 5, 3, in other words 
214 | get's this order necessarily 
Gil PO GS follows if the Katun or 
to lar ir2 | 43 Ahau (we prefer the 
name Katun) consists 
of 24 years. If the upper and lower dark lines are extended 
across so as to include the whole 24 years, the periods will then 
commence with the years 9, 7, $, 3, I, and will, as I believe, give 
us the correct numbers of these Ahaues. 
Our Space will not permit us to give further examples or to 
discuss further the meaning and use of the numerals. But before 
Closing we would ask the reader to turn again to our table No. vit. 
showing the period indicated by the characters on Plates xX—XXII, 
S we see, this embraces part of two cycles, and includes parts 
of me least three Katuns, If I am correct, it will then include a 
Period of time which was considered notable by that people. If 
