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conquest, written in his native tongue by a Maya chief, in 1562. 
This also is from an unpublished MSS. The texts will be pre- 
ceded by an introduction on the history of the Mayas ; their lan- 
guage, calendar, numeral system, etc., and a vocabulary will be 
added at the close. No. 11. CENTRAL AMERICAN CALENDARS, A 
number of native calendars and “ wheels,” used by the Mayas, 
Kiches, Cakchiquels, and neighboring tribes, in reckoning time — 
and forecasting the future, will be published for the first time, with 
explanations. From lack of sufficient material, this important 
point in American archeology has remained extremely obscure. 
The collection which it is intended to embrace in this volumeis 
unquestionably unique of its kind. No. 1m. THe ANNALS OF 
UAUHTITLAN. ‘The original Aztec text, with a new translation. 
This is also known as the Codex Chimalpopoca. It is one of the — 
most curious and valuable documents in Mexican archeology. — 
educated native; (4.) Its translation in the Hitchiti, a dial 
cognate to the Creek; (5.) Glossaries and ethnographic notes — 
No. v. THE CHRONICLES oF THE CAKcHIQUELS, These chroni 
cles are the celebrated Memorial de Tecpan Atitlan so often quot 
by the late Abbe Brasseur de Bourbourg. They are invaluable 
for the ancient history and mythology of Guatemalan nations, — 
and are of undoubted authenticity and antiquity. Each of these 
works will be printed in the original tongue, with an English 
translation and notes. Every work admitted to the series will be 
the production of a native, and each will have some intrinsic 1t- 
portance, either historical or ethnological, in addition to its w 
as a linguistic monument. Most of them will be from unpu — 
lished manuscripts, and every effort wiil be made to secure purity 
of text and competent editorship. A subscription to the M 
number will not bind the subscriber to future volumes. tnea 
dress of the publisher is D. G. Brinton, M.D., 115 South Seventh 
street, Philadelphia. 
— Belgian Prize Essays.—From the Belgian Academy comes i 
which, mixing with the waters of small rivers, render them i 
compatible with the existence of fishes, unfit for public SUE 
and hurtful to cattle? 2. A list of the rivers of Belgium ™ 
are now “ depopulated” by reason of impurities produced OF 
tories, with an enumeration also of the fishes useful for food gi 
in the various streams before industrial institutions had sent ' a 
products into the waters. 3. Investigation and indication 
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