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son of a soldier, the shield and darts 

 were buried near the place where 

 probably he might at a future day en- 

 gage the enemy; with respect to the 

 implements belonging to girls, they 

 were buried under a metate, or stone 

 on which the cakes of maize were 

 kneaded. When the father, q, and 

 . the mother, r, of the child, o, were 

 disposed to devote him to the ecclesias- 

 tical state, they brought him to the 

 temple on the twentieth day after the 

 ablution. On presenting him at the 

 altar, they added offerings of rich stuffs 

 and eatables. When the child was old 

 enough, they put him into the hands 

 of the high priest, n, to instruct him 

 with respect to the order of the sacri- 

 fices. If the parents wished their child 

 to be a soldier, he was offered to the 

 tcachauch, p, whose office was to in- 

 struct youth in the art of war." 

 Fig. 2. " Allowance, or food granted to chil- 

 dren at each meal : the father, a, gives 

 precepts to his son, c, three years old, 

 marked by three rounds, b. The boy 

 of this age had at each meal half a 

 cake of maize, d. The mother, e, 

 gives precepts to her daughter at three 

 years of age, g ; the daughter had 



