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is, the moving or budding of trees. The Mexicans af- 

 terwards didinguifhed their firft month by two names, of 

 which the firft Acahualco, or the ceffation of the waters, 

 did not correfpond with their climate where the rains 

 came in October : but it agrees with the fields of Sennaar, 

 and the northern climes of America, from whence their 

 anceftors came ; and from that the origin of this name 

 appears evidently to be very ancient. The fecond name, 

 that is, Qnahuitlehua, or budding of the trees, agrees 

 much with the word Kimath, ufed by Job to fignify the 

 Pleiades (/), which, in his time announced the fpring, 

 when the trees begin to move. The fymbol of the fe- 

 cond Mexican month was a pavilion, which indicated the 

 great heat prevalent in Mexico in April, before the rains 

 of May come on. The fymbol of the third month was a 

 bird which appeared at that time. The twelfth and 

 thirteenth month had for their fymbol the plant paBliy 

 which fprings up and matures in thefe months. The 

 fymbol of the fourteenth month was exprefled by a cord, 

 and a hand which pulled it, exprelTive of the binding 

 power of the cold in that month, which is January ; and 

 to this fame circumftance the name Tititl, which they 

 gave it alludes. The conftellation Kejil^ of which Job 

 fpeaks to fignify winter, fignifies ' in the Arabic root 

 (which is Kefaf) to he cold and ajleep^ and in the text of 

 Job it is read, " Couldft thou break the cords or ties of 

 Kefil ?" 



Leaving apart the evident conformity which the fym- 

 bols and expreffions of fpring and winter have with thofe 

 of Job, who, in my opinion, flouriflied a ftiort time after 

 the Deluge (as I fay in my eleventh volume), it ought 



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