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CONTENTS 



OF VOLUME II. 



BOOK VI. 



Religious fyflem of the Mexicans . i 



The gods of Providence and of heaven . . .6 



The deification of the fun and the moon . . 9 



The god of air , . . . . .11 



The gods of mountains, water, fire, earth, night, and hell 15 



The gods of war . . , . .18 



The gods of commerce, hunting, fiftiing, &c. . . 22 



Their idols, and the manner of worfhipping their gods . 26 

 Transformations . . . . .27 



The greater temple of Mexico . . . .28 



Buildings annexed to the greater temple . • 33 



Other temples . . . . . 36 



Revenues of the temples .... 40 



Number and different ranks of the priefts . . . ibid. 



The employments, drefs, and life of the priefts . 43 



The prieftefTes . . . . . .46 



Different religious orders .... 48 



Common facrifices of human victims . . .50 



The gladiatorian facrifice .... 54 



The number of facrifices uncertain . « . 55 



Inhuman facrifices in Quauhtitlan . . . 58 



Aufterities and falling of the Mexicans . . -59 



Remarkable acts of penitence of the Tlafcalans . 63 



Divination 



