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number of pieces of paper, with which they dreffed 

 the dead body, and took a glafs of water with which 

 they fprinkled the head, faying, that that was the wa- 

 ter ufed in the time of their life. They then dreffed 

 it in a habit fuitable to the rank, the wealth, and the 

 circumftances attending the death of the party. If the 

 deceafed had been a warrior, they clothed him in the 

 habit of Huitzilopochtli ; if a merchant, in that of Ja- 

 cateuclli ; if an artift, in that of the protecting god of 

 his art or trade : one who had been drowned was 

 dreffed in the habit of Tlaloc; one who had been exe- 

 cuted for adultery, in that of Tlazolteotl ; and a drunk- 

 ard in the habit of Tezcatzoncatl, god of wine. In 

 fhort, as Gomara has well obferved, they wore more 

 garments after they were dead than while they were 

 living. 



With the habit they gave the dead a jug of water, 

 which was to ferve on the journey to the other world, 

 and alfo at fucceffive different times, different pieces of 

 paper, mentioning the ufe of each. On configning the 

 firft piece to the dead, they faid : By means of this you 

 will pafs without danger between the two mountains which 

 fight against each other. With the fecond they faid : 

 By means of this you will walk without obstruclion along 

 the road which is defended by the great ferpent. With 

 the third : By this you will go fecurely through the place ^ 

 where there is the crocodile Xochitonal. The fourth was 

 a fafe paffport through the eight deferts ; the fifth 

 through the eight hills ; and the fixth was given in or- 

 der to pafs without hurt through the fharp wind ; for 

 they pretended that it was neceffary to pafs a place 

 called Itzehecajan, where a wind blew fo violently as to 

 tear up rocks, and fo fharp that it cut like a knife ; on 



which 



