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APPENDIX. 



CUMKU, 18th INDIAN MONTH. 



1 



2 



3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 



3, Kan, utz, licil u cutal Cumku (good; beginning of 

 Cumku). 



4, Chicchan, lob kin, yalcab u kak ahtoc (bad ; the burn- 

 er gives scope to the fire). 



5, duimi, u lob kin. 



6, Manik, u lob kin. 



7, Lamat, u lob kin. 



8, Muluc, utz u zian ku (a day to attend the temple). 



9, Oe, yutz kin. 



10, Chuen, u lob kin. 



11, Eb, u lob kin. 



12, Been, yutz kin. 



13, Hix, u lob kin. 



1, Men, u lob kin. 



2, Q.uib, u lob kin. 



3, Caban, utz u kin balam haabil. 



4, Edznab, utz ppixichnebal ppolom (the traders watch). 



5, Cauac, u lob kin. 



6, Ahau, u lob kin. 



7, Ymix, utz u payalte lae oac uinabal uli. 



8, Yk, u lob kin. 



9, Akbal, u lob kin. 



June. 



21 



22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 July 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



XMA KABA KIN, OR INTERCALARY DAYS. 







July. 



1 



2 

 3 



10, Kan, yutz kin, u nay eb haab, xma kaba kin ca cu- 

 lac u chun haab poop (cradle of the year, &c.). 



11, Chicchan, u lob kin, u tup kak ahtoc (the burner 

 puts out the fire). 



12, Gluimi, u lob kin. 



11 



12 

 13 



4 

 5 



13, Manik, utz u tial sabal ziil (to make presents). 

 1, Lamat, yutz kin. 





14 

 15 



The next year would commence with 2 Muluc, the following one with 

 3 Hix, the fourth year with 4 Cauac, the fifth with 5 Kan ; and so on con- 

 tinually, until the completion of the 13 numbers of the week of years, 

 which commences with the day Kan ; after which the weeks of Muluc, 

 Hix, and Cauac follow, in such manner that, after the lapse of 52 years, the 

 week of years again begins with 1 Kan, as in the preceding almanac. Re- 

 specting the bissextile, I have already manifested my opinion in the chro- 

 nology of the Indians. 



The translation of the names of the months and days is not as easy as it 

 would appear, because some are not at present in use, and others, again, 

 from the different meanings attached to them, and from the want of their 

 true pronunciation, cannot be correctly understood ; however, be this as it 

 may, I shall endeavour to decipher them as nearly as possible, and accord- 

 ing to the present state of the language, beginning with the months. 



1. Pop, mat of cane. 2. Uo, frog. 3. Zip, a tree. 4. Zodz, a bat. 5. Zee, 

 obsolete. 6. Xul, end or conclusion. 7. Dzeyaxkin ; I know not its significa- 

 tion, although the meaning of yaxkin is summer. 8. Mol, to reunite. 9. 



