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Chen, a well, 10. Yax, first, or Yaax, green or blue, though, as the following 

 month is Zac, white, I believe this should be Yaax. 11. Zac, white. 12. 

 duez, a deer. 13. Mac, a lid or cover. 14. Kankin, yellow sun, perhaps 

 because in this month of April the atmosphere is charged with smoke; 

 owing to the woods being cut down and burned, the light of the sun is 

 darkened, and at 5 P.M. it appears red and throws but little light. 15. Moan, 

 antiquated, and its signification forgotten. 16. Pax, any instrument of 

 music. 17. Kayab, singing. 18. Cumku, a thunder-clap, or noise like the 

 report of a cannon, which is heard in the woods while the marshes are dry- 

 ing, or from some other cause. Uayebhaab, Xma kaba kin, which signifies 

 bed, or chamber of the year, or days without name, were the appellations 

 given to the intercalary days, as they appertained to no month to which a 

 name was given. 



Translation of the 20 Days. 



1. Kan, string or yarn of twisted hemp ; it also means anything yellow, 

 or fruit and timber proper for cutting. 2. Chicchan, obsolete ; if it is Chi- 

 chan, it signifies small or little. 3. Gluimi, or Cimf, death or dead. 4. 

 Manik, obsolete, but if the word may be divided, it would signify wind 

 that passes ; for Manis to pass, to buy, and ik is wind. 5. Lamat, obsolete, 

 not understood. 6. Muluc, obsolete ; although, should it be the primitive ol 

 mulucbal, it will signify reunion. 7. Oc, that which may be held in the 

 palm of the hand. 8. Chuen, disused; some say it is equivalent to board. 

 9. Eb, ladder. 10. Been, obsolete. 11. Hix, not used, although, combined 

 with others, it signifies roughness, as in Hixcay, rasp, Hihixci, rough, 12. 

 Men, builder. 12. Gluib, or Cib, wax or gum copal. 14. Caban, obsolete. 

 15. Edznab, obsolete. 16. Cauac, disused, although it appears to be the 

 word cacau. 17. Ahau, king, or period of 24 years ; the day in which this 

 period commenced, and therefore they called it Ahau Katun. 18. Ymix, 

 obsolete ; although it appears to be the same as Yxim, corn or maize. 19. 

 Yk, wind. 20. Akbal, word disused and unknown. 



This is the signification given to those days. 



Peto, Hth April, 1842. 



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