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at the beginning of each row, the last sign of the 
preceding row. Mr. Zoega has observed the 
same peculiarity in the Egyptian hieroglyphics ; 
and it is from observations of this kind^ that he 
has judged whether hieroglyphics were read from 
right to left, or from left to right. We find in 
the Codex Borgiaims the sign of motion, the 
print of a foot, sometimes added to the sign of a 
day : I am ignorant of the cause of this singular 
assemblage. 
Of the four rows of the hieroglyphics of the 
day (Plate 27, No. 1), the first, which according 
to the system of the Mexican writing is the 
lowest row, exhibits, from right to left, cifpactli, 
ehecatl, calll, cuetzpalin, and cohuatl; the second, 
miquiztli, mazatl, tochtli, atl, and itzcuhitli ; the 
third, ozomatli, malinalli, acatl, ocelotl, quauhtli, 
and cozcaquauhtli ; the fourth, or the uppermost 
row, ollin, tecpail, quiahuitl, and xochitL We 
have already given * the significations of these 
hieroglyphics. On comparing the figures of the 
27th plate with those published by Valades, Ge- 
melli, Clavigero, and Cardinal Lorenzana, we see 
how inaccurate are the notions, which have been 
hitherto given respecting the signs of the Mexi- 
can calendar. 
The painting, which represents a figure appear- 
ing to have four hands (Plate 27, No. 2), is taken 
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