FRAGMENTS 
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OF 
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AZTECK HIEROGLYPHICKS^ 
DEPOSITED IN THE 
ROYAL LIBRARY OF BERLIN. 
PLATE XXXVI. 
l^HESE fragments are taken from some ancient 
manuscripts, that I purchased dhring my abode 
in Mexico. There can be no doubt, that they 
are lists formed by the collectors of tributes, 
tlacalaquiltecani ; but is not easy to indicate 
the objects designated in these lists. 
No. 1 makes part of a codex Mexicanus of 
agave paper, which is three or four metres in 
length ; and appears to be a register of maize, 
gold ingots, and other productions, which com- 
posed the tribute, tequitl, I am absolutely ig- 
norant what the painter meant to indicate by 
the great number of small squares symmetrically 
