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disposed. In the second row, reckoning from 
right to left^ we find four hieroglyphics, which 
follow each other in a periodical series. The 
days marked here and there denote the times at 
which the tribute was to be paid. ‘ 
No. 2, 3, 4. What explanation can we give 
of these women’s heads placed near the sign of 
20 ? The cocks and turkeys, delineated in No. 
3, might lead us to think, that these birds were 
equally known to the Mexicans before the con- 
quest; if it were sufficiently proved, that the 
paintings, from which these figures are taken, 
date farther back than the 15th century. I have 
shown in another work*, that the cock of the 
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Indies, known in the islands of the South Sea, 
was introduced into America by the Euro- 
peans. 
The tlamama^oY porters. No. 5, appear to hold 
stalks of maize, or sugar-canes,* in their hands. 
I shall not undertake to determine the species of 
animals beneath the tlamama, and somewhat re- 
sembling the tochtli, or Mexican rabbit. 
No. 7 points out the kind of punishment, 
which was inflicted on the unhappy natives when 
they did not pay the tribute at the time pre- 
scribed. Three Indians, whose hands are tied 
behind their backs, appear to be condemned to 
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