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son of a soldier, the shield and darts 
were buried near the place where 
probably he might at a future day en- 
gage the enemy; with respect to the 
implements belonging to girls, they 
were buried under a metate^ or stone 
bn which the cakes of maize were 
kneaded. When the father, q, and 
the mother, r, of the child, o, were 
disposed to devote him to the ecclesias- 
tical state, they brought him to the 
temple on the twentieth day after the 
ablution. On presenting him at the 
altar, they added offerings of rich stuffs 
and eatables. When the child was old 
enough, they put him into the hands 
^ of the high priest, w, to instruct him 
with respect to the order of the sacri- 
fices. If the parents wished their child 
. to be a soldier, he was offered to the 
teachauch^ p, whose office was to in- 
struct youth in the art of war.” 
Fig. 2. Allowance, or food granted to chil- 
dren at each meal : the father, gives 
precepts to his son, c, three years old, 
marked by three rounds, b. The boy 
of this age had at each meal half a 
cake of maize, d. The mother, e, 
gives precepts to her daughter at three 
years of age, g ; the daughter had 
