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days^ were added at the end of the month Ate-- 
moztli. The following are the names of the 18 
months. 
1. perhaps from tititxia^ to glean after 
the harvest ; Itzcalli^ month destined to renew 
and whiten the insides of houses and temples. 
From the 9th to the 28th of January, in the 
first year of the first indiction of the cycle 
2. Xochilhuitl, from the 29th of January, to 
the 17th of February. 
3. XilomanaliztU ; AtlcaJmalco^ which wants 
water or rain ; Quahidtlekua^ month in which 
the trees begin to bud; Cihuailhuitl, women’s 
festival. From the 18th of February to the 9th 
of Marcli. 
4. TlacaxipehuaUztli ; the name of this 
month calls to mind the horrible ceremony, in 
which human victims were flayed for their skins ; 
which, when tanned, formed the priests gar- 
ments, as we see in the hieroglyphic painting 
represented in plate 27 ; Cohuailhuitl, festival 
of the snake. From the 9th to the 29th of 
March. 
5. Tozoztontliy month of vigils, because the 
ministers of the temple were obliged to watch 
during the great festivals celebrated in this 
month. From the SOth of March to the 18th of 
April. 
6. Huey TozoztU, the grand vigil, the grand 
