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ponding to the”end of summer. From the 17tli 
of August to the 5th of September. 
IS. Ochfpaniztliy a besom, the month appoint- 
ed for cleaning the canals, and repairing the 
dykes and roads ; Tenahiiitiliztli, From the 6th 
to the 25th of September. 
14. PacJitli, name of a parasite plant, which 
begins to bud at this period on the trunks of old 
oaks ; Ezoztli ; Teotleco ; come from the gods. 
From the 26th of Septeinber to the 15th of 
October. 
15. HueypachtU^ month in which the plant 
pachtli has arrived at a .certain size ; l^epeil- 
festival of the mountains, or rather of the 
rural divinities who preside over the moun- 
tains. From the 16th of October to the 4th of 
November. 
16. Quecholli, month in which the flamingo 
(phoenicopterus) a bird called by the Mexicans, 
on account of the beautiful colour of its plumage, 
teoquechol, the divine heron, arrives on the bor- 
ders of the lake. From the 5th to the 24th of 
November. 
17. Banquet zalhtli^ from the name of the 
standard of the god Huitzilopochtliy carried in 
the processions, during the celebrated festival of 
TeocnalOy or of the god eaten hy the faitlifuly 
under the form of flour of maize kneaded with 
blood. From the 25th of November to the 14th 
of December. 
