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twelve years is governed by one of the five male 
elements. As, among the Mexicans, the fourth 
term of the series of numbers, nahui^ can corres- 
pond, in fifty -two years, only once to the second 
term of the series of signs, acatl; so among the 
Japanese, in a cycle of sixty years, one of the 
five male elements is placed but once with one 
of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The follow- 
ing table, which contains fourteen Mexican and 
Japanese years, will clearly explain the analogy, 
that exists between the calendars of the nations 
of Mexico and of Eastern Asia. 
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