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Then follows an account of the pride and evil-doing of 
Sipacua, and how he destroyed the “ cuatrocientos mucha- 
chos ” (four hundred young men); and the Chronicle 
continues : — 
“ Then follows how Sipacua was conquered and killed; 
how another time he was overcome by the youths Hu- 
nahpu and Xbalanque : to them he appeared contemptible 
because he had killed the four hundred youths. And Si¬ 
pacua was alone fishing and hunting crabs on the river 
banks • this was his every-day diet. Days he spent seek¬ 
ing his food, while at night he moved mountains. Then 
Hunahpu and Xbalanque made an image of a crab. They 
made the large claws of the crab of a leaf which grows 
on the trees and is called ec , and the little ones of other 
smaller leaves called paliac; and the shell and claws 
they made of flat stones. And they made it and placed it 
in a cave under a hill called Meaban, where he was con¬ 
quered. Then they went along and met Sipacua by the 
rivulet, and asked him where he was going. And Sipacua 
replied, — 
“ c I am not going anywhere ; I am only looking for 
something to eat. 
“ And they asked him, 6 What is your food ?’ 
“ c Only fishes and crabs, and I have found none; and 
since the day before yesterday I have not eaten, and now 
I cannot bear my hunger.’ 
“ Then said they: ‘ There is a crab below in the gulch; 
in truth it is very large : would you might eat that! We 
wanted to catch it, but it bit us, and we were in terror of 
it, or else we would have caught it.’ 
“ ‘ Have pity on me and take me where it is,’ said 
Sipacua. 
