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160 divisions of Plate XXXII; third division of XXXIII; upper division of VIII*, XX*, and XXIX*.

The next group I refer to is found in the upper division of Plate X, and consists of one perpendicular column and two transverse lines, as shown in Fig. 97. Taking the column at the left, proceeding from the top downwards,

I suggest the following interpretation of the four compound characerscharacters [sic]:

"South, tortilla of maize, vase, or pan, of burnt clay, turn 6 (times)." The characters here interpreted yam and xam, I am aware, are apparently identical; but the former, which is a part of that heretofore interpreted "south," is one in reference to which I have been, and still am, in great doubt, especially as it may well be interpreted xamin, "north." The two Imix characters here translated ixim are doubtless used more as symbols than as word characters. The vase, or u character, is, I think, simply added to render definite that to which it is attached. The lowest character (Landa's b) may be heb, "to turn over" or "revolve"; eb, "to elevate"; be, "to march"; or pe, also "to march."

The transverse lines reading from left to right, I would interpret thus: "West, tortilla of maize, pan of burnt clay, 7 (times), deer?."