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164 On Plates XXX* and XXIX* the head of the black figure is at the right margin of the upper division of the former, while the body and feet are in the left margin of the upper division of the latter. This explanation will be sufficient to make clear what may hereafter be said in reference to the subject-matter of the division of one plate extending over upon the corresponding division of another.

The day characters on this plate, if there were any, are wholly obliterated.

I give below (Fig. 99) an illustration of the day and numeral characters second division of this plate. The black numerals, or those for the month are given here in solid black, the red or day numerals in outline. As the first character in the left column is an unusual one, and the first of the right column is too much obliterated to be determined by inspection, we must ascertain them by means of the intervals.

The third in the left column is certainly Chuen and the fourth Akbal—this gives an interval of twelve days; those of the right column are Been, Chicchan, Caban, and Muluc, the interval being in each case twelve days. This gives for the left column Manik, Cauac, Chuen, Akbal, and Men. The Cauac character, if such it be, is a very unusual one, being identical with that for Men. The first character in the right column is that for Ymix.