used for indicating stone or flint, probably from the cracks or
fissures in it.

I am not prepared yet to discuss the somewhat similar figures which
assume the form of the St Anthony cross. Various interpretations, as
symbol for "union," "night sun," etc, have been given. However, as this
form is never used as a day symbol, it has no direct relation to the
present discussion.

THE NINETEENTH DAY

Maya, _cauac_; Tzental, _cahogh_; Quiche-Cakchiquel, _caok_, _cook_;
Zapotec, _ape_, _appe_, _aape_; Nahuatl, _quiahuitl_.

The various forms of the symbol of this day are shown in plate
37-48--that by Landa at 37; those of the Troano and Cortesian codices at
38-43, and those from the Dresden Codex at 45-47. The irregular form
given at 44 is from Tro. 28d, and that at 48 from the Peresianus.

This symbol is found quite frequently in combination with other
characters, in some of which its phonetic value can be ascertained with
reasonable certainty. For example, it forms the lower half of the symbol
for the month _Yax_, as seen at LXIV, 12; also in the symbol for the
month _Zac_ (LXVI, 48). In both these instances its chief phonetic
element appears to be the guttural sound _k_, or _ks_. The essential
elements are also found frequently on objects which are undoubtedly of
wood and where no reasonable explanation can be given except that it
signifies "wood" in these places. For example, it is found on what
appear to be boards carried in the hands of individuals, on Tro. 32*b
(LXVII, 49); and it also is seen on what appear to be wooden boxes or
gums from which the honeycomb is being removed, as Tro. 5*c and 9*a. Dr
Seler, who gives quite a different interpretation of the character from
that presented here, admits that these are boards. It is also found on
trees, as Tro. 15*a (shown in LXVIII, 1) and 17*a, and Dres. 26c, 27c,
and 28c. It is marked on the walls of houses or canopied seats, as Tro.
6b, 29*c, and 18*b. Under the last mentioned we observe the _cab_
symbol, showing that it is a building placed on the ground and not on a
stone foundation. It also appears on the ends of beams, as at Tro. 9a
and 22*a. True, Dr Seler contends that these are stones instead of
weight poles, but I think all trappers will decide against him. Again,
it appears on seats (Tro. 13a and 14*a) and also marked on heads, one of
which is shown in LXVIII, 2. That the symbol is not intended to indicate
the different articles on which it is found is e