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Lizard. Snake. 1. Tiger. Eagle. Vulture. Movement. Flint. 2. Wind. House. Lizard. Snake. Death. 3. Dog. Monkey. Grass. Cane. Tiger. 4. Flint. Rain. Flower. Dragon. Wind. 5. Death. Deer. Rabbit. Water. Dog. 1. Rain. Flower. Dragon. Wind. House. 2. Deer. Rabbit. Water. Dog. Monkey. 3. Eagle. Vulture. Movement. Flint. Rain. 4. House. Lizard. Snake. Death. Deer. 5. Monkey. Grass. Cane. Tiger. Eagle. 1. Lizard. Snake. Death. Deer. Rabbit. 2. Grass. Cane. Tiger. Eagle. Vulture. 3. Flower. Dragon. Wind. House. Lizard. 4. Rabbit. Water. Dog. Monkey. Grass. 5. Vulture. Movement. Flint. Rain. Flower. 1. Water. Dog. Monkey. Grass. Cane. 2. Movement. Flint. Rain. Flower. Dragon. 3. Snake. Death. Deer. Rabbit. Water. 4. Cane. Tiger. Eagle. Vulture. Movement. 5. Dragon. Wind. House. Lizard. Snake. 1. Tiger.[13] Eagle. Vulture. Movement. Flint. 2. Wind. House. Lizard. Snake. Death. 3. Dog. Monkey. Grass. Cane. Tiger. 4. Flint. Rain. Flower. Dragon. Wind. 5. Death. Deer. Rabbit. Water. Dog. 1. Rain. Flower. 2. Deer. Rabbit. 3. Eagle. Vulture. 4. House. Lizard. 5. Monkey. Grass. If we examine the columns of this list, we see that each one contains the days of some one of the four columns of the arrangement heretofore given; not always in precisely the same order, but the same days. Without stopping to attempt a further explanation of this calendar or _Tonalamatl_, which is not within the scope of our present purpose, I merely remark that it is evidently a representation of the Mexican "cycle of two hundred and sixty days," or thirteen months, the common multiple of 4, 5, 13, and 20, and hence a cycle, at the completion of which the day, numeral, &c. (except the month), will be the same as at the beginning. FOOTNOTES: [1] Published in 1882, as a memoir of the Societe d'Ethnographie of Paris. [2] Rosny says by mistake "Planche VII-VIII." [3] A st
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