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hausted, for the 53d year began again with the day 1 Kan.

Names of the Months. Pop. Uoo. Zip. Zodz. Zeec. Xul. Dze-yakin Mol. Dchen. Yaxx. Zac. Quej. Mac. Kunkin. Moan. Pax. Kayab. Cumkū
Names of the days. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Kan 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3
Chicchan, 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4
Quimij, 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 4 11 5
Manik, 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6
Lamat, 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7
Muluc, 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8
Oc, 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9
Chuen, 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10
Eb, 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11
Been, 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12
Gix,
The following year must begin with 2 Muluc.
Each week had 5 days Kan 10
Chicchan 11
Quimij 12
Manik 13
Lamat 1

It is to be observed here that this arrangement of a calendar of epochs agrees with that in use in the interior of Mexico. There, the numbers from 1 to 13 were combined with four names, Tecpatl, Calli, Tochtli and Acatl, which they had taken, like the Mayas, from the names for the 20 days of the month; and both calendars represent the first days of their weeks of five days as occurring upon the 1st, 6th, 11th and 16th days of the month. From this system