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appears to us still farther justified by the circumstance that the chronological annals of both nations revert to the same period of time as a starting point. As regards the Nahuatls, we refer to the circle of signs engraved on the Calendar Stone which gave us the information that the annalists of Anahuac in the year 1479, counted back twelve hundred and forty-eight years to the celebration of their first festival in honor of the sun; that is, they carried back their political or religious record to the year 231 A. D. The Maya manuscript corresponds to this date, as we think, since the year 242 A. D. resulted from our calculation. It was the year in which the ancient conquerors, after wandering 80 years,

The Maya Ahaues of the MSS., brought into correspondence with the years of the Christian Era:-

Ahanes	Before Christ
10	118
8	98
6	78
4	58
13	18
Ahanes.	Christian Era.
11	2
9	22
7	42
5	62
3	82
1	102
12	122
10	142
8	162
6	182
4	202
2	222
242
11	262	V. Ahan Katun.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$
9	282
7	302
5	322
3	342
1	362
12	382
10	402
8	422
6	442
4	462
2	482
13	502
11	522
9	542
7	562
5	582
3	602
1	622
12	642
10	662
8	682
6	702
4	722
2	742
13	762
11	782	9	802	7	822	5	842	3	862	1	882	12	902	10	922	8	942	6	962	4	982	2	1002	13	1022	11	1042	9	1062	7	1082	5	1102	3	1122	1	1142	12	1162	10	1182	8	1202	6	1222
4	1242
2	1262
13	1282
11	1302	V. Abu Katun.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
9	1322
7	1342
5	1362
3	1382
1	1402
12	1422
10	1442
8	1462
6	1482
4	1502
2	1522
13	1542