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Hieroglyphs and Picture-Paintings.
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numeral was represented by a different character, and each city giving tribute to the crown; and not only material things, but abstract ideas had their particular characters.
Having, in these latter pages, given a description of Aztec life, customs, character, and accomplishments, we shall be prepared to pursue the history of this people through a period subsequent to the arrival of the' Spanish adventurers in the Gulf of Mexico.
CACTI
