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Show A p p E N D I x.. of ikinning hum::m viCtims, at the fdl:ival of the god of ,the goldfrniths. The Tlafcalans called this month Coailhuitl, or general feftival, and reprefcnted it by the figure of a fcrpent wound about a fan, and an Ajacaxtli. The fan and the Ajacaxtli denote the dances which were then made, and the coiled lerpcnt lignifi es their generality. The figure of' the third month is that of a bird upon a lancet. The lancet fignifies the fpilling of blood, which was made during the nights of this month; but we do not know what bird it is, nor what it means. The fourth month is repre[ented by the figure of a fmall building, upon which appea~ fome leaves of ruilies, fignifying the ceremony which they performed in this month of putting rulhes, fword-grafs, ~nd other herbs, dipped in blood, which they !hed in honour of their gods, over the doors of their houfes. The Tlafcalans reprefented the third month by a lancet, to fignify the fame kind of penance; and the fourth month by a large lancet, to denote that during it they did 11:ill greater penance. The figure of the fifth month is that of a human head, with a necklace under it, reprefenting thofe chaplets or wreaths o~ crifp maize which they wore about their necks, and with which they adorned alfo the idol of Tezcatlipoca, from whence the month took the name of 'l'oxcatl, as we have faid above. The fixth month is reprefented by an earthen pot or jug, lignifying. a certain gruel, which they took then called Etzal/i, from which the month took the name of Etz.alqualiztli. The two figures of the feventh and eighth months, appear deiigned to fignify the dances which they made then, and becaufe the dances of the ~ighth month were the greate11:, the figure alfo which reprefents it is greater. Near to thefe figures appear lancets, denoting the aufteriritics pracl:ifed preparatory to thefe feil:ivals. The Tlafcalans reprefented thofe two months by the heads of two lords, that of the month Tecuilhuitontli, or little feil:ival of the lords, appears a young man, and that of the month Huez'tecuilhu£t!,. or grand fell:ival of the lords, fccms an old man. The figures of the ninth and tenth months, are evidently expre!Hve of the mourning which they put on, and the lamentation which they ~ naade \ ,. A p p E N D I X. made for their dead, which obtained the ninth month the ,nam f u· '/h · e o J.Y.J.ttcaz urtl, .or feftival of the dead, and the tenth Hueimiccat"lbuit!. or great feil:ival of the dead j and becaufe the mourning of the t;nth m~nth was the greater, the figure of it alfo is larger. The Tlafcalans pamted for each of thefe two months a ikull with two bones, .but the ikull of the tenth was the larger. The figure of the el~venth month is a broom, by which is .fignified th~ ceremony of fweepmg the pavement of the temples, which ·was in th1s month performed by all; from whence the name Ochpaniztli. 'Ube Tlafcalans painted a hand grafping a broom. The figure of the ·twelfth and thirteenth months is that of a parqjite plant, called by the Mexicans pachtli, which in this feafon twin t:lS about oaks, and from them the twelfth month took its name; becaufe. in the next month this plant is grown up, the figure of it is Iar.ger, and the month takes the name of Hueipachtli. Thefe names, although more ufed by the T1a1calans, were alfo employed by the Mexicans.; we have, however, adopted the names 'Teot/eco and CZ'epeifbJJtt/ in this hiil:ory, as being more commonly ufed by the Mexicans. The figure of the . fourtee~th month is very fimilar to that of the fecond; but we know nothjng of its meaning. The Tlafcalans ufed to repvefent this month by the figure of tltat bird which fome •have called Fiammingo, and the Mexicans ~echo//i, which name the Mexicans gave alfo to the month; becaufe, .at this time, thefe1birds reforted to the Mexican lake. "'i'he figure of the fifte¢nth month is a piece of a Mexican ftandard, lignifying the one ·which was carried at the folemn proceffion of Ii:I uit- 2:ilopochtli, made in this month. The name Panquet·za!it%tli, by which it was called, lignifies no more, as we ha.ve already [aid, than.ihe mount ·ing the 11:~mdard . · The figure of the Jixteenth is thnt of water upon a ll:air, lign ifying th.e defccmt of water, exprelfed by the name Atemoztli, which was ·given to this ·month, either becauf.e this is the feafon of rain in northern countries, or becaufe at this time they held the feil:ival o~ the god& of the mountains and water, to obtain th ~ necefiary 1l10wers. The figure of the feventeenth month, is two or three pieces of wood tied with a cord, and a hand, which, pulling the cord forcibly, binds N n n 2 the |