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Show Pl . J~ f/V. ,r.-' , /t ~(} {' A p E N o r xr. the bank, Chore, or edge of the water;, and ·all•the places which have fuch a name are fituated upon the bank of fome lake or river. Thtt ninth .figure is tha.t of a Me·xican mirror, to reprefent the city of Tehu.Hlojocqm, which term fignifi es, place of the mirrors. The tenth figure is that of a hand in the aCt of counting by the fi!h gers, to reprefent the village of Nepohua/co, which word lignifies, . the place where they count, or the place of enumeration. The eleventh figure is that of an arm holding a fi!h, reprelenting. the city of Mi(:hmalojan, which word figoifics, place where the filh are taken, or place of fiG1ing. The twelfth is a piece of an edifice, with the head of an eagle within it, to reprcfent the city of ff<.yauhtinchan, which fignifies, houfe of eagles. The thirteenth figure is that of a mountain, fuch as they ufed to paint in their pictures, and a little above a fmall knife, to rcprefent the city of. 7'/agotepec, which name fignifies, the cut mountain. The fourteenth figure is that of a flower, and beneath it five of thofe p.oints by which they uf~d to exprefs· numbers from one to twenty. With fuch a figure they reprefented the place called Macuilxocbitl, which fignifies, five flowers. This name is fiill ufed to fignify a day of the year; and it is probable, that the foundation of that place hav ... ing been laid on fuch a day it obtained fuch a name. The fifteenth figure is the game of football, reprefenting the city of Tlachco, called by the Spaniards Tafto, which name fignifies the placo where they played at this game. Thofe two [mall round figures in the middle are two mill-fiones, pierced in the center, which were ufed in that game. There were at leall: two cities or villages of this name. The figure of .the fixteenth, reprefents the place of Tecotzauhtla, fignifying the place abounding with ochre. V. Of the figures of the Mexican king.r. Thefe figures are not portraits of the kings, but fymbois of their RAmes. In ·all of them appears a head, crowned in the Mexican il:y~e, and each has its mark to ihew the name of the king reprefented by 1t. 8 Amma- |