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FIRST YEAR OP THE AHAU.
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number of the day, and the month as given here are correct, it is easy to determine from our condensed calendar that the year must necessarily have been 4 Kan. As there were twenty-four years in an Ahau, and six were yet wanting to complete that referred to in the quotation, it follows of necessity this 4 Kan was the 18th and that this Ahau must have commenced with the year 13 Cauac and ended with 10 Ix. This will be seen by making a list of the years in regular succession, so that 4 Kan shall be the 18th. We give such a list here (Table No. XI), marking in italics the 4 Kan.

Table XI.

1— 13 Oauac.
2— 1 Kan.
3— 2 Muluc.
4— 3 Ix.
5— 4 Oauac.
6— 5 Kan.
7— 6 Muluc.
8— 7 Ix.
9— 8 Cauac.
10— 9 Kan.
11— 10 Muluc.
12— 11 Ix.
13— 12 Cauac.
14— 13 Kan.
15— 1 Muluc.
16— 2 Ix.
17— 3 Cauac.
18— 4 Kan.
19— 5 Muluc.
20— 6 Ix.
21— 7 Cauac.
22— 8 Kan.
23— 9 Muluc.
24— 10 Ix.

If we place these years in tabular form, as heretofore given, the Ahau will be in the form shown in the annexed table (XII). Here, then, we