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A GLIMPSE AT GUATEMALA.

case shows that the reckoning intended to be expressed is 10 Chuens and a 'full count' of days, that is for practical purposes 10 Chuens only, for as in the last reckoning when the full count of Chuens was expressed in the Ahaus, so here the full count of days is expressed in the Chuens.

"The next glyph D 1 is an Ahau sign, preceded by the numeral 12.

"This gives us—

12 Ahaus (12x360) = 4320 days.
10 Chuens (10x20) =  200 days.
4520 days.
4380 days. = 12 years.
 140 days.


"Adding 4520 days, or 12 years and 140 days, to the date 5 Cib 14 Kankin, it brings us to the date 1 Cib 14 Kankin in the thirteenth year of the annual calendar.

"Turning to the inscription we find at C 2 (passing over the first half of the glyph), 1 Cib followed by (the first half of D 2) 14 Kankin, the date at which we have already arrived by computation.

"Passing over the next three glyphs we arrive at another reckoning D 4 gives 10 days, 11 Chuens, 1 Ahau; and the first half of C 5 gives 1 Katun.

1 Katun 7200 days.
1 Ahau  360 days.
11 Chuens (11x20)  220 days.
10 Days   10 days.
7790 days.
7665 days. = 21 years.
 125 days.

"Adding 7790 days or 21 years and 125 days to the previous date, 1 Cib 14 Kankin, it will bring us to 4 Cimi 14 Uo in the thirty-fifth year of the annual calendar, and we find this date expressed in the inscription in the glyphs D 5 and C 6.

"Passing over the next three glyphs we arrive at another reckoning (E 1), 3 Alaus, 8 Chuens, 15 days:—

3 Ahaus 1080 days.
8 Chuens  160 days.
15 Days   15 days.
1255 days.
1095 days. = 3 years.
 160 days.