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Purchas , p. 107 o, 1071, &c. B. B- arc figures of temples,nearly rcfembling thofe in Purchas , p. 1109 and 1115, andin l.orenzana , Plate II. C. is a bale of mantles, or cottonclothes, the figure of which occurs in almoft every plate ofPurchas and Lorenzana. E. E. E. feem to be Mexican captainsin their war drefs, the fantaftic ornaments of which refem-ble the figures in Furchas, p. 1 n o , 1111,1113. I Ihouldfuppoi'e this picture to be a tribute - roll , as their mode ofnoting numbers occurs frequently. D. D. I), &c. Accordingto Boturini , the mode of computation by the number ofknots , was known to the Mexicans as well as to the Peru-vians , p. 8 s. and the manner in which the number of unitsis rcprefented in the Mexican paintings in my pofielfion,feems to confirm this opinion. They plainly refemble a firingof knots on a cord or Bender rope.

Since 1 publifhed the former Edition , Mr. Waddilove ,who is Hill pleafed to continue his friendly attention to procureme information, has difcovered, in the Library of the Efcurial,a volume in folio , confiding of forty fheets of a kind ofpafteboard , each the fize of a common fheet of writingpaper , with great variety of uncouth and whimfical figuresof Mexican painting , in very frefh colors , and with anexplanation in Spanifh to moll of them. The firft twenty-two fheets are the figns of the months, days , &c. Aboutthe middle of each fheet are two or more large figures forthe month , furrounded by the figns of the days. The lafteighteen fheets are not fo filled with figures. They feem tobe figns of Deities , and images of various obje&s. Accordingto this Calendar in the Efcurial, the Mexican year contained286 days, divided into 22 months of 13 days. Each day isreprefentcd by a different fign , taken from fome naturalobject, a ferpent, a dog, a lizard, a reed, a houfe , &c.The ligns of days in the Calendar of the Efcurial are pre-cifely the fame with thofe mentioned by Boturini , Idea, &c.p. 4?. But , if we may give credit to that Author , theMexican year contained 360 days, divided into 18 monthsof 20 days. The order of days in every month was comput-ed , according to him , firft by what he calls a trhiecemmy