CONTENTS.

List of illustrations	Page [206]
Introductory	[207]
Materials for the present investigation	[210]
System of nomenclature	[211]
In what order are the hieroglyphs read?	[221]
The card catalogue of hieroglyphs	[223]
Comparison of plates I and IV (Copan)	[224]
Are the hieroglyphs of Copan and Palenque identical?	[227]
Huitzilopochtli, Mexican god of war, etc.	[229]
Tlaloc, or his Maya representative	[237]
Cukulcan or Quetzalcoatl	[239]
Comparison of the signs of the Maya months	[243]

Figure [48.]	The Palenquean Group of the Cross	221
[49.]	Statue at Copan	224
[50.]	Statue at Copan	225
[51.]	Synonymous Hieroglyphs from Copan and Palenque	227
[52.]	Yucatec Stone	229
[53.]	Huitzilopochtli (front)	232
[54.]	Huitzilopochtli (side)	232
[55.]	Huitzilopochtli (back)	232
[56.]	Miclantecutli	232
[57.]	Adoratorio	233
[58.]	The Maya War-God	234
[59.]	The Maya Rain-God	234
[60.]	Tablet at Palenque	234