From drawings and photographs made by the author, and engraved by the Moss Engraving Co., by the new process of Mr. John C. Moss.
An interpretation of the Maya legend explanatory of the illustration may not be amiss, inasmuch as it shows that the serpent was the symbol of the country. Beginning at the top of the column, it reads as follows:
| Ahau | Eb | Kan | cib | Lamat | |
| A-ha-u | Heb | Kanaan | cib | Lam-a-ti | |
| that is literally: | He-water-Basin | turn | abundant | fluid | submerge the land. |
Freely translated,
The Master of the basin of water turns it: abundant fluid submerges the land.
A glance at the illustration will suffice to show that the interpretation is correct. In my work "The Monuments of Mayax," etc., I give a more complete explanation of it.
The legend reads commencing from the top of the left hand column—