[659] Mex. Antiq., vol. vi, p. 246.
[660] Mex. Antiq., vol. vi, p. 253.
[661] Mex. Antiq., vol. vi, p. 361.
[662] Mex. Antiq., vol. viii, p. 67.
[663] Ibid., vol. viii, p. 137.
[664] Ibid., vol. viii, p. 382.
[665] Ibid., vol. viii, p. 238; washing of hands after meals, see p. 53, Appendix.
[666] Ibid., vol. vi, p. 414; vol. viii, p. 18.
[667] The following is Kingsborough’s account of the Mexican baptism: “The midwife took the infant in her arms naked, and carried it into the court of the mother’s house, in which court were strewed reeds or rushes, which they call Tule, upon which was placed a small vessel of water, in which the said midwife bathed the said infant; and after she had bathed it, three boys being seated near the said rushes, eating roasted maize mixed with boiled beans, which kind of food they named Yxcue, which provision or paste they set before the said boys, in order that they might eat it. After the said bathing or washing, the said midwife desired the said boys to pronounce the name aloud, bestowing a new name on the infant which had been thus bathed; and the name which they gave it was that which the midwife wished.”—Mex. Antiq., vol. vi, p. 45.
[668] Mex. Antiq., vol. vi, p. 248.