There can be no doubt that Landa's _A_, an exact copy of which is given in the margin, in both varieties, _c_ and _d_, is nothing more nor less than this symbol; for, in addition to the very close general resemblance, we see in it the eye and the dot indicating the nostril. This fact is important, as it gives us some clew to the method adopted by Landa in forming his alphabet. [Illustration: No. 5] _Uech._ Symbol or head of the armadillo of Yucatan. Appears but once or twice and in the Manuscript Troano only. (See Study of the Manuscript Troano, by Cyrus Thomas, pp. 98 and 145). [Illustration][TN-10] _Che._ Wood. (See Study of the Manuscript Troano, by Cyrus Thomas, p. 144). [Illustration: No. 7] _Cab._ Earth, soil; also honey. (See Study of the Manuscript Troano, by Cyrus Thomas, p. 150.) [Illustration: No. 8] _Piz._ Stone or stone heap. (See Study of the Manuscript Troano, by Cyrus Thomas, p. 144). The Maya name of the thing indicated is uncertain, though I am inclined to believe _Piz_, as given in the work alluded to, is correct. [Illustration: No. 9] _U._ The left symbol of this figure appears to stand for vase, and is also used to indicate a pronoun or article when joined to another symbol, as here shown. (See op. cit., p. 145.) [Illustration: No. 10] _Xicim._ The ear. Rosny, Vocabulaire hiératique, No. 185. [Illustration: No. 11] _Hau._ The quarter of a deer. Usually represented as an offering to the gods; in all the manuscripts. [Illustration: No. 12] _Ikilcab._ The bee. Although the figure bears a much stronger resemblance to a beetle than to a bee, there can be no longer any doubt that Brasseur's supposition that it represents a bee is correct. [Illustration: No. 13] Honey in the comb. (See Study of the Manuscript Troano, by Cyrus Thomas, Fig. 20); in the Manuscript Troano only, and always in red. [Illustration: No. 14] _Xamach or Chimix._ A vessel. This symbol, found in all the codices, is apparently explained by its use in the upper division of Plate 27, Cortesian Codex, where it stands over each of four vessels or jars of the form represented in Fig. 374. [Illustration: FIG. 374. Jar from the Cortesian Codex.] This conclusion is greatly strengthened by the fact that the only other symbols in this connection are those of the cardinal points, one to each vessel. These figures are probably intended to denote here the four sacred vessels or amphoræ of the Bacab, though not surmounted, as Brasseur supposed, by human or animal figures.