The women pictured here have nothing in their hands, which they hold stretched forward, as is usually the case in this section. The first woman carries a vulture on her head. Compare 8a. In regard to it see also Schellhas, "Göttergestalten," p. 31. The hieroglyph of the vulture, which we find repeated on page 17c, 24, 37b, 46, 50, 65, is here hieroglyph 1, usually regarded as the sign of the bat deity, and near it in 4 is _q_. The second woman would have carried the black deity L (hieroglyph 5), to which _q_ is added in 8. The third would have had the dog, _i.e._, the lightning dog, which we find in hieroglyph 9 and in the month sign Kankin; an _a_ is added to them in 12. The fourth woman carries A, as is proved by his signs in 13 and 16. The fifth carries nothing; according to the hieroglyphs 17 and 20 she ought to carry D. Lastly the sixth carries the Moan as is proved by signs 21 and 24. Pages 16c--17c. Muluc 8 13 13 13 8 10 Ix Cauac Kan Muluc. This is a Tonalamatl of 4 × 65 days. The Muluc at the bottom is, therefore, superfluous. I have been obliged to correct the 12 in the last column of the Manuscript by changing it into a 10. The red numerals are again wanting. This passage admirably continues the one in the preceding Tonalamatl containing the women carrying birds, and is also divided into six parts. The hieroglyphs stand thus:-- 1 2 5 6 9 10 13 17 21 3 4 7 8 11 12 14 18 22 15 19 23 16 20 24. Signs 3, 7, 11, 14, 19 and 23 (14 and 15 have changed places) denote women. Of the six women only the first three are here portrayed. The first carries the Moan with which signs 1, 2 and 4 agree perfectly. The second and third carry two birds, which may be parrots of a different species. They are very seldom represented elsewhere and hence their hieroglyphs, 5 and 9, with the added determinative 10 are unfamiliar. In 8 and 12 the well-known determinatives _a_ and _c_ are added. Judging by sign 13 the fourth woman would have carried the same vulture, which we see in the middle section of this page; 15 and 16 are again signs _c_ and _q_. The fifth woman would have carried an unknown bird of prey, the signs of which are 17 and 18, and 18=10; 20 is again _q_, but with a superfix different from that in 16. Finally the sixth woman, like the third in 17b, seems to have carried the dog, as is proved by sign 21, but in 22 the symbol of a bird is again added. This passage ends in 24 with the well-known Imix-Kan. Pages 17c--18c. IV 15 VI 33 XIII 4 IV Ahau Eb Kan Cib Lamat.