We shall next discuss the division of these four periods of 46 days each. This division is indicated with especial exactness on these pages, since not merely the length of the separate divisions and the week days are specified, but also the month days. This representation has the additional peculiarity, that the two columns on each page must be read from bottom to top, and of each group of two days standing side by side, the one on the right is to be read first and then the one on the left. If the Tonalamatl were written in the usual manner, it would have the following form:-- X 9 VI 9 II 9 XI 2 XIII 4 IV 9 XIII 4 IV 19 X Ben Ezanab Akbal Lamat. Instead of this we read in greater detail as follows (the pages and the stated _length_ of time are in parentheses):-- (31) X Ben (9) VI Ik (9) II Chuen (9) XI Ahau (2) XIII Ik (4) IV Cimi (9) XIII Men (4) IV Cauac (19). (32) X Ezanab (9) VI Manik (9) II Cib (9) XI Chicchan (2) XIII Manik (4) IV Chuen (9) XIII Ahau (4) IV Kan (19). (33) X Akbal (9) VI Eb (9) II Imix (9) XI Oc (2) XIII Eb (4) IV Cib (9) XIII Chicchan (4) IV Muluc (19). (34) X Lamat (9) VI Caban (9) II Cimi (9) XI Men (2) XIII Caban (4) IV Imix (9) XIII Oc (4) IV Ix (19). In spite of the seemingly wholly irregular division of time, the following relation, which is certainly not accidental, results from this arrangement:--the first of the eight members of each row is one of the days which may begin the year and the months, and the eighth, on the other hand, one of the four regents of the year. The remaining six members are the remaining 12 of the 20 days repeated twice and the second always corresponds with the fifth of its own series, and the third to the sixth and the fourth to the seventh of the following series. Two pictures of god B belong to each of these periods of 65 days, the first of these pictures referring to the divided period of 46 days and the second to the undivided one of 19. It is also in agreement with this that on pages 61 and 62 the fourth, sixth and eighth pictures represent the god as rising from the jaws of a serpent--the serpent being represented each time as lying in water which invariably contains the number 19. As the hieroglyphs belonging to the periods of 46 days are allied to one another, and as this is also true of those belonging to the periods of 19 days, I will first consider the hieroglyphs of the first period by themselves, then those of the second, and the pictures shall be treated in the same manner. Therefore, let us first examine the four pictures (1, 3, 5 and 7) on the right side of the pages:-- 1. The first page shows the god walking with the official staff in his right hand, in his left the hatchet raised for a blow and with the copal pouch hanging from his neck.