[232-1] First Ann. Rep. Bur. Ethn., p. 386. [232-2] Dr Brinton (Primer, p. 65) says: "Former students have been unable to explain this design" and suggests that it is a maggot. [232-3] Brinton follows Brasseur in supposing it represents the "grasping hand," and thinks it is a rebus of _mach_, "asir, tomar con los manos." [236-1] Page 66. [237-1] Notwithstanding his definition given above, Dr Brinton suggests in his late work that the symbols of the day bear a close resemblance to some of the sun signs. [238-1] For explanation of the inclosed comb-like characters, Landa's _ca_, see Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, page 355. [239-1] Brinton thinks that in some of the forms it indicates "a trail" or "footprints," which are meanings of _oc_. [240-1] I was not aware that _oc_ had the signification "dog" in any of the Mayan languages, nor do I find that Seler or Brinton appeal to this fact in their efforts to explain the day name in the Maya calendar. However, Dr Brinton remarks that Brasseur and Seler think that some forms of the symbol "portray the ears of a dog, as in some of the Mayan dialects the dog is called _oc_." [240-2] Dr Brinton (Primer, p. 95) says that this is called "an article of food, by Thomas." While this is correct in the sense that I speak of the turkey (_kutz_ or _cuitz_) as food, it is incorrect in giving the impression that I interpret the symbol by "article of food," as I have always interpreted it "turkey." [245-1] Dr Brinton says it is the face of an old woman with a peculiar pointed earmark. [248-1] Brinton says the _ben_ symbol looks to him "like a wooden bridge, the two supports of which are shown and which was sometimes covered with a straw mat." If so, it must be shown in profile, and the hanging marks above (see LXVI, 16, 17, 19) would seem to be without signification; moreover, in LXVI, 18, the supports hang from above, which would, on this theory, imply a hanging bridge. [250-1] Cong. Inter. Americanistes, 1881, tom. 2. [250-2] Dr Brinton says the usual form suggests scattered grain husks, the word for which is _xiix_. [257-1] Jour. Am. Eth. and Arch., II, p. 38. APPENDIX A LIST OF THE DEITIES OF THE DAYS OF THE MONTH IN THE MAORI CALENDAR (AFTER TAYLOR).