"They counted their eras and ages which they put in their books by groups of twenty years and by lustra of four years. The first year they fixed in the East, calling it _Cuchhaab_; the second in the West, calling it _Hijx_; the third in the South, _Cavac_; the fourth in the North, called _Muluc_." These refer to the four dominical days, which he has given incorrectly. They should be Kan, Muluc, Ix (Hijx), and Cauac. (See Bowditch, 1910, p. 278.) "When these lustra reached five, which is exactly twenty years, they called it a _Katun_ and placed a carved stone upon another, fixing them with lime and sand in the walls of their Temples and the houses of their Priests, as is to be seen today in the edifices which have been spoken of and in certain ancient walls of our Convent in Merida, over which there are cells. In a village called Tixualahtun, which signifies Place-where-a-carved-stone-is-placed-upon-another, it is said that there were Archives where were preserved all the events, as is done in Spain at the Archivo de Simancas. "The common way of counting their age was by these periods or Katuns, as, for instance, to say 'I have sixty years' _Oxppelvabil_--'I have three eras of age,' that is, three stones; for seventy it is three and a half. Wherever it was known that there were not too many barbarians, they continued to live by this count, and it was said to be very accurate, so much so that not only did they know with certainty of an event, but also of the day and month on which it took place."] [Footnote 9.7: A gloss reads "the devil excites their minds."] [Footnote 9.8: A gloss reads "varias cosas que tratamos."] Chapter X