1 Pop, Poop | Mat of Reeds | begins on 16th July, N. S. 2 Uo | Frog | " 5 August 3 Zip | Tree | " 25 " 4 Zodz | Bat | " 14 September 5 Zec | | " 4 October 6 Xul | End | " 24 " 7 Dzeyaxkin | Summer | " 13 November 8 Mol | To unite | " 3 December 9 Chen | A Well | " 23 " 10 Yax | First | " 12 January 11 Zac | White | " 1 February 12 Quej | Deer | " 21 " 13 Mac | Lid, cover | " 13 March 14 Kankin | Yellow Sun | " 2 April 15 Moan | | " 22 " 16 Pax | Musical instrument | " 12 May 17 Kayab | Song | " 1 June 18 Cumku | Noise | " 21 " { Uayebhaab | Bed of year } | the 5 supplementary days} { Xma kaba kit | Days without name} | from 11th to 15th July} "The Mexicans counted only by cycles; they designated the termination of a cycle by a hieroglyphic representing a bundle of reeds tied up; and they sometimes designated, by an equal number of small circles, the number of cycles which had elapsed, since the beginning of their era corresponding with the year 1091. But the Yucatecos, besides their cycle of 52 years, had another, containing thirteen periods of twenty or twenty-four years each. These last mentioned periods were called _Ajau_ or _Ahau_." [Illustration: YUCATESE IDOL.] [Illustration: YUCATAN EDIFICE.] [Illustration: YUCATAN ALTAR.] THE STATE OF TABASCO. This State, one of the smallest of the confederacy, was, previous to the revolution, a province of the Intendency of Vera Cruz. It bounds eastwardly on the State of Yucatan; south on Chiapas and Oajaca; west on Vera Cruz, and northwardly on the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly the whole of Tabasco slopes gradually towards the sea, and is so extremely flat that it is often subject to inundations, and the communication from village to village and parish to parish cut off altogether, or only practicable in canoes. The State is consequently full of streams, though they are generally short and shallow, whilst their mouths are obstructed by bars and flats. The most remarkable of these streams are--the Pacaitun, or as it is sometimes called, Rio de Banderas; the Usumasinta which also passes through Chiapas; the Tabasco; the Chiltepec; Dos Bocas; Capilco; Rio de Santa Anna; Tonalá or Toneladas; Tancochapa or San Antonio; Uspanapan and the Guachapa or Rio del Paso.