I have already discussed the question of the assignment of the cardinal symbols to some extent in my former work,[14] and will take for granted that the reader is familiar with what is there stated. That one of the two characters _a_ and _c_ (Fig. 7), denotes the _east_ or sunrise and the other _west_ or sunset, may, I think, be safely assumed from what is given in the work mentioned, and from the evidence presented by Rosny,[15] and Schultz-Sellack.[16] But which, east and which west is the rock on which the deductions have been, so far, split asunder; Rosny and Schultz-Sellack maintaining that _a_ is west and _c_ east, and I that _a_ is east and _c_ west. If we admit that they are correctly placed on this plate it necessitates the admission on my part that I have been incorrect in my reference of two of them. If _a_ is east then I have reversed those denoting north and south; if it is west, then I was correct as to those denoting north and south, but have reversed those indicating east and west. Without at present stating the result of my re-examination of this subject I shall enter at once upon the discussion, leaving this to appear as we proceed. It is well known that each of the dominical days or year-bearers (_Cuch-haab_, as they were termed by the Mayas), Kan, Muluc, Ix, and Cauac, was referred to one of the four cardinal points. Our first step, therefore, is to determine the points to which these days were respectively assigned. I have given in my former paper[17] my reasons for believing that Cauac was referred to the south, Kan to the east, Muluc to the north, and Ix to the west, from which I quote the following as a basis for further argument: "Landa, Cogulludo, and Perez tell us that each of the four dominical days was referred by the Indians to one of the four cardinal points. As the statements of these three authorities appear at first sight to conflict with each other, let us see if we can bring them into harmony without resorting to a violent construction of the language used. Perez' statement is clear and distinct, and as it was made by one thoroughly conversant with the manners and customs of the natives, and also with all the older authorities, it is doubtless correct. "He says, 'The Indians made a little wheel in which they placed the initial days of the year. _Kan_ at the _east_, _Muluc_ at the _north_, _Gix_ or _Hix_ at the _west_, and _Cauac_ at the _south_, to be counted in the same order.' "The statement of Cogulludo, which agrees substantially with this, is as follows: 'They fixed the first year at the east, to which they gave the name _Cuch-haab;_ the second at the west, and called it _Hiix;_ the the third at the south, named _Cauac_, and the fourth, _Muluc_, at the north.'