"Turning now to Landa's work (_Relac. de las Cosas_, Sec.Sec. XXXIV), we are somewhat surprised to find the following language: 'The first of these dominical letters is _Kan_. * * * They placed this on the south, side. * * * The second letter is _Muluc_, which is placed on the eastern side. * * * The third of these letters is _Yx_, * * * and it signified the northern side. The fourth letter is _Cauac_, which is assigned to the-western side.' "This, as we see, places Kan at the south, Muluc at the east, Ix at the north, and Cauac at the west, conflicting directly with the statements made by Cogulludo and Perez. If we turn now to the description of the four feasts as given by Landa, and heretofore quoted, I think we shall find an explanation of this difference. From his account of the feast at the commencement of the Kan year (the intercalated days of the Cauac year) we learn that first they made an idol called _Kan-u-uayeyab_, which they bore to the heap of stones on the south side of the Village; next they made a statue of the god _Bolon-Zacab_, which they placed in the house of the elected chief, or chief chosen for the occasion. This done they returned to the idol on the southern stone heap, where certain religious ceremonies were performed, after which they returned with the idol to the house, where they placed it _vis-a-vis_ with the other, just as we see in the lower division of Plates XX-XXIII of the Manuscript Troano. Here they kept constant vigil until the unlucky days (_Uayeyab-haab_) had expired and the new Kan year appeared; then they took the statue of _Bolon-Zacab_ to the temple and the other idol to the heap of stones at the _east_ side of the village, where it was to remain during the year, doubtless intended as a constant reminder to the common people of what year was passing. "Similar transfers were made at the commencement of the other years; at that of Muluc, first to the east, then to the house, and then to its final resting place on the _north_ side; of Ix, first to the north, then to the _west_; of Cauac, first to the west, then to the _south_. "This movement agrees precisely with the order given by Perez; the final resting places of their idols for the year being the cardinal points of the dominical days where he fixes them; that is, Kan at the _east_, Muluc at the _north_, Ix at the _west_, and Cauac at the _south_. There is, therefore, no real disagreement between these authorities on this point." Most of the modern authors who have touched upon this topic, although in some cases apparently at sea, without any fixed opinion on the subject, are disposed to follow Landa's statement, without comparing it with his account of the supplemental days, and appear to rely upon it rather than upon the statements of Cogulludo and Perez; and hence they refer Kan to the south, Muluc to the east, Ix to the north, and Cauac to the west.