* * * But they did not maintain this order in the figures that they painted and used as hieroglyphics in them, but placed them some looking to one side and some to the other." Gemelli Carreri[28] writes as follows in regard to the Mexican calendar system: "A snake turned itself round into a circle and in the body of the serpent there were four divisions. The first denoted the south, in that language call'd _Uutzlampa_, whose hieroglyphick was a rabbit in a blew field, which they called _Tochtli_. Lower was the part that signify'd the east, called _Tlacopa_ or _Tlahuilcopa_, denoted by a cane in a red field, call'd _Acatl_. The hieroglyphick of the north, or Micolampa, was a sword pointed with flint, call'd _Tecpatl_, in a yellow field. That of the west or _Sihuatlampa_, was a house in a green field, and called _Cagli_. * * * "These four divisions were the beginning of the four terms that made up the age. Between every two on the inside of the snake were twelve small divisions, among which the four first names or figures were successively distributed, giving every one its number to thirteen, which was the number of years that composed an indication; the like was done in the second indication with the same names from one to thirteen, and so in the third and fourth, till they finished the circle of fifty-two years. * * * From what has been said above, there arise several doubts; the first is, why they begin to reckon-their years from the south; the second, why they made use of the four figures, of a rabbit, a cane, a flint, and a house." He then goes on to state that the Mexicans believed the sun or light first appeared in the south, and that hell or inferno was in the north; then adds the following: "Having found this analogy between the age and the year, they would carry the similitude or proportions on further, and, as in the year there are four seasons, so they would adapt the like to the age, and accordingly they appointed _Tochtli_ for its beginning in the south, as it were, the spring and youth of the sun's age; _Acatl_ for the summer, _Tecpatl_ for the autumn, and _Cagli_ for his old age or winter. "These figures so disposed were also the hieroglyphicks of the elements, which is the second doubt; for _Tochtli_ was dedicated to _Tevacayohua_, god of earth; _Acatl_ to _Tlalocatetuhtli_, god of water; _Tecpatl_ to _Chetzahcoatl_, god of air; and _Cagli_ to _Xiuhtecuhil_, god of fire. * * * "The days _Cipactli_, _Michitzli_, _Ozomatli_, and _Cozcaquauhtli_ are companions to--that is, in all respects follow--the order of the four figures that denote the years of an age, viz, _Tochtli_, _Acatl_, _Tecpatl_, and _Cagli_, to signify that every year whose symbol is _Tochtli_ will have _Cipactli_ for the first day of the month; that whose symbol or distinctive mark is _Acatl_ will have _Michitzli_ for the first of the month; _Tecpatl_ will have _Ozomatli_, and _Cagli_ will have _Cozcaquauhtli_."