46. Whitewashing the interior of hollow trees with lime from the excrements of birds and tigers, sounds so extraordinary that we may suspect a mythical sense in the paragraph. _chi [c]ohom_, from _[c]oh_, to dance the sacred dances in their religious rites, “the place of the sacred ceremonies.” Cay Noh, Two Noh, Cay Batz, Two Batz, named after the days of their birth. See Introduction, p. 33. 47. _The same who came from Tulan._ Therefore, from the beginning of the narrative to the present passage, merely the adult life of one man has elapsed. 48. On the positions of the _[t]alel_ and _ahuchan_, see Introduction, p. 37. _ret ri Çactecauh_, “the sign of Zactecauh.” The precise meaning of this expression escapes me. _[c]hopiytzel._ See Sec. 30 for the occurrence alluded to. 49. _Tepeuh_ is identified by Brasseur with the king _Itztayul_, of the Quiches (_Hist. Mexique_, II, p. 485). He considers it a Nahuatl word, but I have elsewhere maintained that it is from the Maya-Cakchiquel root _tep_, filled up, abundantly supplied. See _The Names of the Gods in the Kiche Myths_, pp. 11, 12. It is a term often applied to their Supreme Being. 52. _Cakbrakan_, the god of the earthquake. The myths concerning him are given in the _Popol Vuh_. _Quite to the far East_, literally, “and even to the sunrise.” _ba[c,]bal_, anything drawn out in threads, gold thread, cotton thread, etc. If the word is to be construed adjectively, _puak ba[c,]pal_ would mean “worked metal.” 56. _Ahpop Xahil_, etc.; on the meaning of these titles, see the Introduction, p. 36-7. 63. _Ya [c]otox ul_; _[c]ot_, to chisel, engrave, originally to cut into; hence, applied to the deep valleys or cañons which the rivers cut into the soil. _Ochal_ or _Qabouil Çivan_; the latter name means “the god of the ravine.” The location of this city is unknown, except that it was near the Pacific. The general position of the Akahals was to the east of the Cakchiquels. See Brasseur, _Hist. Mexique_, Tom. II, pp. 502, 530. 64. _Me[t]enalah huyu_, a town in the warm district, the _tierra caliente_, near the southern or Pacific coast. _chuvi vi te_, etc. The translation is doubtful. I follow Brasseur. 66. The names of the four rulers here inserted seem to be of those who held the power after Citan Qatu. Why the author does not relate any incidents of their lives is uncertain. Perhaps they did not belong to his family, and as he was writing rather a family than a national history, he omitted them for this reason. Compare Sec. 75. 67. The Quiche king, Qikab, is frequently mentioned in the _Popol Vuh_. His full name was _[t]a[t]-[c]i-[t]ab_, The Many Hands of Fire. 79. _They wished that the roads should be free_; _rambey akan_, “la franchise des chemins.” I do not find the expression in the dictionaries.