. Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . This I believe to be simply: 17 days, 14 days, 16 days, 17 days—that is, 64 this number of days should have any special significance, or why it should beexpressed in so absurd a manner as in the latter instance, I cannot say. Neither can Itell why our own adopted prophet uses such an expression as times, times and ahalf, nor what he means by it. When it comes to the language of prophecy anddivination, uninspired folks may as well throw up the sponge. The Mayas may h
. Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . This I believe to be simply: 17 days, 14 days, 16 days, 17 days—that is, 64 this number of days should have any special significance, or why it should beexpressed in so absurd a manner as in the latter instance, I cannot say. Neither can Itell why our own adopted prophet uses such an expression as times, times and ahalf, nor what he means by it. When it comes to the language of prophecy anddivination, uninspired folks may as well throw up the sponge. The Mayas may havebeen trying their hand at one or the other here—though I hate to think it. EXEEC1SES IN DECIPHERMENT. 117. These glyphs precede a reckoning of 537 days, in the usual way. The last is iden-tical, or apparently so, with a glyph that represents 17 days in a number of places. Itis probable, therefore, that the other may be a sign for a 520-day period. There seemsto be no limit to the number of different day periods they had.
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