. Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . e Cross, in a series of consecutivereckonings that run from the beginning of the great cycle to that of the 9th addition to the computations notated in the ordinary way, an amount of time thatcan be designated in no way I can conceive except by the construction I have put uponthe foregoing glyphs is required to fully cover the interval. If there were only thesetwo kinds of reckoning to deal with, the matter could be easily determined. But thereare three places where
. Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . e Cross, in a series of consecutivereckonings that run from the beginning of the great cycle to that of the 9th addition to the computations notated in the ordinary way, an amount of time thatcan be designated in no way I can conceive except by the construction I have put uponthe foregoing glyphs is required to fully cover the interval. If there were only thesetwo kinds of reckoning to deal with, the matter could be easily determined. But thereare three places where the notation is in still another style, as yet unintelligible to exceptions, however, do not materially affect the point in question, for, aftermaking reasonable allowance for them, the greater periods which I suppose to beexpressed by the foregoing symbols remain necessary as ever to the calculation. Otherunfamiliar characters are coupled with this same directive sign; but as I could onlyspeak conjecturally of them, as of those already given, I will not pursue the subjectfurther. THE HAND AND SCORE Here is another directive sign whose different shades of meaning it is impossible todetermine at present. Until we have a better knowledge of the numerals we can onlyassign to it generally the sense of during, but with that knowledge it will be thesurest guide of all. It is employed, I think, to show the number of scores of daysfrom the beginning of a katun or cycle, as the case may be, to the date immediately inquestion. But, beyond this vague surmise, it will have to be left in abeyance forawhile, as so many things of whose significance we are uninformed must be taken intoconsideration in analyzing its values—the particular position of the hand ; the presenceof additional factors, as the stick in the last glyph ; the single, double or triple natureof the score sign at the end of the finger; and the unfamiliar character of most of thenumerals used in connection w
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