The next character Dr Seler refers to in this connection is that shown
in plate LXVIII, 25, from Dres. 40c, where the long-nose god is seen
below rowing a boat on the water. The adjoining symbol in the text is a
fish. It is probable therefore that substantially the same
interpretation is to be given here.

The group shown in plate LXIV, 9, consisting of an _Imix_ and _Kan_
symbol, is of frequent occurrence in all the codices. The relation of
the characters in this combination varies, the order being frequently
the reverse of that given in the figure, and again one being placed on
top of the other. They frequently follow deity symbols, especially the
symbol of the so called "Corn god," and in these instances seem to refer
to some attribute of the divinity indicated. However, they are by no
means confined to these relations, being found quite frequently in other
connections. The combination is occasionally borne upon the back of an
individual, as Dres. 16a, and on Tro. 21b it is on the back of a dog. Dr
Seler concludes "that it denotes the copal or the offering of incense."
However, he subsequently[210-1] expresses the view that it may signify
"beans and maize." In a previous work[210-2] some reasons were presented
by me for believing this combination was intended to denote bread or
maize bread. This belief is based on the statement by Landa in his
account of the sacrifices at the beginning of the year _Muluc_, that
they made "images of dogs, in baked earth, carrying bread on the back,"
and the fact that in plate 21 of the Codex Tro., representing the
sacrifices of this year, we see the figure of a dog with this _Kan-Imix_
group on its back. This figure (plate LXIV, 10) probably represents the
images of which Landa speaks, and the symbols on the back, bread or food
in the general sense. Further notice of this combination will be given
under the fourth day, _Kan_.

The character shown in plate LXVIII, 26, from Tro. 20*d, is erroneously
given by Seler as an example of the _kan-imix_ symbol. The two glyphs on
the mat figure are unquestionably _imix_ symbols, though of the two
different types shown in plate LXIV, 1 and 5. He suggests that here it
replaces the deity symbol, but this is contradicted by the fact that in
both groups where it appears the deity symbol is present. The mat-like
figure, which is probably a determinative, shows that it refers to the
sack, bag, or kind of hamper which the women figured below bear on