the
back, filled with corn, bones, etc. As _mucuc_ signifies "portmanteau,
bag, sack, etc," _mucub_ "a bag or sack made of sackcloth," and
_mucubcuch_ "to carry anything in a sack or folded in a shawl," it is
more than probable we have in these words the signification of the
symbol. The duplication of the _imix_ symbol may be to denote the
plural; or, as the words come from a root signifying "secret, hidden,
covered," it may be to intensify. It is noticeable also that the latter
or right-hand _Imix_ symbol is similar to that used for the mouth _Mac_.

In the right section of Dres. 41b is the glyph shown in plate LXIV, 11,
which, according to the phonetic system that appears to prevail in this
writing, may be translated _yulpolic_, from _yulpol_, "to smooth or
plane wood," or, as given by Henderson (MS. Lexicon), "to smooth, plane,
or square timber, to beat off the log." This interpretation, which is
given here merely because of its relation to the symbol which follows,
is based in part on the following evidence: The left character, which
has _y_ as its chief phonetic element, is the same as the upper
character in the symbol for the month _Yax_ (plate LXIV, 12), and also
the upper character of the symbol for the month _Yaxkin_ (plate LXIV,
13). Other evidence of its use with this value will be presented farther
on, and also in reference to the right character of the above-mentioned
symbol (plate LXIV, 11), which has been given _p_ as its chief phonetic
element. By reference to the figure below the text the appropriateness
of this rendering is at once apparent, as here is represented an
individual in the act of chipping off the side of a tree. This he
appears to be doing by holding in his left hand an instrument resembling
a frow, which he strikes with a hatchet.

The character immediately below the one above mentioned and belonging to
the same series is shown in plate LXIV, 14. It may be interpreted
_mamachah_, "to make flat by repeated strokes." The phonetic value of
the parts is obtained in this way. The upper character with two wings is
Landa's _ma_, except that the circular wings contain the lines or
strokes which the bishop has omitted, and which appear to indicate the
_m_ sound and are observed in the _Imix_ symbol. Colonel Mallery,
comparing this with the sign of negation made by the Indians and that of
the Egyptians given by Champollion (our plate LXIV, 15), concludes that
it is derived from the symmetrically e