| n | 1507 | 5. Gix | n |
1496 | 7. Cauac | . | 1508 | 6. Cauac | . |
1497 | 8. Kan | | 1509 | 7. Kan | Laib |
1498 | 9. Muluc | | 1510 | 8. Muluc | oc |
1499 | 10. Gix | | 1511 | 9. Gix | Katun. |
------|-----------|-----|------|-----------|--------|

------|-----------------|------|--------------------|
| 11th | | 11th |
A.D. | Ajau. | A.D. | Ajau. |
------|-----------|-----|------|-----------|--------|
1512 | 10. Cauac | L | 1524 | 9. Cauac | L |
1513 | 11. Kan | a | 1525 | 10. Kan | a |
1514 | 12. Muluc | m | 1526 | 11. Muluc | m |
1515 | 13. Gix | a | 1527 | 12. Gix | a |
1516 | 1. Cauac | y | 1528 | 13. Cauac | y |
1517 | 2. Kan | t | 1529 | 1. Kan | t |
1518 | 3. Muluc | u | 1530 | 2. Muluc | u |
1519 | 4. Gix | n | 1531 | 3. Gix | n |
1520 | 5. Cauac | . | 1532 | 4. Cauac | . |
1521 | 6. Kan | | 1533 | 5. Kan | Chak |
1522 | 7. Muluc | | 1534 | 6. Muluc | oc |
1523 | 8. Gix | | 1535 | 7. Gix | Katun. |
------|-----------|-----|------|-----------|--------|

The fundamental point of departure from which to adjust the Ajaus with
the years of the Christian era, to count the periods or cycles which
have elapsed, and to make the years quoted by the Indians in their
histories agree with the same era, is the year of our Lord 1392, which,
according to all sources of information, confirmed by the testimony of
Don Cosme de Burgos, one of the conquerors, and a writer (but whose
observations have been lost), was the year in which fell the 7 _Cauac_,
giving in its second day the commencement of 8 Ajau; and from this, as
from a root, all that preceded and have followed it are adjusted
according to the table of them which has been given; and as this agrees
with all the series that have been found, it is highly probable that it
is the correct one.

"At the end of each Ajau Katun, or period o/ 24 years," says a
manuscript, "great feasts were celebrated in honour of the god thereof,
and a statue of the god was put up, with letters and inscriptions." It
must be supposed that these were expressed by means of signs or
hieroglyphics.

The use of this cycle was of very great advantage and importance,
because when, for example, the 8th Ajau was referred to in their
histories in de