Note 59 — III. The Pictorial Elements.
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There are some reasons to believe that at the time of the composition of the Cod. Dres. the priests calculated that the world had then been in existence 3744 years. See Förstemann, in Compte Rendu du Congrés des Américanistes, VII Session, p. 746. Elsewhere, however, another suggestion as to the meaning of that number is offered.