Note 624 — Chapter XVI · THE AZTEC CALENDAR.
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Gemelli Careri gives these names in a different order, calling tochtli south, acatl east, tecpatl north, and calli west; further, tochtli earth, acatl water, tecpatl air, and calli fire. Gemelli Careri, in Churchill's Col. Voyages, vol. iv., pp. 487-8; Boturini, Idea, pp. 54-8. The above are only figurative names, as the words for the cardinal points and also for the elements are entirely different in the Mexican language.