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CHAPTER III
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Mexicana_, cap.ciii.Sahagun and Tezozomoc give the name _Cincalco_, To the House of Maize, _i.e._, Fertility, Abundance, the Paradise.

Duran gives _Cicalco_, and translates it "casa de la liebre," _citli_, hare, _calli_, house, _co_ locative.

But this is, no doubt, an error, mistaking _citli_ for _cintli_, maize.] But the real and proper names of that land were Tlapallan, the Red Land, and Tizapan, the White Land, for either of these colors is that of the sun-light.[1] [Footnote 1: _Tizapan_ from _tizatl_, white earth or other substance, and _pan_, in.

Mendicta, Lib.

ii, cap.


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