| BOOK I | |
|---|---|
| Ceremonies of Sacrifice | 91 |
| Torturing of the Victim | 92 |
| Sacrifice of Infants | 92 |
| Cannibal Banquets | 93 |
| Number of Victims | 94 |
| Houses of Skulls | 95 |
| Cannibalism of the Aztecs | 99 |
| Criticism on Sahagun’s History | 101 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| Mexican Hieroglyphics—Manuscripts—Arithmetic—Chronology—Astronomy | |
| Dawning of Science | 105 |
| Picture-writing | 106 |
| Aztec Hieroglyphics | 108 |
| Manuscripts of the Mexicans | 109 |
| Emblematic Symbols | 110 |
| Phonetic Signs | 111 |
| Materials of the Aztec Manuscripts | 114 |
| Form of their Volumes | 115 |
| Destruction of most of them | 116 |
| Remaining Manuscripts | 117 |
| Difficulty of deciphering them | 120 |
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