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THE ZODIACAL CYCLE AND YEAR PERIODS. 353
THE YEAR PERIODS — continued.
From 1394 A.D, TO THE Present Time.
NAME OF COMMENCED COM MENCED
CHARACTERS. CHARACTERS.
PERIOD. A.D. PERIOD. A.D.
% Manyen i860 1864
Bunkm 1861 1865
iMEIJI.
The Year Foiod ivhich comiucnced 1868 A.D.,
and still cojiiiiines.
