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Show 210 FHE PRESENT STATE OF tion beside Israel. But if applied to Israel, its appli- them Moses. would have some These most enlightened And here is their ancient lawgiver, before noted, who speaking of the ‘ theocratic forms of government” of the Zac, Bogota, and Peru, notes the tradition of the former; and of their having been founded by a “ mysterious: personage’’ who, according to the tradition of the Mozcas, (possibly followers of Moses) “ hyedin the temple of the sun at Sogamozo rising two thousand years.” Nothing can be more natural than to view this a traditional notion of Moses’ administration in Israel in the wilderness. The place of their mysterious founder was at Sogamozo—perhaps explained by Sagan Moses. as before noted. ; This their tradition relative to their ancient ae. er, and the structure of their pyramids, so similar to those of Egypt, suggest much relative to the origin a this people. Could the advocates for their Tartai ef - scent find so much in favour of their hypothesis ; coul they truly exhibit the fact, that the whole Vartar ee had, in ancient times, served an apprenticeship 0: number of centuries to the art of making such brick and pyramids as are found in America; (as the - apltee of Israel are supposed to have done in Egypt 3, vee forcibly would they adduce this argument to ey } x Aaa the authors of those pyramids of America es se oe indeed And descent! been of Tartar in my humble opinion, much more force in Be thay of their hypothesis, than in all the arguments have ever been able to adduce. ss Gaia fect for: Sopa One more argument I shall adduce iro D nished in the Archeology. to show that _ the oe oes Ne “ Israel. of tribes natives are fromthe a tradition of atrinity in their Great spire Rhee eos ¥ diffe relative ous article. and an em an: biem of the¥$ir mee was lound on the forks of the Cumberlan d river Havial earth, four feet below the surface, It mayAy ew Dde seen ; and its probably were among the bearing a traditional assemblave of various of the distinguishing religious insignia of ancient Israel. his reminds of the-testimenyvof Baron Humbolt, ISRAEL, the writer | of the Archeology makes this applicati on of it. Jndiam@articie, cailied n by this writer q « tri ane vess. 13 udem@ted as a religi of tradition of their noted laweiver Cholulans most enlightened. the AND rent kinds, and from ditsiCren ‘entt re ions, lo suciia senuiment, is exh ibited > NOt that of Cation is most striking ;” and it contains such facts as might in such a case be expected. If our natives be o} Israel, it is natural to expect JUDAH perfect drawin ; rehxeeoleroo08yys It IL 1sis can dee composed of fine 5. oo a uae clay of light am eS colour, rendered hard by lire; and parts of it pai ned with an >i cyt fe rN > € r nt ‘ io . r : vermilton ; which Pain tis very brifhant. ‘Che vessel contains about a quart, and is of the fo Tr} llowine fivure “or . a The top is a ho llow aisst > em of three inches adiameter, and swelling in size dowaward like a gvourd shell. Against the bulge, there is the ac cu ra te re semblance_ ofthree human ~~ eyr | , ‘ P : : Se ‘ shell by the back > r j ymin In a triangular 3 = = y ; heads, joined each one to the of the head, and each e face outward form, and all of the sa me dimensions, ¥ } . - . at a workmanship of the faces ld: 7 | : and features is excel; l. ent eqgwve ; ° so tha tha 7 t (sa ys the sy wri terty ) “66 ev en a modern art | : ist might be proud of the pertormance.” Th e wri ter in the ‘heeology conceives of it to be an em bl er , three*of their principal of gods, and seems to thi nk of deriving an argument from it in favour of the natiy being of East Indian ex traction. He say s of this ape vessel; * Does it not represent the thr ee Brahma, Vishnoo, and Siva.” Certainly svems veny far fetched! Wh Gods of India, y should they be Supposed to bea repr esentative of those thr ee Kast aan gods, any more than three other heathe n gods on farto! Brahma, Vishnoo, and Siv a are thr ee distinct jan god > ’ s. But this triune vesse/ is one > e : . at . entire thing - . att Must rather then have One God with someth ing us ae x ms been designed to repr esent like three laces, or ch aracters Jne of the faces denote s an old person; the ot : . her two ? Spee persons. The vessel stands on the three ne = yi cks © err heads. each Proj ecting trom the bott [ midd i le om or ~ £ ] part of the vesIRC +n } . "o> . ‘ To 3 ® oePt sel €wri‘er of the Arch eology ire of Beee ob.ali pe niety with Cerns In t} . emma, ‘an ia, —. . VjsVishnoo, ‘ , = the: ye. ° ‘tise le: i} one inch may ‘ ~ Eas e8tt ' | . and a half.e } Imagine ‘a f he € dic is- IndInd ianian wooc. rs.1: hip. and Siv and Sivaa ;: | mayaY cece rtrtai ain} nly | |
