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ABOEIGINAL WRITING IN MEXICO, ETC. 



by the Toltecs after their withdrawal from Anahuac in the eleventh century of 

 our era, the glyj^hic inscrij^tions, of course, must be referred to a later period. 

 Though I hardly believe in a very high antiquity of the ruins of Central 

 America, I deem it at the same time probable that there existed a pre-Toltecan 

 civilization in that part of the continent. The traditions relating to such a 

 condition, and, indeed, tlie glyphs themselves, corroborate that view. 



Fio. 13. 



GLYPHS ON THE LEFT TABLET IN THE TEMPLE OF THE CROSS. 

 (After Waldeck).* 



* lusertod for the sake of comparison. 



