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either side, and these, again, are separated into further subdivi- 

 sions, etc. In its frame, on the three sides thereof, we have for 

 markings 3 twelves, or 36 in all, distinctly done. By reference, 

 for similar pictures for similar showings, on the Asiatic Continent, 

 to Dr. Inman's ''Ancient Faiths embodied in Ancient Names," 

 we will find identity of design. (See his illustrations in Vol. 1. on 

 the cover, and on pages 156 and 160, with his exjilanations.) In 

 these illustrations notice the numbers of bunches oi floiciers to mark 

 the catamenia, so arranged as to make 13 by a count of 6 plus 7, 

 also the numbers 18 and 21. He himself notices the number 

 13. "This number suggests an explanation. .\t every lunar 

 period the female has an affection which by its regularity has 

 received the name of menses, or Catamenia, and there are 13 of 

 these periods in the year.'" Notice also, in Vol. II., p. 648, the 

 phallic and yoni symbols of the Christian Church. One of these 

 represents a monk so marked as to show a man's head with a fish's 

 body. There are 12 marks t\)rming the fish. He holds a string of 

 beads, 7X2 or 14 of which are seen. She, standing in an alcove 

 formed by the sun, t'ne mouth of the vagina {7'csica fiscis), holds a 

 string of beads 13 in number, and so arranged as to count 5 and 6 

 and 7. The rays of the sun are arranged so that 18 are seen, and 

 these grouped to form 10, 3. and 5. There are two more but cov- 

 ered rays, making 20 in all. In Sharpe's Egypt one will find the 

 tree of life, a woman in the L)ranches pouring water. It is inverted, 

 so that the roots are in place of the branches, the shaft projecting 

 into the ground (Isis). All these refer to a like symbolization. 

 The fact is, that having caught at the root ideas, or natural basis 

 of symbolic language, our literature is full to repletion of scattered 

 fragments, which can be gathered, collected, recognized, and 

 referred to a whole, or |)erfect ancient mode of communication. 



There is remarkable harmony between the number indications 

 on these slabs with the mound measures and the Gridley standard 

 of measure by which the mound works were constructed. But 

 likewise there is such harmony between the measures of time indi- 

 cated by these numbers and the calendar forms of the Mayas that 

 attention is called to the fact. It is to some extent agreed on that 

 there is connection between the Maya culture and that of the con- 

 .sructors of Palencjue and Copan. Reference is now made to 

 "The Maya Chronicle" by D. G. Brinton. M. D., Philadelphia, 

 1882. He says: "The Mayas had a mathematical turn, and 



