ANALYTICAL TABLE OP CONTENTS. XXXI 



CHAPTER 20. Notwithstanding all that hath bene said, it is more 

 likely that the first inhabitants of the Indies came by land. 



The beasts could not have come by sea 57 



No new creation in America 58 



Beasts could not have swum to the New World - 59 



Belief of the Author in a narrow strait 60 



CHAPTER 21. By what means tame beasts passed to the Indies. 



The Indians could only make short voyages 61 



No beasts on the West Indian Islands 62 



Animals reach islands by swimming 63 



CHAPTER 22. That the lineage of the Indians hath not passed by 

 the Atlantis Island as some do imagine. 



The Atlantis of Plato 64 



Atlantis a fable 66 



Pliny on Mount Atlas and Atlantis 66 



CHAPTER 23. That the opinion of many which hold that the first 

 race of the Indians comes from the Jews is not true. 



A text of Esdras applied to the Indies 67 



Resemblance between dress of Jews and Indians - 67 



Points of difference 68 



The opinion confuted 69 



CHAPTER 24. The reason why we can find no beginning of the 



Indians. 



The peopling of the Indies was gradual 69 



The first arrivals savage and hunters 70 



CHAPTER 25. What the Indians report of their beginning. 



Tradition of a deluge 70 



Origin of the Yncas 71 



Origin of American civilizations 72 



