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thon's account of the descent or pedigree from the first man, 

 Vulcan stands contemporary with Tubal Cain of the Scrip- 

 tures, who was the " instructor of every artificer in brass 

 and iron ;" and this last name is of the same signification in 

 the Celto-Phoenician, i. e. the celebrated lord smith, or me- 

 tallurgist. 



The author concluded by observing, that such members 

 of the Academy as were Freemasons must be struck by ana- 

 logies which he could not more clearly explain. 



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