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Page 81. The pyramid of Cholula bore also the 

 names of Toltecatl, Ecaticpac, and Tlachihuatepetl. 

 I presume, that this last denomination is derived from 

 the Mexican verb tlachiani, to see around oneself, and 

 tepetlj a mountain ; because the Teocalli served as a 

 watch tower, to reconnoitre the approach of an enemy 

 in thefwars, which were perpetually occurring between 

 the Cholulains and the inhabitants of Tlascala. On 

 the important question, whether the temple, or rather 

 the pyramid with steps, dedicated to Jupiter Belus, 

 had served as a model for the pyramids of Sakhara, and 

 those of India and China, see Julius von Klaproth, 

 Magasin Asiatique, torn. 1, p. 486 (in German). 



Page 173. It has recently been doubted, whether 

 the Peruvians were acquainted with symbolic paintings, 

 in addition to their quippus. A passage taken from 

 the Origen de los Indios del Nuevo Mundo (Valencia, 

 l6l0), p. 91, leaves no uncertainty on this point. 



