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On a close examination of the rock of Inti- 
Guaicu we discovered, that the concentric circles 
were small veins of brown iron ore, very com- 
mon in every formation of sandstone. The fea- 
tures, which indicate the eyes and the mouthy 
are evidently traced by means of some metallic 
tool ; we may suppose, that they were added by 
the Peruvian priests, in order to impose more 
readily on the people. On the arrival of the 
Spaniards, the missionaries were highly inte- 
rested in withdrawing from the eyes of the na- 
tives whatever was the object of ancient venera- 
tion ; and we still find traces of the chisel em- 
ployed in effacing the image of the Sun. 
According to the interesting researches of 
Mr. Vater, the word Intiy Sun, offers no ana- 
logy with any known idiom of the Old Continent. 
In general, out of eighty-three American lan- 
guages examined by this respectable writer, and 
by Dr. Barton of Philadelphia, we have hitbertov 
recognized but one hundred and thirty-seven 
roots, which were found in the languages of Asin 
and Europe ; namely, in those of the Mantchon 
Tartars, the Monguls, the Celts, the Biscayans,, 
and the Esthonians. This curious result seems 
to prove what we have already advanced in 
speaking of the mythology of the Mexicans. It 
cannot be doubted, that the greater part of the 
nations of America belong to a race of men,, 
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