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with the Egyptian, being also an 
Acrostic Alphabet, and above all to 
find that all its signs were to be seen 
in the Glyphs of Otolum. Soon af- 
ter appeared in a supplement to 
Claperton and Denham’s travels in 
Africa, another old and obsolete Ly- 
bian alphabet, not acrostical, found 
by Denham in old inscriptions among 
the Tuarics of Targih and Ghraat 
west of Fezan: which although unlike 
the first had yet many analogies, 
and also with the American glyphs. 
Thinking then that I had found 
the primitive elements of these 
glyphs, I hastened to communicate 
this important fact to Mr. Dupon- 
ceau (in a printed letter directed to 
him in 1828) who was struck with 
the analogy, and was ready to con- 
fess that the glyphs of Palenque, 
might be alphabetical words; al- 
though he did not believe before that 
any American alphabets were extant. 
But he could not pursue any connec- 
tion of ideas, analogies of signs, lan- 
guages and traditions, to the extent 
which I desired and now am able to 
prove. 
To render my conclusions per- 
spicuous, I must divide the subject 
into several parts: directing my en- 
quiries 1st. on the old Lybian alpha- 
bet. 2dly. On the Tuaric alphabet. 
3dly. On their elements in the Ame- 
rican glyphs. 4thly. On the possibi- 
lity to read them. While the exa- 
mination of their language in con- 
nection w r ith the other Atlantic lan- 
guages, will be the theme of my 
third letter. 
I. The old Lybian delineated in 
the Table No. 1, has all the appear- 
ance of a very ancient alphabet, 
based upon the acrostical plan of 
Egypt; but in a very different lan- 
guage, of which we have 16 words 
preserved. This language may have 
been that of a branch of At] antes, 
perhaps the Getulians (GE-TULA, 
or Tulas of the plains) or of the 
Ammonians, Old Lybians, and also 
Atlantes. 
Out of these 16 words, only 5 
have a slight affinity with the Egyp- 
tian, they are 
Nose 
Ifr. L. 
Nif. E. 
Sea 
Mali 
Mauh. 
Saturn 
Siash 
Sev. 
Venus 
Uaf 
Ath. 
Ear 
Aips 
Ap. 
While this Lybian has a greater 
analogy with the Pelagic dialects, 
as many as 12 out of 16 being con- 
similar. 
Eye 
Esh L. 
Eshas P. 
Nose 
Ifr 
Rinif. 
Hand 
Vuld 
Hul, Chil. 
Earth 
Lambd 
Landa. 
Sea 
Mah 
Marah. 
Fire 
Rash 
Purah. 
Moon 
Cek 
Selka, Kres. 
Mars 
Dor 
Hares, Thor. 
Mercury Gqreg 
Mergor. 
Venus 
Uaf 
Uenas. 
Saturn 
Siash 
Satfir, Shiva. 
Jupiter 
Theue 
Theos. 
Therefore the numerical analogy 
is only 32 per cent with the Egyp- 
tian, while it is 75 per cent, with 
the Pelagic. Another proof among 
many that the ancient Atlantes ivere 
intimately connected with the Pela- 
gian nations of Greece, Italy, and 
Spain; but much less so with the 
Egyptians from whom they however 
borrowed perhaps their graphic sys- 
tem. 
This system is very remarkable. 
1. By its acrostic form. 2, By hav- 
ing only 16 letters* like most of the 
primitive alphabets, but unlike the 
Egyptian and Sanscrit. 3. By being- 
susceptible of 22 sounds by modifi- 
cation of 6 of the letters, as usual 
among the Pelagian and Etruscan. 
6. Above all by being based upon 
the acrostics of 3 important series 
of physical objects, the 5 senses re- 
presented by their agents in man, 
the 4 elements of nature and the 7 
planets: which are very philosophi- 
cal ideas, and must have origirated 
in a civilized nation and learned 
priesthood. 5. By the graphic signs 
being also rude delineations of these 
