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the Oscans or Baskans or Eskaras, 
since Cantabrians. 
In Europe a multitude of cities, 
rivers and districts bear their names 
from Toledo in Spain to Tula in 
Russia. 
Northern Africa is filled with their 
remembrance and posterity. The 
Western mts called Atlas by the 
Greeks, were formerly called Jld~ 
tala or first highland, now Adla and 
Tedla. Hanteta (whence Anteus) 
Mala , Altara, Atys, &c. were parts 
5i of it. Telia are yet the mts of Al- 
giers. Ptolemy calls the central mts 
of Africa Th alas, and the Eastern 
are Tablet. Those of Eezzan are 
the Gantela . 
Besides the true AtlantCs of Afri- 
ca which were said to have come 
from the Caucasus, we find there the 
JlutololeSp Thalas , Taladas , or Ba- 
radas , (nbw Tofvdos,) Getulians, 
Teladusiy&Lc . all tribes of Atlantes; 
besides the Mara'nles, called also 
Hamantes and Garamantes. Many 
cities bear their names, one of the 
oldest is Talata in the Messalata 
hills of Lybia near Tripoli where is 
a huge mound or altar 340 feet high 
nowZetiten. 
These African and Spanish Atlan- 
tes gave their name to the Atlantic 
Ocean and to the great Atlantis or 
America! called in the Hindu books 
Mala or Tala-tolo the fourth world 
where dwelt giants or powerful 
men. 
America is also filled with their 
names and deeds from Mexico and 
Carolina to Peru. The Tol4ecas 
people of Tol, and Aztlan, Otolum 
near Palenque, many towns of Tula 
and Tolu. The Talas of Michua- 
can, the Matalans, Malans , Tulu- 
kis, &c. of North America, &c. 
Thus all the Western Nations 
trace their cradle to the East and 
Central Asia: while the Chinese 
trace it there also, as well as the 
Hindus of the South and the Tartars 
of the North. 
Besides these traditional proofs, 
two others concur to prove this fact. 
!• The height of these mountains. 
2. The origine of nearly all the do- 
mestic animals and cultivated plants 
and fruits being traced there, where 
they. are found wild to this day, and 
hardly any where else. 
The Imalaya mts as far as known 
are the highest on earth, although 
the Andes of America reach very 
near to the same height; but these 
are volcanic, thus unfit for a very 
early life population & civilization: 
while the Imalaya are primitive and 
fruitful. The highest mts must of 
course have been the first to appear 
above the waters of the ocean; they 
were not then covered with eternal 
snow as now, being low above the 
waves. Their table lands are the 
loftiest and largest on earth; thus 
likely to be the first habitation of 
men and animals. 
The African Atlas has been deem 1 ® 
ed by Jackson in 1820 to be higher 
than Imalaya, because it is seen 245 
miles off, in latitude 32, which he es- 
timates' to indicate a height of 29610 
feet; and the Mountains of Elala in 
Suz lat. 30 seen at 240 miles to be 
28980 feet above the sea. But Other 
travellers lessen one half or one 
third this huge height, stating it to 
be from 14500 to 18000 feet: we have 
however no correct mensuration of 
it, and it may probably be found 
nearer than supposed to the Imalaya 
height. Like the Andes of South 
America; Chimborazo 21425 feet 
high was thought their highest peak, 
but lately Sorata has been found to 
be 25250. 
Although the different travellers 
Who have measured the peaks of Ima- 
laya differ somewhat, yet they all 
agree within a trifle, and in stating 
that the valleys, plains and table 
lands between them support vegeta- 
tion and cultivation at a higher level 
tha e n any other country. 
Dhawala or Tawala ( Hoary) is said 
to be the highest properly measured, 
it is in lat. 19. Webb found it 27550 
feet, while others reduce it to less 
than 27000. But Chumelari has 
been estimated at 30,000 feet. While 
the Celestial Mountains and Mm- 
