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Show W$S ' ',28 r ' 'THE aiM(ANMtsilAll.v !', U,& til 'm Tnrnnli In th. May number of the LK I ' IQB J II tt 'I 'Vu'ur&(,iJiAapecmiy In JtWEl I ,11 ffil,' lrMtlugartlol..,l,v.u from the ,4. Pr& !J 4JV ""'' ', It lmltllThe &3ml I Ul1' Mealcin MteiUh "and U from the pen Wtflr. " l llii fr. Oonlnlok Oily. IlglvMaun Kw ' firi f., plauatton of the Heilcan Ira Ittlon re f , H Ifl 1 3i ! ll""o lherl.lt to ihl. continent of K. M1 V' , Qielutuoatl, or th. AlrUod. H.,m BfOP ' li j I 1, "'l'" tal "' tltltappIM to SfW- Ml I I'l thlpr.onR! the ''!, fjjd" Tho M W' III rU.lconlalmi reference! irot on. , !), II, 'M bliTl.ll, but to bl,,tMln , IflML B which wortlhow of puro thrl.tUnlty IfllBfti ' 1'ft ueraof peace and 1 ro.p,,ty, tlu, BoOLfi., JaSgTO I'll "counting for tho ex .'one. of B8I1 I"1" "i',1 H'lnly ludlcato lb, B&H( i ; I Hi ' ' s n '",1 L,en " iHj-i llnhed upon till, continent miny crntirlea j revloui to the adrent of Cortil, the Hpanlnh Inrader. Tho trallll n Include, lb. anticipated r. turnef tli.r.lr Ood,"accordlugtoa promt'e mil ly him when h tnotc nil driartura afir rrlalll.hlng the new order of thlnge, which alollihe.1 wirandrauvd brotherly Iot to take the lac of rttlf an I Uoodahed. llemui of thu espectod leturn of (hU traditional peri7nae, th. con nuet ( Mexico by Cortex wt! hn un lerlaklngof roniparallrelyamall ttltTl-polty ttltTl-polty wtlentli.liotof Inhabitant li numerically compared with the hand (ul ef Inral-re, The nallrei were nni'it-rj with thn llief that Cortex w-tfl fixate- at), rtlumlnj according to h pr untie, at lio nmworrd the IrtJItl nil dinrlitloriof th. Mexican Mreeliti, being wlillu anl laardeil. In referenco to till erwnality tho atlt. :)! Tbe Mnxlcan. bir pre.tr od a roln. utRiilai pirenily an nocurato deicrlp. lion rtticpereonalatpearaneaandhablt! ifi)ieiu4VMil, It wa. a wblto man frlieiuvdln year ant tall In ilature. II r rnhea WMtroadi be bat a large lnr I an I black hair Ho I. deacrlbedai dm tng In a long garment," I)i Dilyrraeone thu. atlotho lm-probability lm-probability of tlili eran being a m.r Inrenllon, liu being convinced that the IraJltlonreferttoa genuine InJlrld uallini: Jt I. therefor iltnicult to euppo.o Iblllble curiously amurat portralturo of lloettatouall wa. a mere Inrenllon In all te parte. Nor le lleailer lo under tulwhyth. oarly Mexican, abould lute 111 at pains to llltenl a Mpeitah odliTereiit rrom themedeei and wlih lueb peeultar attribute. Yet, In eplt ul Jlrui1lT wart, rtrolallone, and In asioulliltaiit lb. breaking up and dleiwreal of tnbee an I nation onco act-lled act-lled hi lh ait region no a passing iindtr ttio nam of Meaton, tbo tradition of Quelaatiwatl, anllboarountof hi per. tonal pccullarlilct, aurtlred among tb (no) lo lo th daja of tho Spanish Inra-tlon." Inra-tlon." Tbo article ttatea that tho religion of tbo Mexhaua, when found ly the Hpanlarde, wai a atrang mixture of tncongrulllr "an araaxlog and mot unnatural combination of what op. pearrdtobo the Clillstlan bellefaand Cbrlitlan virtue, and morality with tho bloody rltea and Idolatrout practice, of pagan Utharlaui. Th. inyeterywat toon eii lalunl to tho Hpanlarda by the Mexican, themielrct. Thu milder portion of tho Mexican rtllglon was that which (liietxatcoatl had taught to Uio Tollcci, a iwilo who had ruled In Mexico tome ccnturln before tho arrlral of the Hpanlirdt. Tho Axtoct wero In sHilon of power when tbo Mex. rant oanie, and It wat they who Intro. Uuctd that part of tho Mexican religion not established by (Juetutcoatl." Th Tolteo rule ceased In Uio elereuth century. They wero a pcoplo remarkably remark-ably advanced In th. art and teloucre, Ulng In tonio rrepoct In adranc of th. Inbabttautt of I'urojie. "About thu year 1030 they dlsappeircd aoulh by a voluntary migration, tho tauto of which rumalna a myitcry." Tb. bcltor-that Is, (tin Toltoct! le of tblt mixed belief, Includod among It. chief feature a recognition of tbo oxl.t eoco of a Huprrm clo.1, rmicxl with all Hie attribute! of ibe Jeho. h of the Jea t. lit wit tht creator an I th ruler of lb unlrenwand tbo fountain of all g l. Huburdlnala to him wore a number of minor deities, anl opposed to him a father of all ovIL Ther waa a laradleo fur th abod ol tbo Just after death, an la placo of dirkne.t an l tor intotfor tho wicked Iher. wat an In tcrniftllat placo. There ha 1 been a common com-mon inolher ef all lnentala aya plctorlally represented at In company with a tor-pent. tor-pent. Her name wat Cloaooall, or Ibo sorpeut woman, and II w at held that by her tin eamo Into Ihowurlt" Kb hail loin chlllren, anl In the Axleo picture r rcaorrcd In the attcan ot Home thoso ohlldrcn arn rejrtsuulcd at rtuarretlag Tho Mexlcana balloted In a universal deluge, frooi which only oue family (that ofCoxcol) escaped. NaverthclOM, they epnko of a racft of wicked gltnU, who hl lurvlrcd tbo flood and built a pyre. inU hi order to reach tbo cloudsj tbo tho god. frustrated their design ly raining down tiro upon It. Tradition aieoclalod iho great pyramid at Uholulu with tills event. The tradl. Hunt of Cloacoatl, Coxcox, tho giant., ao 1 iho pj ramtd at Cbolulu tr. extreme-1) extreme-1) Ilk. a confused aoo,ualnUtui.o with lllbllCAl narratives. Pho s)tut of rosembltnco with real Clirl.ttanlty were loo numeroua and too IeoutUr tu lormlt tho supposition that Hit ennltarlly wa.accl lenlut aud unroal. The only dlflloutly wa to acount for tbo Mse!on of Ohrlsttan knnwle.lge by a jieoplt tu remote anl outlandish or ruber to tracu Ibe Mouthy of Qiolul-coal), Qiolul-coal), the undoubt! tiather of tho Mexlcaus." Tlieohlif alinof Dr. Daly In penning pen-ning lhaartlcl It to tdtntlfy till, traditional tra-ditional dud nf lb Mexlcana. lit ex-treeat ex-treeat conviction that tho tierson tu whom tha tradition rcfiri It not a myth. On thli polut lm Introduce! the 01 lulon cf Lord Kluhsburouh, with wbkli, hoaever, hvdlaugrrui: Ixir 1 Klngsborough make, the ug geetlou that l)iletxatroatl wat no other hau Christ himself, an I In support uf tlilinnluulnstli.il th ph mello ren ler InglulbeMexMn lai gnig nf tbetuo wor 1. "Je.ua tint. I Mould b at nearly at peutbl Quemat Uiatl " 11 doe not moan lo uy II at I lirUt was ever In Meilooi but hi. eugLtstlou Is that tbe Mexicans, hating obtained au only kuowlKlgo of I lirlettenlly and beoom aequalnted tt till the ruiinn anl (haracler ut tu dlvlu foun ler, Imaglnud hi lubso 1 mil age. that Cbrlat lut iwlually been In Mexico, anl so built up tho tradition of 11 Kitu eoall. It it till, theory doot not get rl I of 11 uitktt netontkl-tho pros ui cf a mlislonary lu Mexico, through m- -Jt'BifwmirH whom the poopl wor. lnttmctcd In th triitht (if Chrlsllanlly, and from whom they obtalne I a kn jwledg of Clirnt. Th. following are hell by I)r. Dily lo be, Uyond doubt, ettabllshoil In relation re-lation to Quetx.tcoatl. "(1) It was a whit mt.n from arroti thAtlantli-(3 ho laight religion loth e Mcxlnnsj (J) tho religion be ttnght re ttdncd to after age. many elrong au 1 Mrlklag resemblance to ChrlstUnlty." Tho concluding irtlon of Dr. Dily'a paper la devoted bi an attempt to Identify Iden-tify Quelxttoottl, but this article lisJ already a.eumwl too great length to nlmllof mirotluii n psi.lug allusion to hi. theory on that point. It en-leavort en-leavort to slinw that HI. llrendan, au Irish Calhollo Illsliop nn I tho Mexican Mwslah were one and the timepinoii. Tlili Infnrmic! teem! toui, In view cf Hie evidence presented, alnjularly ab-tut ab-tut J. |