Criticism on Ixtlilxochitl’s Writings 220 ORIGIN OF THE MEXICAN CIVILIZATION--ANALOGIES WITH THE OLD WORLD PRELIMINARY NOTICE Speculations on the New World 225 Manner of its Population 225 Plato’s Atlantis 226 Modern Theory 227 Communication with the Old World 228 Origin of American Civilization 230 Plan of the Essay 231 Analogies suggested by the Mexicans to the Old World 232 Their Traditions of the Deluge 233 Resemble the Hebrew Accounts 234 Temple of Cholula 234 Analogy to the Tower of Babel 235 The Mexican Eve 236 The God Quetzalcoatl 236 Natural Errors of the Missionaries 237 The Cross in Anahuac 238 Eucharist and Baptism 239 Chroniclers strive for Coincidences 241 Argument drawn from these 242 Resemblance of social Usages 245 Analogies from Science 246 Chronological System 247 Hieroglyphics and Symbols 247 Adjustment of Time 248 Affinities of Language 248 Difficulties of Comparison 251 Traditions of Migration 252 Tests of their Truth 253 Physical Analogies 254 Architectural Remains 256 Destructive Spirit of the Spaniards 257 Ruins in Chiapa and Yucatan 258 Works of Art 259 Tools for Building 260 Little Resemblance to Egyptian Art 261 Sculpture 262 Hieroglyphics 263 Probable Age of these Monuments 265