If we consult the etymology of the name Ku Kulcan we shall have further and striking evidence in support of this conclusion. _Ku_ in the Mayan language means God, and _can_ serpent. We have, then, Ku _Kul_can, God--_Kul_, Serpent, or Serpent-God. What _Kul_ signifies it is not pretended to say, but we may reasonably conjecture that it is a qualifying word to _can_ serpent. _Kukum_ is feather, and it is possible that by being converted into an adjective form it may change its termination into Kukul. The etymology may therefore be Kukumcan Feather-Serpent, or Kukulcan Feathered Serpent. We, however, repose on the first explanation, and unhesitatingly hazard the opinion that, when opportunity is afforded of ascertaining the value of _Kul_, the correctness of our conclusions will be fully justified. And here we may also add that the etymology of Kinchahan, the name of the principal god of the Mayas and corresponding to Tonacatlcoatl of Mexico, is precisely the same as that of the latter. _Kin_ is Sun in the Mayan language, and _Chahan_, as every one acquainted with the Spanish pronunciation well knows, is nothing more than a variation in orthography for _Cään_ or _Can_, serpent. Kin Chahan, Kincaan, or Kincan is, therefore, Sun-serpent. The observation that Quetzalcoatl might be regarded as the incarnation of Tezcatlipoca, or Tonacatlcoatl, corresponding to the Buddha of the Hindus, was based upon the coincidences in their origin, character, and teachings, but there are some remarkable coincidences between the temples dedicated to the worship of these two great teachers--or perhaps we should say, between the religious structures of Central America and Mexico and Hindustan and the islands of the Indian Archipelago, which deserve attention. From the top of the lofty temple at Chichen-itza, just described, Mr. Stephens saw, for the first time, groups of columns or upright stones which, he observes, proved upon examination to be among the most remarkable and unintelligible remains he had yet encountered. "They stood in rows of three, four and five abreast, many rows continuing in the same direction, when they collectively changed and pursued another. They were low, the tallest not more than six feet high. Many had fallen, in some places lying prostrate in rows, all in the same direction, as if thrown intentionally. In some cases they extended to the bases of large mounds, on which were ruins of buildings and large fragments of sculptures, while in others they branched off and terminated abruptly. I counted three hundred and eighty, and there were many more; but so many were broken and lay so irregularly that I gave up counting them." Those represented by Mr. Stephens, in his plate, occur in immediate connection with the temple above described, and enclose an area nearly four hundred feet square.