The Pyramids of Egypt (symbols of self-vanity) rise from a broad base to an _unsupporting_, _useless_, and idle apex:--in Mexican America _the lowest portion of the base is retained, and that only; and upon this simple, but lasting foundation, are erected the perpendicular walls of her sacred Temples,--Sculptured stone forming the façades of the gorgeous edifices_! The point of grandeur of design, is far beyond the useless masses of the Nile; for there can exist no grandeur of design without the association of utility,--physical or mental. The radiant Sun itself would cease to be Sublime, were it in design, or in its powers, to be devoid of its manifold, and creative blessings! The Architect of the Universe in forming the "image of Himself," and in assigning to it the functions of physical power, so organized them,--and the more subtle mechanism of the brain,--that they should illustrate, that all action and thought (apart from Religious duty) should be directed towards utility and excellence! The fact of _improving_ upon the pyramidal Architecture of Egypt, supports the apparent fact that Tyrians alone were the builders of the edifices now under consideration; for (apart from the perpendicular river-wall, which is identical with the sea-wall of ancient Tyrus) a new and distinct order, or style of Architecture, is visible in those Temples, traceable from the base to the Cornice or summit,--and from the compound character, believe that we have correctly termed it _Egypto-Tyrian_.