1444 B. C.] This date has peculiar importance from the fact, that from the words of JOSHUA, Tyrus was then "the _strong City_!" consequently having its walls and means of defence; and by JOSHUA'S not attacking either Sidon or Tyrus, it is evident that they were not regarded as Nations of Canaan,--but as a separate and independent people. It is, also, an important æra from the fact, that one of the Tribes of Israel (Asher) was portioned to possess the land of Canaan that approached "_to_ the strong City Tyre,"--thus were the Israelites in juxtaposition with the Tyrians,--and consequently it is apparent that the custom of Circumcision (optionally) must have been introduced into the Phœnician family at this time; for it is recorded in the Bible, that the great Covenant with ABRAHAM was _discontinued_ by MOSES, during the period of forty years, while journeying through the Wilderness, and that every warrior of Israel, who had left Egypt with the Lawgiver, had ceased to exist: and thereupon, JOSHUA, as the successor of MOSES, was commanded to renew the Covenant with the new race of Israel _born in_ the Wilderness. This was accomplished in the year 1451 B. C.--Now this was only _seven years_ before the Tribe of Asher were located in the immediate vicinity of the Tyrians,--viz., 1444 B. C. The Egyptians received the above custom of the Israelites, while the latter people sojourned with the former, and consequently previous to their Exodus from the Nation of the Nile. By the Egyptians it was practised in the same manner (excepting their Priests) as by the Tyrians,--viz., _optionally_. The Mummies establish this fact. The facility of the Tyrians to receive this custom was not only given by their vicinity to a Tribe of Israel, but from the apparent fact, _that they both spoke the same language_;--the original language of the descendants of Abraham was not lost while they were in bondage in Egypt,--because the _Egyptians spoke the same language as the Israelites_!--These novel and important points we shall endeavour to establish, when reviewing the original languages of Phœnicia, Egypt, Israel, and the two Aboriginal races in the Western Hemisphere, all of which languages will be found to be the same!--and if this present History is correct, those languages _must be radically identical_. Startling as the above may appear to the classic or general reader, we trust that his opinion will not be formed, until he has investigated the argument of the present writer upon the subject, and which will be found in the Second Volume.