The Fugitives being Tyrians, and of the great Sidonian family, which, in the language of Homer, comprehended every thing that was ingenious and accomplished, to the exclusion of their opposites, puts us at once in possession of the distinct _intellectual_ character of those about to seek another land; and where, after 2000 years have passed, Time removes his veil of mystery, and discovers the truth of the Homeric tribute,--while over their Asiatic home of a more ancient day, Oblivion with her Lethean flood, has swept even their epitaph and their tomb away! As to the number of the Tyrian Fugitives (more or less), it is immaterial to the proof, or denial, of the truth of this historical work,--for nothing is so deceptive, and yet so certain, as the numerical demonstration in regard to population, and of the human beings that have lived. For instance,--the reader will scarcely believe, that in tracing back his own family only _twenty-five_ generations, there were then living _at that time_, sixty-seven millions, one hundred and eight thousand, eight hundred and sixty-four of his Ancestors,--and that there had lived, _during_, and _at_ that time, one hundred millions, six hundred and sixty-three thousand, three hundred and ninety-six! These apparent incredible results are instantly proved upon the following data of facts and argument; viz., each child must have two parents, each parent had two,--and so on _ad infinitum_,--the result is, therefore, obtained by simply multiplying by two, from each of the first Father and Mother, and then add them together, and each sum total will represent a generation,--the 25th will give the first result,--viz., 67,108,864;--to ascertain _all_ that have lived _during_, and at that period,--the several sums total must be added together, which will prove the second result,--viz., 100,663,396. Therefore,--by the data of this last calculation the 30th generation only, in the ancestral line, has the following result,--3,221,228,672!--(and this but of _one_ person) four times as much as the present population of the Globe, which is estimated at 800,000,000. The great earthly Monarch, Death, has indeed an empire of his own! The metaphysical, or anti-Biblical reader will find in the above results, a high theme for speculative reasoning:--but in tracing back to the Parents of Eden, or to the Diluvian Æra, in order to _sustain_, and not deny, the truth of the Bible, he must remember that,--but, no,--we will not anticipate our own secret for unravelling the above sphinx-like conclusions. In the next Volume, devoted to the Israel Æra, the subject will be investigated with that due consideration, which every proposition demands; having an apparent tendency to question the truth and authority of Scripture. SECTION II. THE VOYAGE AND LANDING IN ANCIENT AMERICA. THE MEANS EMPLOYED TO CONCEAL THEIR DISCOVERY FROM THE ASIATICS AND EUROPEANS--THE BUILDING OF THE FIRST ALTAR, &c.--THE PROPHECIES.