History proves the fact that the higher orders of animals and birds, have been selected as the symbolical emblems of different nations,--as for instance, the British Lion,--the Gallic Cock,--the Roman and the American Eagle, and many others. The Dove was the bird of Babylon and Nineveh,--this was natural, as those cities were the most ancient, and nearest to the time of the Deluge,--and consequently the Dove became the apparent emblem of safety; and it is a strong proof of the historical fact of the Deluge and the "Dove." The next beautiful bird of a peaceful character is the Swan, and this was selected by another immediate branch of Noah's family--viz., the Canaanites. It has already been shewn that the house of Canaan was the original of that of the Tyrians. The antiquary, Jacob Bryant, says concerning this emblem of the Canaanites, "that where they, or their descendants (_i. e._ Tyrians) may have settled, there will a story be found in reference to Swans." Now when the above learned writer penned that general remark, he little thought that it would be brought to bear upon the identity of the Tyrians in the Western Hemisphere; and therefore, in its application, it is of greater authority, from that very fact. He says--_that where the Tyrians may have settled, we may expect to hear some story or tradition about a_ SWAN OR SWANS. Admitting this to be truth, (and he is quoted as authority upon antiquities,) _then is there proof that the Mexican Aborigines were Tyrians_, as the following incident from acknowledged history will shew. About two centuries before the Spanish Conquest,--the Aztecas,--(Mexican proper) were oppressed by a neighbouring kingdom; the latter demanded as a tribute, that the former should bring one of their celebrated floating gardens from the Lake of Mexico,--this tributary present was accomplished, with great labour and difficulty. The next year this demand was repeated, and with this addition--viz., _that their emblematical bird_, THE SWAN, should, also, be brought with it, and in the Garden, sitting on her eggs,--and that the present should be so timed as to its arrival, that the eggs should be hatched, when the Garden was presented to the King demanding the National tribute;--this was actually accomplished, _and the Cygnets came forth_ as the imperious Monarch received the present. Now the substance of the above was recorded by the Spanish Historian over three centuries since, and with no idea to establish that those Aborigines were Tyrians;--it may, therefore, be received as a record of fact,--at all events it came to the Historian from the Mexicans as a "story" of their race,--handed down from sire to son, as a "tradition" of their ancestors. In those respects alone--"story or tradition"--the proof of identity required by Bryant is completely established. "Where the Tyrians are you may expect to hear some story or tradition about Swans."--Well then, here is the "story" and "tradition" together with