The Serpent with the Tyrians (who copied it from their neighbours of Egypt) was their Agatho-dæmon,--or _good demon_ of the country,--and would naturally be used to illustrate any strong act of faith, or friendship; and as a mutual act of amity had taken place between these two nations,--the Mother and Child,--for Tyrus was "the Daughter of Sidon,"--it follows that _two serpents_ were necessary to illustrate the compound act. We have seen an ancient Tyrian Coin, on the reverse of which is a Serpent entwining an Egg,--it may be translated thus,--an Egg is the emblem of life, and it being very large upon the Coin in proportion to the Serpent, represents the germ of the Nation's life,--the Serpent by coiling around it, presents the _good demon_ (power or Spirit) of the Country protecting the Egg, or Nation, from external injury by its numerous embraces,--the warmth of which would, also, bring it into active life. The Altar is described as standing "on four _globes_ cut out of the stone,"--now a globe conveys the idea only of a perfect sphere, but from the drawings of the Altar these "globes" are distinctly _oval_, and consequently represent the form of _Eggs_ and not "globes!" On the Coin above alluded to, the Egg is a principal emblem, and that of life,--and those symbols forming the Corner-stones, or foundation of the Altar, seem to illustrate that the story of the Sculpture represents the very _existence_,--or _rather the birth of the Nation_ in its present locality, (_i. e._ Copan). This we believe is the fact, and the warrant for the assertion we will hereafter prove to be founded on the authority of Classical History itself. This Altar we have ever regarded as the Key-stone to the Arch, of these historical sepulchres, and architectural wonders of the Western wilderness. The Serpents and the Eggs then are essentially Tyrian emblems.