CHAPTER VII. THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS AND CLIFF-DWELLERS. The Casas Grandes of Chihuahua — Ruins in the Casas Grandes and Janos Valleys — Casa Grande of the Rio Gila — Ruins in the Gila Valley — Also in the Valley of the Rio Salado — Ruins in the Cañon of the Colorado — In the Valley of the Colorado Chiquito — Pueblos of the Zuñi River — Zuñi and the “Seven Cities of Cibola” — “El Moro” — Pueblos of the Chaco Valley — Cliff-dwellers — Mr. Jackson’s Discoveries in the Valley of the Rio San Juan — Cliff-houses of the Rio Mancos — Cliff-dwellings on the McElmo — Traditional Origin and Fate of the Cliff-dwellers — Ancestors of the Moquis — Remarkable Discoveries by Mr. Holmes — The Seven Moqui Towns — The Montezuma Legend. CHAPTER VIII. ANCIENT AMERICAN CIVILIZATION AND SUPPOSED OLD WORLD ANALOGIES. — ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, AND HIEROGLYPHICS. Analogies, Real and Fancied — MAYA ARCHITECTURE — The American Pyramid — The Palace of Palenque — The French Roof at Palenque — The Trefoil Arch — Yucatanic Architecture — Uxmal — The Casa de Monjas — Kabah — Casa Grande of Zayi — QUICHÉ ARCHITECTURE — Copan — Circus of Copan — Description by Fuentes — Utatlan — NAHUA ARCHITECTURE — Remains in Oajaca — Mitla — Grecques at Mitla — Remains in the State of Vera Cruz — Cholula — Pyramid of Xochicalco — The Temple of Mexico — Teotihuacan — Los Edificios of Quemada — Maya and Nahua Architecture Compared — Old World Analogies — SCULPTURE — Of the Mounds — At Palenque — At Uxmal — Of the Nahuas — Ancient American Art and its Old World Analogies — Egyptian Tau at Palenque — Serpent Sculpture — Nahua Symbolism probably Asiatic — HIEROGLYPHICS — Maya MSS. and Books — Landa’s Alphabet — Attempts at the Interpretation of Maya MSS. by Bollaert, Charencey, and Rosny — Rosny’s Classification of the Hieroglyphics — Hopes that a Key has been Discovered — The Mexican Picture-writing — Aztec Migration Maps. CHAPTER IX. CHRONOLOGY, CALENDAR SYSTEMS, AND RELIGIOUS ANALOGIES.