m of the creative and central power, it is evident that,
besides its literal meaning, _i. e._ an artificial or created
mountain, a "tlachiuhaltepetl" would have been regarded by the
initiated as the Mountain of the Creator, the sacred pyramid, which
was the image of central, dual and quadruple power.

76 The testimony of early Spanish missionaries established the fact
that in ancient Mexico a caste of master builders and masons
existed, whose name, Tulteca, identified them with the ancient
centre of civilization and integral state of Tullan. "Whenever the
natives were asked who had constructed certain edifices, passes and
roads, etc., they invariably answered the 'tultecas,' a Nahuatl word
in current use, which signified 'the skilled artificers or workers
in stone, etc., the master-masons or builders.' "

77 The ancient native name of this volcano was Citlal-tepetl, literally
the Star Mountain, from which it may, perhaps, be inferred that,
from the plains, its high and sharp peak served as a means of
registering the movements of certain stars and planets.

78 China, Prof. Rob. Douglas, p. 259.

79 The Chinese designation ho, applied to the limits of space, is
particularly interesting in connection with the Maya ho and its
homonyms.

80 "The Mongol-Mayan Constitution," The American Antiquarian, May and
June, 1898. It is with all the more genuine appreciation that I
point out how Mr. Wickersham, anticipating my publication of the
same conclusion, has recognized that the Zunis, Mexicans and
Peruvians as well as the Chinese, were ruled by what he aptly terms
the "Quadriform Constitution," since it has taken me years of hard
study to perceive this common basis. I likewise draw attention to
his study in primitive law, "The Constitution of China (Olympia,
1898)," but must remark that I strongly differ from his conclusions
in the recently published Answer to Major Powell's inquiry "Whence
came the American Indians?" (Tacoma, 1899.)

81 Shu King. The Chinese Classics, Legge. Book I, p. 37.

82 Sacred Books of the East, Legge, vol. III, Shu King; also W. H.
Medhurst, Shanghai, 1846.

83 An interesting note in connection with the assignment of color to
the cardinal points in Asia, is given by Schlagintweit (Buddhism in
Thibet, 2