eak of a very ancient and civilized nation.[538:2]

E. Spence Hardy, says:

"The ancient edifices of Chi Chen, in Central America, bear a
striking resemblance to the topes of India. The shape of one
of the domes, its apparent size, the small tower on the
summit, the trees growing on the sides, the appearance of
masonry here and there, the style of the ornaments, and the
small doorway at the base, are so exactly similar to what I
had seen at Anuradhapura, _that when my eye first fell upon
the engravings of these remarkable ruins, I supposed that they
were presented in illustration of the dagobas of
Ceylon_."[538:3]

E. G. Squire, speaking of this, says:

"The Bud'hist temples of Southern India, and of the islands of
the Indian Archipelago, as described to us by the learned
members of the Asiatic Society, and the numerous writers on
the religion and antiquities of the Hindoos, correspond, with
great exactness, in all their essential and in many of their
minor features, with those of _Central America_."[538:4]

Structures of a _pyramidal_ style, which are common in India, were also
discovered in Mexico. The pyramid tower of Cholula was one of
these.[538:5]

Sir R. Kir Porter writes as follows:

"What striking analogies exist between the monuments of the
old continents and those of the Toltecs, who, arriving on
Mexican soil, built several of these colossal structures,
truncated pyramids, divided by layers, like the temple of
Belus at Babylon. _Whence did they take the model of these
edifices? Were they of the Mongolian race? Did they descend
from a common stock with the Chinese, the Hiong-nu, and the
Japanese?_"[538:6]

The similarity in _features_ of the Asiatic and the American race is
very striking. Alexander de Humboldt, speaking of this, says:

"There are striking contrasts between the Mongol and American
races."[538:7] "Over a million and a half of square leagues,
from the Terra del Fuego islands to the River St. Lawrence and
Behring's Straits, we are struck at the first glance with the
general resemblance in the features of the inhabitants. _We
think we perceive that they all descended from the same
stock_, notwithstanding the enormous diversity of language
which separates them from one another."[538:8]

"This analogy is particularly evident