There is in the oldest versions no distinct reference to an
antediluvian race, and in India Manu is by common consent the Adam as
well as the Noah of their legends.
[203-1] Prescott, _Conquest of Peru_, i. p. 88; _Codex Vaticanus_, No.
3776, in Kingsborough.
[203-2] And also various peculiarities of style and language lost in
translation. The two accounts of the Deluge are given side by side in Dr.
Smith's _Dictionary of the Bible_ under the word Pentateuch.
[203-3] See the dissertation of Prof. Neve referred to above.
[203-4] _American State Papers_, Indian Affairs, i. p. 729. Date of
legend, 1801.
[204-1] Molina, _Hist. of Chili_, ii. p. 82.
[205-1] Richardson, _Arctic Expedition_, p. 239.
[205-2] Dumont, _Mems. Hist. sur la Louisiane_, i. p. 163.
[205-3] Schoolcraft, _Ind. Tribes_, v. p. 686.
[206-1] Desjardins, _Le Perou avant la Conq. Espagn._, p. 27.
[207-1] Cod. Chimalpopoca, in Brasseur, _Hist. du Mexique_, Pieces
Justificatives.
[207-2] These four birds, whose names have lost their signification,
represent doubtless the four winds, or the four rivers, which, as in so
many legends, are the active agents in overwhelming the world in its
great crises.
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