[49] Genesis x. 6.
[50] Lessing: “Education of the Human Race.”
[51] “Journal of the Anthropological Institute,” February, 1889.
[52] It is right to say that some writers are not convinced that Nineveh was 60 miles round. They regard Nimroud, Kouyunjik, &c., as so many separate cities.
[53] Or Gilgames. (See Academy, Nov. 8th, 1890.)
[54] “Records of the Past.” New Series, Vol. i.
Transcriber’s Note:
1. Obvious spelling, printers’ and punctuation errors have been silently corrected.
2. Where appropriate, both hyphenated and non-hyphenated words have been retained as in the original.
3. Where appropriate, original spelling has been retained.
4. In chapter 3, for the numbered subsections, the number 4 was incorrectly stated as 5. This has been corrected.