The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-16

An English egyptoioe.st. Mr. W. 81
Adams has hccl for some Tune rN-t-'l
ln am cudeavor 10 solve t-e stiu' t,if,N
enigma of the great pyramid ana 10
elicit from the ancient religious books 'i
the Nile land. and especially from tNf
sO-callsd Book of the Dead, cue 10
inc creed VI early Egypt. IN me folnl.'s
omb0dving the outcome of his researches
bee arrives al Interesting ro.''lls-'iiS i'-
-arIlng the simplicity ana piity OF
fhe Oldest Egyptian fantn. and discerns
in it a curious conformity, $50 far as me
main lines are concerned, 70 'iil7. d" l-it'
That to which. however. we would ar
this time invite particular l.Dh y
sacred books OF Egypt bear out the rec
ord of Genesis as 10 tine seat OF thr
earthly Paradise and thai conrrl H'hiif
The cradle of rhc human race must pr
looked for iu Africa 20 some point in t"e
watershed Of tac >ll'.
Let us mark the grounds FER ms A.
flm4f al "a new identification OF tNe
Garden of Eden. Nr Adams points OUT
that iu tine regions of the great lakes
there are as in The place described in Itl.-
isis. tic .heaIs" of four rivers which
go forth o. water the whole country
q ..cre. beyond the Lambesi lies the land
OF gold. with its miAts OF uA4hohn ail-
tiquitv. and hearln. an odofous herb,
~ which the hieroglyphic name is betru.
suggesting the original of the Hebrew
h.rau converted by The 'iltcAs INTO
hfclluim There is the fountain OF The
winding Niger. and There the source OF
the inunlatug N.ie. There TOO. Is the
Congo tni. river a. "lit, corr -sponiin-
ro fhe Hebrew Perth NrWtiun trans
formed by the Greeks into the Luphra-
ta- hat Mr Adams deems more strik-
ing stul b. tho f. 70 tntt ln t.e i"did
portion of this ereai .as.n ,les tns
garden of paradise. sAiec th'is tud
sluaro miles I'm area. described in glow
ing terms by Stanley as lNi o. animal
lire the sccutre expressing dominion
over which was one Ji iAe lu-i-nia ol
Egyptian deity Amen. rom tH"l gar
don flows single river, the Shdii eA-
artlv as i'm the erptulal account the
single river flowed in the mt Isl 20 water
the garden. which vas li"t'r B" li'
eastward part of the immense watershed
al Eden. Thence. according 10 Mr Ad-
ams's theory. the stream Of hlm 'n emil
grafton found Jos way along iAc hAe7
81 least resistance 20 tle ltilu'
plains OF Egypt probably inc seat or
the most ancient citHN"t.oi Hi 'it
world dinusing ifelf from tne ma OF
the Nile along the shores OF the Mealtel-
TO n certain extent the ground was
prepared for the effort TO connect inc
record of Genesis primarily vain Ola
Eqvrtian rather than with 'haldalc ira
dltious since Egyptian monuments have
t.en gtttlici in the light Of astronomy
there has been a tendency 10 hold that
the civilization Of Egypt was derived
from two souccs ot eHhsihtIDH. An' one
situated i'm the Abyssinian highlands or
elsewhere i'm the watershed OF the Nile,
the Other in NessOpOtamia. Ii is thought.
however. that the northward stream OF
emigration was the earlier Moreover,
MANY AssvriolOgists concur in thinking
thai ancient Chaldea was principally in
debted for civilizing agencies 10 emf
grants coming by way Of the Persian
Gulf from Abyssinia or southwest A-a-
bia. II should also be noted that siuO-
lrg.es are now DISPOSED 10 trace the
origin OF Chinese civilization 10 emil
grants from Chaliea. whose own cul-
ture, rs we have said, is believed by
mGny 10 be derivative. Sc that there Is
something like a consensus OF conjecture
pointing 10 the watershed Of the Nile as
the cradle CT civilized Mathew York
Sun.