That the Hindu list of kings in the race of Cain as above stated is correct, I am by no means certain. I am inclined to think that Budha, if he was not actually Yayati (for Budha merely denotes a sage or philosopher) ought to be omitted, since the fifth generation is not mentioned in the Lunar pedigree. This is a matter of little consequence. For, as the Vedas and Institutes of Menu, which are taken therefrom, particularize, that six only in each line succeeded to sovereign rule, the first-created being the chief of both lines, the fourteen Menus are equally complete whether two were of the third generation, or one of the third, and the other of the fifth. For every nation

admits that the prince who was

saved in the ark,

and who commenced his reign immediately after

therefore, given the race of Cain in the following account is correct admits not of doubt. I have, teenth or last Menu or dynasty. That the Chaldean Solar race; and that, as such, he formed the fourthe deluge, was a patriarch of the old world of the

14 Satyavrata, the prince saved in the ark. 14 Sisuthrus,

As Adam, Swayambhuva, and Alorus, are by their historians considered respectively as the first rulers of the antediluvian world, so is Noah, Satyavrata, and Sisuthrus, considered as the first ruler in the postdiluvian world, and eighth king in succession from the creation. But according to the Menwantara system, being the last Menu, he is recorded as the fourteenth, and this is followed by the Egyptians and Persians. Manetho indicates these fourteen reigns when he makes Mizraim the sixteenth, instead of the first king of Egypt: for, supposing that to have been the seat of government in the old world, he considers the prince who was saved in the ark, and who is invariably called the fourteenth Menu as the fourteenth king of Egypt. He makes Ham the son of Noah the fifteenth, and Mizraim the son of Ham the sixteenth. These fourteen reigns are evidently those called in the old chronicle the reign of the Gods. The author prefaces them with Hephaiston, or the living God (the creative power of the Hindus). Then comes Helius the son of Ephaistus, answering to Swayambhuva, the son of the self-created, and Fohi the son of Heaven. Helius reigned three myriads of years, or 83 prophetic years, and 120 days from the year 817; and the Egyptians suppose him to have died when 900

years were passed.

After Helius, came the twelve divinities, with Cronus, making in all fourteen reigns. In the twelve Egyptian divinities we plainly trace the twelve divine Menus of the Hindus; and in Cronus, the prince who was saved in the ark, in whom time was renewed in the postdiluvian world. For the Egyptians, at different times, equally describe the Deity, the first-created, and the prince who was saved in the ark, under the title of Cronus. The reign of the twelve divinities is stated at 3984 years. But this, properly, is the sum of the Antara of the princes of one race collectively. For 3984÷6 = 664 Savan years of 355 days, which are equal to 645 Egyptian years. This falls short of the average Antara of an Hebrew patriarch, or Hindu Menu, stated at 857 years. But the Hindus calculate from the creation to the deluge; making 1656 years. Whereas the Chaldeans and Egyptians reckon from the return of Cain, or when fifteen myriads of years were passed, answering to A. M. 413. Which reduces the years to 1243; and 857 : 1656 645 1246; leaving a fraction of 177 days in the life of each of the six princes in either and fractions are necessarily rejected in every cypher. Thus is the account of Manetho confirmed by the old chronicle, and each sanctioned

by the Hebrew text of Scripture. The Egyptian tables run thus*.

The Hebrew account of the death of the patriarchs is confined to the race of Seth. Supposing those of the race of Cain to correspond therewith, we have fourteen reigns, or six kings who reigned in succession, in each race, exclusive of Adam and Noah. For although ten generations of patriarchs are recorded, six only reigned in succession. Enoch was translated during the life of his father Jared; and Lamech died five years before his father Methuselah. Consequently neither Enoch or Lamech became kings. And as the deluge was withheld until the death of Methuselah, his grandson Noah was equally excluded from reigning in the antediluvian world. He is therefore recorded

* Vide Letter VI.