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278 AEOUND THE WORLD.
of war. Prospering, they modified and reconstructed their
literature, preserving it from entire destruction. What
remains is known as the ancient Sanscrit of India, a reflex
wave of which ultimately returned to Egypt. Fading
remnants of this fairer race, degenerate descendants of the
original African Aryas, still exist in Central Africa. Dr.
Livingstone describes them as " tall and slender, olive complexioned,
and as intelligent to-day as the peasantry of
Britain."
swedenbokg's most ancient of all bibles.
Those African Aryas not only possessed a literature, but
a Bible rich in nature's teachings. Was not this the veritable
Bible referred to by the Swedish seer ?
Swedenborg, giving an account in his " Memorable Relations
" of what he saw and heard in the world of spirits,
says, " There was a Bible far more ancient than the Jewish
Scriptures, harmonizing perfectl}^ with the revelations of
nature, most of which was lost. But some scraps were
gathered by Moses, and preserved, appearing in what is now
termed the Old Testament. In this remote period of time
people talked in the language of correspondence ; afterwards
the symbolic, or pictorial ; this degenerated into the
hieroglyph ical ; and this again into the various dialects spoken
by the Semitic races." He further says (A. C. 1002).
" The people of these most ancient times never on any
account ate the flesh of any beast or fowl, but fed solely on
grains, fruits, herbs, and various kinds of milk." Referring
to the degeneracy of men, he says, " In the course of time,
when mankind became cruel and warlike as wild beasts, they
began to slay animals, and eat their flesh."
CAIRO AS A CITY.
The Cairo of to-day, including the old city and the new,
has an estimated population of four hundred thousand. The
mixture of races puts to defiance the classifications of eth-