The Belzoni Masonic Mss.

DEDICATED TO THE MASONIC BRETHREN UNIVERSALLY . WISDOM was never more exemplified than when it adopted the Pyramidical and Triangular Form from the sublime architecture of the heavens , machined on the firm basis of eternal stability . The united brethren universall y will adoptI hopethe original form of

, , the Masonic apron , and establish a jubilee to commemorate the restoration of that event , by casting into the flames the present aprons of the unmeaning form of St . Crispin . The plate represents Pharoah Ousirie , King of Egypt , in Masonic communication with one of that order , whose head is covered with a mask which represents the head of the Ibis ; an excellent mode of mystifying . The king

is invested with the triangular Masonic apron , holding in his right hand the grand Masonic emblem and last grade obtained . The seconel drawing represents the Triangular Apron united with the apron of serpents . Masonic Signs and Signals originated in the first separation that took p lace in the family of Adam . From the beginning Cain and his families had ruled with a despotic power over the numerous families of the piassive Adam .

The elders and chiefs had been long looking forward for a proptcious moment to overthrow the tyrannic power which they had so long been subjected to . The moment so anxiousl y hoped for arrived but too soon , in the murder of Abel . Alas , Abel ! son of their hopes , in whom they looked for the fulfilment of the promise , destroyed by his brother , the first-born son of their affliction . From that period discord entered with all its train of evils into the hearts of

the human race . A horrible crime had been committed , a dreadful precedent for the unruly and rebellious spirits . No man felt himself secure from the jealous vengeance of a brother . Suspicion lurked in each eye . Councils were held by the chiefs of the families , and it was decided that Cain , with his families , should separate and establish themselves at a certain distance from that of Adam , Well might the afflicted fratricide exclaim "Mpunishment

y is greater than I can bear . " The murder of Abel was followed b y many important events and inventions of necessity , and many things of serious import to the human race were to be arranged previous to the first separation . From that catastrophe originated the first civil and moral laws established for the general protection . And it was enacted that disobediedce to those laws and regulations were to be be punished by death .

It was a fearful and momentous epoch to the family of Adam . Consultations were held among the chiefs , and great must have been their perplexity to invent and arrange a code of signs and signals that the direct descent of each family from Adam mi ght be known to the others in their further wanderings over the globe . Independent of the general signals , the heads and chiefs invented private signs , sacred among themselvesfor a greater securitand brotherllove .

, y y Likewise each tribe was invested with a standard or banner as a distinctive attribute , representing certain favourite animals , birds , etc ., stuffed and erected on a tree , to be either carried before them or planted before their encampment . Civil and religious laws , signs , and signals , standards , and banners , were the very first inventions of necessity . The serpent was the grand standard

attached to the family of Abel , or that of Seth , who were invested with universal sovereignty , and to whom was given the birthright of Cain forfeited by the murder of Abel , and in whose family the priestly and monarchial characters were afterwards blended ; and in tire course of time , as religion increased ^ the serpent was sanctified and adopted as the armorial and sacred emblematic banner of the monarchial and priestly government united . The mark set upon Cain and his tribes , hy which they were to be known by their brethren , was no doubt represented by or on their banners . The