The Belzoni Masonic Mss.

and nations had long contemplated the necessity of a general separation and dispersion over the globe , as the lands could not contain the multitude . A convention had been entered into by the heads and chiefs of the nation with Nimrod and Asshur , that the united nations should hy degrees assemble and encamp on the plains of Shinar for an iudefinitive time , where councils were to be held among the rulers to take into serious consideration the arrangement

of the separation and dispersion , Nimrod and Asshur undertaking the supp l ying tho nations with provisions , cattle , beasts of burden , etc ., the governments of the nations there assembled agreeing on their part to assist in erecting the kingdoms of Babylon and Assyria for Nimrod and Asshur , etc . And it was decreed among them that after Babylon was finished , they should , before separating , assist in erecting a monument of gigantic height , as a

record to future generations , and to commemorate the name , and descent , and attributes of each nation assembled there , for the exjiress purpose of a general dispersion of the vast multitudes of the younger branches of Noah . "Let us build us a cit y and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven ; let ns make us a name , lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth . " Whose top may reach unto heaven . These words alone prove that the plan

for building the tower was that of the perpendicular , for hitherto the pyramical and tent form had been used generally , for the pyraniiclical form could never attain or appear high , as its height is lost in the great expanse , and this is what disappoints all travellers on the first view of the pyramids . The wonderful rapidity with which the kingdoms had been raised b y the facility of the level and perpendicular , had caused a great sensation among the rulers of the nations , who were , each anxious to obtain this invaluable secret . Every stratagem had hitherto been practised to discover it without effect . A few of the chiefs entered into a conspiracy in order to obtain the

knowledge of the level and perpendicular , hut deferred it until the Tower of Babel should have attained a certain hei ght , when they would suspend their work . All had gone on in perfect harmony , and all hitherto were anxious to evince their zeal ins'this brotherly iinclertaking , 'when , alas ! "trifles light as air " began to assume a form of hostility . None * but those formin g the conspiracy were aware of what was intended , yet all felt that some threatened mischief -was at handjealously broke forth in all its horrorsand all was

, , anarchy and confusion , which destroyed the well laid plans which had taken many years to arrange in a regular order for the separation , when tho royal and noble associates in architecture , and the discoveries of the greatest discovery ever made in science of the level and perpendicular mode of building , were obliged to fly from the fury of malignant jealousy , in order to retain their secret and their lives . They fledno doubtto the nation established by

, , Mizraim , where such talents were sure to be received with royal honours , and to the confusion which took place at Babel are we indebted for the first perpendicular temples of Egypt . The noble associates had bought their experience dearly , and in order to prevent the monster jealousy from interfering with their grand secret , they consulted with the royal and noble of the nation , and from which consultation a society was formed of the most learned men ,

who were initiated into the secret of the perpendicular , etc . Each royal and noble initiated kept a retinue of workers of their own ; none were permitted to build who were not of that society . They travelled in royal sty le , and each nation they visited added its strength , stability , and power to that fraternity . Signs and signals were invented , so that the initiated wore known to each other in all lands . These associations were denominated under the title of Royal Freemasons . . From the drawings in the tomb of Pharoah Ousirei proves that Freemasonry from the creation and after the confusion of Babel was perfectly conservative . GANAH BELZONI .