We should not forget the Inca civilization in Central America. Lake Titicaca is an inland sea of 3,000 square miles. This huge lake is the cradle of a vanished civilization^__that of the Incas.

    Now I will try to show how the script of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa, that is Sapta Sindhu, old Punjab and Sind, was carried thousands of miles away to the Eastern island. My idea is only a theory, and I trust that some scholars can base their further research on the materials supplied by me. ^__I would add a word more about the age of the wooden tablets. Professor Hevesy in his paper gives illustrations of seals of Mohenjo Daro and of the tablets found at Easter island; about the later he says "un des 'bois parlants' de l'lle de Paques; la tablette dite Mamari conservee par les Freres de Picpus a Braine-le-Comte^__On observera un certain nombre de signes communs." That is, one of the "speaking wood" of the Easter island^__tablet called mamari preserved by Picpus Brothers at Brain le Comte. One can see certain number of signs common to both. The Professor adds that another tablet, preserved in Liningard museum has the form of a club, weapon called mere which the chiefs of New Zealand used to carry, which was moreover, often of wood as the tablets.

    About the age of the tablets, the Professor says we know nothing; but we know that the wood can be preserved for a very long time. At Louvre the Egyptian wooden statues, date from the fifth dynasty^__that is to say the fourth millenium before Christ. Thus then any age is possible.

    The tablets are made of Podocarpus, a tree which does not grow on Easter island. It is not certain that it is Podocarpus latifolia, which grows in the tropics, Moluccas, Celebes, and even in Central America; or Podocarpus ferruginea, which is found at New Zealand. The natives of Easter island call their most important tree the Sophora, which is in New Zealand.

    The writing on the tablets was not done on the island; but tradition says that the Pioneer, Hotu-matua came to the island in two big boats and three hundred warriors with their