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of these ruins did not actually sail up a portion of the great Sabi 

 River, a glance at the map will shew that the ruins at present known 

 are found either in the area drained by the river and its tributaries 

 or easily accessible from these. 



The general and characteristic features of these ruins have 

 often been described. Messrs. Bent, Willoughby, Schlichter, and 

 latterly Hall and Neale, F. P. Mennell, and the writer of this paper 

 have all recorded their observations. It is not necessary therefore 

 to enter into details respecting the ruins already described, but a 

 few general and characteristic features may be referred to with, 

 advantage. 



REGIXA KnXS. PORTION OF GOOD WALL. 



Messrs. Hall and Neale have given in their " Ancient Ruins of 

 Rhodesia" a list of more than 120 localities in which ruins, some 

 large, some small, are reported to exist. The size of some of these 

 ruins, such as Zimbabwe, Mundie, MTopoti, Chum, Dhlo-Dhlo, 

 and Khami indicate that they were important centres, the first being 

 by far the greatest They controlled an area 180 miles long by 100 

 miles wide. Numerous other minor ruins, some forts, some centres 

 of mining or trade, some merely guard-houses on the line of com- 

 munication, are scattered over and extend considerably beyond this 

 area. 



