770 REPORT — 1902. 



At Dhlo Dhlo Ruins, however, there are the remains of wooden posts let into the 

 masonry, and these have now been found at Khami also. It seems possible that 

 they may have been intended, in some cases at least, as supports for a roof. That 

 the buildings were intended primarily as forts may be inferred from their inacces- 

 sible situatfons, their narrow and well-commanded entrances, and the fact that the 

 sides of some of the hills on which they are built have evidently been artificially 



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Many objects of interest have been discovered at Khami, most of which are 

 now in the Rhodesia Museum, Bulawayo. The pottery and the articles made of 

 copper and iron are probably in nearly all cases the work of later occupants of the 

 ruins than the builders. Discrimination is rendered difficult by the obvious fact 

 that the natives have copied the designs of the earlier workers. This may indi- 

 cate either that they are the degenerate descendants of the builders of these 

 remarkable structures, or that their ancestors were forced to work for the latter 

 as slaves. The second is in all probability the correct explanation. Peculiar flat 

 oval-shaped stones, sometimes pierced with a hole near one end, are among the 

 articles which may be regarded as ancient, and so are the numerous gold orna- 

 ments. The latter include chain- and wire-work, tacks for fastening beaten gold 

 on to wood, and gold beads of all shapes and sizes and in every stage of manufac- 

 ture. A few pieces of tin found in one of the smaller structures are of interest, 

 as the metal does not appear to occur anywhere in Rhodesia. They may have 

 been imported. Two classes of objects are conspicuous by their absence here, a& 

 at all the other ruins. These are inscriptions of any kind, and iron tools such as 

 must have been used in dressing the stone for building. The latter may well have 

 rusted away during the thousands of years which have almost certamly elapsed 

 since they were laid aside, but the absence of the former is not so easy to 

 explain, if these structures are the work, as has been contended, of the Sabseans 

 of Arabia. 



U. On the Ethnography of the Nagas. By W. H. Fubness, M.D. 



12. Demonstration on the Specimens in the Anatomical Museum which 

 ''' illustrate points in Physical Anthrop>ology. By Professor J. 

 Symington, M.D. 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 

 The following Papers and Reports were read :— 



1. Excavations at Palceokastro in Eastern Crete. 

 By R. C. BosANQUET, M.A. 



2. Report on the Collection, Preservation, and Systematic Registration of 

 Photographs of Anthropological Interest.— 8ee Reports, p. 449. 



3. Report on the Organisation of an Ethnological Survey of Canada, 



See Reports, p. 353. 



4. On the Classification and Arrangement of the Exhibits in an 

 Anthrojjological Museum. By W. H. Holmes. 



5 Suggestions for the Classification of the Subject-matter of 

 Anthropology. By E N. Fallaize, B.A. 



