ANDREWS] "WEBSTER" RUIN IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA 37 



west of the entrance monoliths there is a single monolith 1.4 m. 

 high, 30 cm. wide, and 10 cm. thick. 



As already stated, two monoliths are directly in front of the en- 

 trance ; therefore any one approaching the entrance must pass 

 between those monoliths to the west and north of the entrance. 



At a distance again of 7 m. west from the entrance is what I be- 

 lieve to be a large grave, having at its east end a monolith 1.8 m. 

 high, 40 cm. wide, and 10 cm. thick. A small monolith is also 

 found on the southwest side of this supposed grave. 



Close by there is another grave having a monolith at the south 

 end. This has fallen. It is 2.4 m. high, 40 cm. wide, and 10 cm. 

 thick. Five meters northeast of the entrance there is another large 

 grave, with a large slate monolith at the south end, 3 m. high, 50 cm. 

 wide, and 10 cm. thick. A large number of what apparently are 

 graves are on the northwest and west sides of the building, these 

 graves being piles of stones of various shapes and sizes, but the 

 whole grave nearly oval in shape. 



Now that the undergrowth and tiers have been cleared away, 

 several other monoliths of various sizes are seen lying around. The 

 supposed graves apparently face without regard to any particular 

 direction. 



The remains of several native huts lie a short distance from the 

 ruin, but they must be quite recent. Cement flooring, in most in- 

 stances about 7.5 cm. thick, is found in all of them ; also the small 

 circular place for cooking, which can today be seen in any native 

 hut. 



Though I made careful search, I have so far seen nothing of the 

 nature of a real debris heap. True, sherds of common pottery lie 

 around the outskirts of the building, but I do not think they can 

 have any connection with the ruin itself. 



From enquiries made among the natives in all directions, I can 

 learn nothing respecting the history of the ruin, though the natives 

 generally appear to regard it with some reverence. It is scarcely 

 surprising that I am unable to procure information on the subject, 

 for no native appears to know anything of the past, unless that past 

 happens to have been within his own personal recollection. Some 

 there are, but very few, who do know something of the history of 

 their people, mythical or otherwise, mostly the former, but it is very 

 difficult to get them to speak of it in any way to a white man. 



The photographs I am sending were taken for me under most 

 trying conditions of light and shade by Mr. J. Myers, of the British 



