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younger brother, was recently heard of in the north- 

 west of the Transvaal, where he was understood 

 to be plotting against the security of his brother's 

 realm. The old headman, Monyama, frequently 

 alluded to in this volume, is reported to have been 

 executed by Lobengula's orders some years ago, 

 in consequence of his having become troublesome 

 to white men. John Lee has left the Matabele 

 Country to take up his abode in the Transvaal, 

 other white men now occupying his farm on the 

 Mangwe. The Tati Gold-mine has, since the year 

 1882, been worked by a company formed in Kim- 

 berley for the purpose. 



Turning to the Appendix it will be found, in the 

 article on Ethnology, that Mr. W. Hatchett Jack- 

 son, of the Oxford Museum, has kindly contributed 

 towards the elucidation of certain points which had 

 been left doubtful at Professor Rolleston's death ; 

 whilst in his paper on Ornithology Mr. Sharpe has 

 reconstructed the classification of the species on 

 what he conceives to be a sounder basis, has brought 

 the nomenclature up to date, and made some 

 necessary revisions. 



To Professor Westwood's former contribution on 

 the insects in the collection he has made several 

 additions, including a complete list of the Orthop- 

 tera ; and in the same department Mr. W„ L. 

 Distant has furnished a list of the Rhynchota, and 



