CONTENTS

PART I

ON THE ROAD TO THE RUINS

CHAP. PAGE
I. [The Journey up by the Kalahari Desert Route] 3
II. [First Impressions of Mashonaland] 31
III. [Camp Life and Work at Zimbabwe] 60

PART II

DEVOTED TO THE ARCHÆOLOGY OF THE RUINED CITIES

IV. [Description of the various Ruins] 95
V. [On the Orientation and Measurements of Zimbabwe Ruins], by R. M. W. Swan 141
VI. [The Finds at the Great Zimbabwe Ruins] 179
VII. [The Geography and Ethnology of the Mashonaland Ruins] 223

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PART III

EXPLORATION JOURNEYS IN MASHONALAND

VIII. [Down to the Sabi River and Matindela Ruins] 247
IX. [Fort Salisbury and the Old Workings and Ruins of the Mazoe Valley] 279
X. [Our Embassy to the Chief ’Mtoko] 301
XI. [The Ruined Cities in Mangwendi’s, Chipunza’s, and Makoni’s Countries] 336
XII. [The Journey to the Coast] 361

APPENDICES

A. [Notes on the Geography and Meteorology of Mashonaland], by R. M. W. Swan 389
B. [List of Stations in Mashonaland Astronomically Observed, with Altitudes], by R. M. W. Swan 398
C. [Addenda to Chapter V.], by R. M. W. Swan 401
D. [Progress in Mashonaland summarised from November 1891 to May 1893] 405

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