CONTENTS
Reading edition
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
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
INDEX 413