The Palace Of The Queen Of Sheba.

THE PALACE OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA .

CARL MAUCH S JOURNEYS IN SOUTH-EAST AFRICA . [ We take the following most interesting and very thrilling account from the Guardian of March 17 th , and Avhich Ave

reproduce "in extenso , " as it will repay perusal . —ED . ] Dr . Augustus Petermann ' s Geographical Miscellany ( Erganzungsheft , No . 37 , zu Betermarm ' sGeographischenMilthulungen ) , published at the establishment of Justus

Perthes , in Gotha , contains an abstract of the various journeys undertaken by f-Ierr Carl Mauch betAveen Natal and the Zambesi during the years 1865—1872 , illustrated by an original chart showing his latest journey to the ruins of Zimbaby e ,

thence nortliAvards across the sources of the Sabia River to the head Avaters of the Luenza . a Avell-known auriferous tributary of the Zambesi , and from this , in a nearly easterly direction to Senna , a Portuguese town on the Zambesi , in latitude 17 ° 12 ' , and approximate longitude 35 ° 12 ' .

Of course , even in the fifty-tAvo pages devoted to the subject it is only possible to give a mere outline of the various journeys , and in the limits of a revieAV Ave can merely glance at those of minor importanceand notice but briefly those in Avhich

, real exploration of countries unvisited by modern travellers ( and in some cases known to us only from native reports collected by the early Portuguese ) has been affected .

On the 15 th January , 1865 , the discoverer of our gold-fields escaped the dangers of the roadstead and the bar and entered the harbour of Natal . We may again refer to his description of our raihvay , our wilderness betAveen the station and the townour fountainsand

, , the mangroves and malaria bordering our bay , as well as his journey to Pietermaritzburg and excursions in its vicinity ; but Ave must now briefly notice his first journey from Natal- through the Orange Free Slate to Rustenburg in the Transvaal

Republic , his graphic description of the waggon journey , of fanners' dwellings in the Transvaal , of the geology of AVike-Avaters Randt—the Avatershed betAveen the

Vaal River and Limpopo , and of his first year ' s residence in the Transvaal Republic , enjoying its beautiful climate and making himself acquainted Avith its mineral riches and its capabilities as a corn and fruit producing country , and its revelations of animal life which impress the new comer Avith wonder and astonishment at the

apparently inexhaustible fertility of nature . His account of the derivation of the name of Potchefstroom is that the first syllable was taken from the name of the commandant Potgieter , the second " chief " indicated his rank , and the third linked the named to the stroom or river ; and

his night's lodging in an umbrageous , with a lion roaring round him , and the inhospitality of the suspicious Boers when they found him gold-seeking on their farms and threatened to shoot him are humorously describedas well as the march of a

com-, mando , which we Avill not spoil by abbreviating . But we cannot omit to say that the researches of Herr Mauch , combined with the knowledge of the Rev , Merenski and the enterprise of Air . Frederick PostmasterGeneral of

Jeppe , - the Transvaal , produced for us the first ¦ tolerably complete and reliable map of that Republic . We come now to the more extended journeys northwards , by Avhich Mauch

achieved his European reputation as an explorer and a discoverer of gold . On the lith of February , 1866 , he met the veteran hunter , Mr . Henry Hartley ( formerly of Bathurst , in the eastern province of the Cape Colony ) , Avho had already travelled to the Zambesia few

, miles beloAv the Falls , and he had more recently gained the friendship and goodwill of the great Matabili chieftan , Moselekatse , and now enjoyed permission to hunt in his dominions . Hartley had long knoAvn the traditions current among the Boers of the

gold beyond the Zoutpansberg , and AA-hile following the spoor of elephants over the vast tracts of country desolated by the conquests of the Matabili , had observed the surface Avorkings of the former inhabitants ( the Mashonas ) on the

numberless quartz reefs , and connecting them in his OAVU mind Avith the legends above mentioned , sought further information from the survivors of that tribe , who now , as subjects to the Matabili , haA'e taken service with him . In a feAV minutes Mauch