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continue the sacrifices . This man , Bebareke by name , lived still in the neighbourhood with his family , but apart from the new-comers , to Avhom he Avas unaccustomed . Mauch offered him a blue blanket , or a Avhite one with red stripes

, red beads , or brass , but he declined , as he could only Avear or use ornaments that were black . He gave Mauch his son Mudsuru to be a guide to Senna , that he might be taken to Europe and instructed in the mode of making offerings . Mauch

describes him as a true , faithful , and righthearted guide and companion ; ancl greatly lamented that the destitute condition in which be reached Senna rendered it impossible for him to afford the charges of bringing bis friend to Europe , and obliged

him to part from him there . Mauch remarks upon the similarity of the sacrifices just described to those of the Israelites , and thinks we should not be far wrong if we suppose that the Queen of Sheba , during her stay in Jerusalem , became converted to the reli gion of the Jews , and on her return with skilled Phoenician

builders to oversee and instruct her own people , raised these edifices as a copy of the Temple on Mount Moriah ancl Solomon ' s Palace in her own land near the sources of the Sabia River .

The Portuguese knew for three or four hundred years of the existence of these ruins , and reported them as equal in magnificence to those of ancient Rome ; but tbey were ancient then , ancl were even at that time supposed to be the palace and city of the Queen of Sheba .

In the rondeau on the plain stands also a double giant tree , the only one to be found in the country , probably the same knoAvn as the Alnnegem or Algumim , and at Quillimane Mauch saw a native resin that burned Avitb a similar odourancl

, learned that these trees were common on the loAver Zambesi . They are not generall y knoAvn , but no doubt will yet become an article of commerce . In 1872 Mauch continued his journey northward from Zimbabye , crossing various

sources of the Sabia River , and passing about seven miles east of the village of Umtigesi ( visited by Baines on the 16 th July , 1870 ) , ancl four or five miles east of the mountain called Tuthaba Wahula , or Woedza , also seen and laid clown b y Mr . Baines ,

The Palace Of The Queen Of Sheba.

The watershed , as laid down by coincident observations of thetwo travellers , passes Avest and east north of Umtigesi , so that the Kitore and other rivulets flowing thence cannot go north to the Zambesi as laid doAvn by Guido Cora , but must , as

shown on Petermann ' s map , form the headwaters of tbe Sabia . In about latitude 18 ° 15 ' south , and 32 ° 10 ' east longitude , another group of ruins Avas passed , ancl Mauch applied the name of Altar to one particular stone among these . ( It is well

known from travellers in Matabeleland that large rocks are enclosed , and that the Masbonas resort to them for religious purposes . ) Here the traveller crossed the watershed , ancl the sources of the Zambezian tributaries henceforth supplied their

needs . In 17 ° 46 ' south , 32 ° 40 ' east , ruins were again found , and north-Avest of the Jaukombe River , and south of the Nake River of Dr . Livingstone , in latitude 17 ° 30 ' , longitude 32 ° 50 ' , Mauch discovered still another , and at present his last , gold-field , to Avhich he gave the name

of Kaiser Wilhelm , naming the mountain which bounded it on the north-west Bismarck , and one to the south-east Moltke . Here the natives wash the river sand for alluvial gold , finding nuggets as large as hazel nuts , and asking leave of none but their OAvn chiefsAvho take the larger

, pieces as their tribute . The gold is sent for ba ter to the Portuguese . The chief of this district is named Somalia . Thence he travelled east-south-east to Makombe , the chief of the Baloka ; then east-northeast to the Zambesi , about 10 miles south

of Senna ; thence he proceeded to Quillimane , and there obtained a passage to Europe . Mauch concludes his journal of his eight years' wanderings in the interior of southeastern Africa with the expressed hope

that the facts he has brought to light may be th « means of inducing the equipment of a better-provided and properly organized scientific expedition to explore the country thoroughly , and make known to the world its treasures of archaeology and its mineral and other riches . —The Guardian .

Mozart As A Freemason.

MOZART AS A FREEMASON .

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