[Illustration: THE CONICAL TOWER, ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE, GREAT ZIMBABWE] GREAT ZIMBABWE MASHONALAND, RHODESIA AN ACCOUNT OF TWO YEARS’ EXAMINATION WORK IN 1902–4 ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF RHODESIA BY R. N. HALL, F.R.G.S. CO-AUTHOR WITH W. G. NEAL OF “THE ANCIENT RUINS OF RHODESIA” WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR A. H. KEANE, LL.D., F.R.G.S. WITH TWO HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS, AND PLANS METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published in 1905_ CONTENTS DEDICATION _Page_ xiii PREFACE xv INTRODUCTION, by Professor A. H. Keane, LL.D., F.R.G.S. xxxi CHAPTER I Arrival at Great Zimbabwe—First Impressions—View from Acropolis Hill 1 CHAPTER II Mystic Zimbabwe—Sunday Morning and Midnight in an Ancient Temple—Sunset on the Acropolis 12 CHAPTER III A day at Havilah Camp, Zimbabwe 31 CHAPTER IV Zimbabwe District—Chipo-popo Falls—Frond Glen—Lumbo Rocks—“Morgenster” Mission—Wuwulu—Mojejèje, or Mystic Bar—Suku Dingle—Bingura’s Kraal—Motumi’s Kraal—Chipfuko Hill—Chipadzi’s Kraal 51 CHAPTER V Zimbabwe Natives—Natives and the Ruins—Natives (general) 80 CHAPTER VI Relics and Finds, Great Zimbabwe, 1902–4 102 CHAPTER VII Notes on Ancient Architecture at Zimbabwe—Introduction—Durability of Walls—Dilapidations—Makalanga Walls—Remains of Native Huts found in Ruins—Passages—Entrances and Buttresses 135 CHAPTER VIII Notes on Ancient Architecture at Zimbabwe (_continued_)—Drains—Battering of Walls—Soapstone Monoliths and Beams—Granite and Slate Beams—Cement—Dadoes—Built-up crevices—Holes in Walls other than Drains—Blind Steps—Platforms—Ancient Walls at a Distance from Main Walls—Caves and Rock Holes 168