Fragments of Pottery Blow-pipes from Furnace 222 Metzwandira 249 Chief’s Iron Sceptre, and Iron Razor 253 Rock near Makori Post Station 254 Knitted Bag 255 Larder Tree 256 Reed Snuff-boxes and Grease-holder 257 Decorated Hut Door 259 Straw Hat 260 Decorated Heads 262 Chief’s Tomb 271 Interior of a Hut 274 Household Store for Grain, with Native Drawings 275 Native Drawings 276 Native Bowl from the Mazoe Valley 286 Ruin in Mazoe Valley 293 Three Venetian Beads; one Copper Bead; three old White Venetian Beads; Bone Whorl, Medicine Phials, and Bone Ornaments 297 Tattooed Women from Chibi’s, Gambidji’s, and Kunzi’s Countries 304 Wooden Bowl from Musungaikwa’s Kraal 305 Makalanga Iron Smelting Furnace 308 Goatskin Bellows and Blow-pipe for Iron Smelting 309 Woman’s Dress of Woven Bark Fibre 310 Bracelets 313 Wooden Platter from Lutzi 316 Earring, Stud for the Lip, and Battle-axe 320 Powder-horn 321 A Collection of Combs 322 Wooden Spoon. Lutzi 328 Bushman Drawings near ’Mtoko’s Kraal 332, 333 Mangwendi’s Kraal 338 Bushman Drawings from Nyanger Rock 345 Chipunza’s Kraal 349 Decorated Post 358 PART I ON THE ROAD TO THE RUINS CHAPTER I THE JOURNEY UP BY THE KALAHARI DESERT ROUTE