DEDICATED, WITH PERMISSION ΤΟ THE HON. A. WILMOT, K.S.G., F.R.G.S. MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF CAPE COLONY AUTHOR OF "MONOMOTAPA (Rhodesia): its MONUMENTS AND ITS HISTORY FROM THE MOST ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT CENTURY" AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE DEEP AND WIDELY SPREAD FEELING OF GRATITUDE EXISTING AMONG SOUTH AFRICANS FOR HIS EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCHES INTO THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF RHODESIA AND FOR HIS DISINTERRING FROM THE FORGOTTEN RECORDS IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE VATICAN AND LISBON INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ANCIENT RUINS OF RHODESIA AND THE MEDIEVAL RACES OF MONOMOTAPE IMPERIUM |