24 MAY 1902, Page 14

THE ANCIENT RUINS OF RHODESIA. [To THE EDITOR OF THE

"SPECTATOR."

SIR,—In your review of "The Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia" in the Spectator of April 5th occur these words : "They were forgotten and vanished from observation for more than three centuries." It may interest some of your readers to hear of an old atlas, the property of a gentleman in Grahamstown, which marks the "Great Zimbabye " in its proper place. The atlas has lost its title-page, but each country has the head of its ruler in the corner of the page ; and as the map of England has Queen Anne, the date must be between 1702 and 1714.-