25 JULY 1891, Page 2

A telegram from Cape Town, dated Wednesday, has greatly interested

the archteologists. It is there stated that "Mr Theodore Bent, who is exploring the ruins and historical remains in Mashonala.nd, has discovered some images and pottery at the Zimbabye ruins which are supposed to be of Phcenician workmanship." If the remains turn out to be- really Phcenician, the theory that Mashonaland is the " Ophir " of the Bible will have received strong support. No opinion

on the subject, however, can be worth anything till the experts at the British Museum and the Louvre have pronounced on the find.