Show tho the south african explorer carl 1 u ob visit til the ruins of an n ancient t ST city in ia the high land be tween to the e Zam brili and aad long lone kno n by nitie native report lr liar ani in ia is land which ironi from its ili koll gold find and ivory bory has loog long been identified some authorities as the ile 0 ophir firof of scripture una one portion albe of the ruins rises upon a gramitt hill about feet itt in relative vaito height tho the other separated by a slight light va cy lies liea upon 0 n a somewhat raised ft terrace 0 el from iraln I 1 ua tho e curved red and zigzag fori fonn n baill t 1 a appl rent iff io tho the ruined walls wh ich e cotar 0 ve r ino the whole of the watern declivity of the lilt hill these havo have formed a once naba name tho whole space is n densely overgrown with nettles and bushes nod and some gnat trees lime lave intertwined their roots with the buildings without exception the walla onto omo of which bit have bull 11 height b t of thirty hirty feet tire arc built but it or of cut at sisal annite 1 1 stone generally of tho the till size of ofa ail ordinary linck but no mortal has been seen the thic loess of tho the walla where they appear ap pp C ar abo above ye ground is ten feet tapering ing to seven or eight feet above in I 1 miny many places monolith Dili sleM of eight to ten tco feet in length ornamented 10 diamond lines stand out or of tho the building bail dioz it in thought ought Iti the they y uc are the ruins ot at a fa ftc eltory ors raised id ia very remote antiquity ly by strangers in the land to raire the savage borage inhabitants of the region and servo s as is a depot for b that gold and ivory it afford ill brda si no native mud hut but dwelling tribe could have conceived its in erection cor ione reporter |