A LOUT JtATlOIt.

A writer in the Natal Mtacury, under

dale ol February 2, IWJ, say, when treat­

ing ot the mlns ol Simbaoe :

A day's march from Andowa, between

two hills at the end of a vast and fertile

valley, are the ruins ol Axum. To thi day

incredible flight ot toue stop conduct the

traveler tip to the. summit uf t hilL'ly

One of wEicharo lound deep" grottoc and

i am ii 1 1 ii, cut out ot tlie rock and orna­

mented wUi columns. There, according

to the tradition ol the country, i the

tomb ot tlie queen of Saba. The adjoining

valley, shaded by majestic trees, is filled

by the remain of the city, consisting of

Jiuge blocks ot row Very tittle ot the

debris reveal their former purp se. There

may, however, be distiiguifciBa two groups

of fourteen or fifiouii obelisks, thrown

down, be veti of them are discovered with

ornament. .d arts not lee than thirty six

toet m lcilgih. Those waaU'ilevet oT' u.

cieut archiiecture reveal to us the fact ot an

ancient civiliaatiou iu the heart c! Allies

which ha d,isBprei; again thousands of

le"!?L'nc- Miebtlhr tells liaof. n.-rhtT

Abyaiuuiau einiiiro existing here, rueiitiuu-

iug in particular Uaba, and says it was so

poweilul thai eycu tho Romau and Par­

thian slieigih could not prevail against it.

t his last statement wss taksu from a

Greek inscription found among tha ruins

engraved in stone. On the reverse sije ia

auolher engraving In somu ancient .lan­

guage, whit h has not yet been deciphered.

The savage tribe guaid these ruina with

j aloos care. No living annnai is allowed

io be killed in tiieui, uo tree e(mitied to

be destroy. d, every thing qouiiecied. witU

Uiem bung- hold sacred, u belonging

either to agood or evil power. -A-uuaioo-ai-y

who peiitt a cd wituiu a abort diatoms

ot thu rums wut. s : "in this e-runtry weie

also found some very old guuo, in o hole in

tlie mountain. We got cue ot these guns,

ond touud it to have a. wheel outsidu, with

cogs or teeth, aud a tradition exists tha

they came Irom these ruins. Tlie liaamo

Often tell lis, when asked It they ac­

knowledge God, about th big atones in the

liauysi, where all ereaUd things ate to be

seen, even sphynxoa, pyramiual shaped

building, autl catauouibs.'1