uder 4 ite of February .2,

1869, says, wihen treitih of ithe roins

of Sitl?ib'e : --" A. ay's ,march from

Andowa, between two hills, at the end of

a vast and fertile valley, are the ruins

of Axun. To this day incredible flights

of stonie steps conduct the traveller

upl the summits of the hills, ii one of

which are found deep grottoes and vast

halls, cut out .of te roeek and

ornamented with cloiunsi. There,

according to the traditions of the

country,is thr, tomb of the Queen of

Saha. Thesadjoining valley, shaded hy

nutjestic trees,/is filled hy the

remains of the city c tnsistit: f linge

blockseofstone. Very little of the

delirirerbeastheir former purpose.

:There may, h?wever, "b distinguished

two groups o fo,'rteen or fifteen

ohelisks, thrown down! , Seven of tlhem

are covered with. or-lituepts, and:

aretot less than thirty six feet I'

lenith. 1Th.seo l.stertleces of aucient

arouhitee:titi re eael to us the fact of

ai ulicieritnt .,i.?lizatiiin ih thle

li-airt of Africs, which his

disappearied itgi ilithian lV of years

sioce. Ni