CHAPTER II.
THE LEGEND OF SOLOMON'S MINES "What was it that you heard about my brother's journey at Bamangwato ?" asked Sir Henry, as I paused to fill my pipe before replying to Captain Good.
"I heard this," I answered, "and I have never mentioned it to a soul till to-day.

I heard that he was starting for Solomon's Mines." "Solomon's Mines ?" ejaculated both my hearers at once.

"Where are they ?" "I don't know," I said; "I know where they are said to be.

Once I saw the peaks of the mountains that border them, but there were a hundred and thirty miles of desert between me and them, and I am not aware that any white man ever got across it save one.

But perhaps the best thing I can do is to tell you the legend of Solomon's Mines as I know it, you passing your word not to reveal anything I tell you without my permission.