BULAWAYO  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of Matabeleland, the western See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• RHODESIA (so named after Cecil Rhodes)

Rhodesia, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (1904) 3840 . It occupies a central position on the tableland between the See also:

• LIMPOPO, or CROCODILE

Limpopo and See also:

• ZAMBEZI

Zambezi See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, is 4469 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea and 1362 M. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of Cape See also:

• TOWN

Town by See also:

• RAIL

rail . See also:

• BEIRA

Beira, the nearest See also:

• PORT

port, is 398 M. east in a See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• LINE

line, but distant 675 M. by railway . Another railway, See also:

• PART

part of the Cape to See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo connexion, runs north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west from Bulawayo, See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the Zambezi just below the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria Falls . In the centre of the town is a large See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market square to which roads See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead in See also:

• REGULAR

regular lines north, south, east and west . Those going east and west are called avenues and are numbered, those See also:

• RUNNING

running north and south are called streets and are named . Through the centre of Market Square runs See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street . There are many handsome public and private buildings . In front of the stock See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange is a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument in memory of the 257 settlers killed in the See also:

• MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " people, so called from their appearance in battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide shields)

Matabele See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of 1896, and at the junction of two of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal streets is a See also:

• COLOSSAL

colossal See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue of See also:

• CECIL

Cecil Rhodes . East of the town is a large See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park and botanical gardens, beyond which is a residential suburb . The railway station and See also:

• WATER

water and electric 'See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply See also:

• WORKS

works are in the south-west See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter .

An See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

avenue 13o ft. broad and nearly 12 m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, planted throughout its length with trees, leads from the town to See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, which is built on the site of Lobengula's royal See also:

• KRAAL

kraal . The See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree under which that chieftain sat when giving See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment has been preserved . A number of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold reefs intersect the surrounding See also:

• DISTRICT

district and in some of the reefs gold is See also:

• MINED

mined . South-south-east of the town are the Matoppo Hills . In a See also:

• GRAVE

grave in one of these hills, 33 M. from Bulawayo, Rhodes is buried . The " See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place of Slaughter," as the Zulu word Bulawayo is interpreted, was founded about 1838 by Lobengula's See also:

• FATHER

father, Mosilikatze, some distance south of the See also:

• PRESENT

present town, and continued to be the royal See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence till its occupation by the See also:

• BRITISH

British South Africa See also:

• COMPANY

Company's forces in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1893, when a new town was founded . Four years later the railway connectfngit with Cape Town was completed (see RHODESIA) .