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Cross section of bananas. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Types of banana grown at Moshi. A short, a moderate long, and the best one a long green - eaten while skin is still green - and a yellow very large plantain like form. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Diascorea - or yam - forms the vine shown in photo... Diascorea bulbifera. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Rice & banana, ochra, papaya, sugar cane, corn, pumpkin etc. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Papaya, large fruit pepper, banana, etc. etc. A fairly typical native culture. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Sugar cane, bananas, manihot, old corn with forest in the back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Rice field - with a fence in fore (buck are very plentiful). Also a clump of Andropogon in field. Rice here seems to be blighted a good deal. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Pumpkin, manihot, banana, old corn & natives - and old hut in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Ferns, palms, large trees and dense growth of vines. Type of dense growth. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Tall forest trees, acacia like - also broad leaf and Alpinia or betel palm like plants in the back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Clearing in fore, tall forest trees in back. One an acacia like one with yellow good looking fruit about 2 inches long [sketch of oval pod with 3 seeds]. No body or no thing eats the fruits so far as I can determine. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17,…

Path with candelabra Euphorbia - vines and acacia at side; & kids & baskets. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Path with candelabra Euphorbia - vines and acacia at side. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

38 yds. from an Adansonia with root in the fore. Wide distribution of roots is characteristic here. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Sugar cane, corn, eggplant, pepper, beans, sweet potatoes, oranges, eggs, cakes and snuff. This market is not especially well attended. But it serves as a medium of exchange for the natives. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Detail of market - shows oranges, bananas, lime, eggplant, tobacco (snuff), eggs, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, corn, peppers, and dried fish and meat. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

The market at Moshi. The chief product brought to the native market is bananas. Of which there are several kinds. The best one a green one - about 8 or 9 inches long. There are two shorter ones and one with a rather flat fruit [sketch] of about…

Shows a bunch of the best edible type - bunch about 2 1/2 ft. long. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Elephant damage to sisal plantation. Apparently they wrap their trunk around the central leaves and pull the whole top out, eat the soft parts and chew and discard the harder portion. They have caused immense damage in this region where they are…

Sisal - grass and brush. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 16, 1920]