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Dhows and dock
Our dhow. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
A dhow and small boat
A dhow and small boat at the side. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
Out of Zanzibar
Looking out of Zanzibar bay, sailboats - dhows going out in distance. [Shantz travel journal, Apr, 8, 1920]
Cycas and palms
Cycas (old man) with palm at the right, & Kalemuengo. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
Ficus roots and a palm
Ficus roots and a palm in the fore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
A palm
A palm like the Royal but not so good. Another fruiting below the leaf spathes. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
Allspice, bamboo and palm
Allspice - trees partly dead - bamboo, palm and Bougainvillea on wall behind. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
Bamboo, Botanical gardens
Bamboo, Botanical gardens - cycad in dist[ance]. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
Broad pinnule, maiden hair fern
A very broad pinnule maiden hair fern. This is a beautiful type. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
Grapefruit, muscatine, palms
Grapefruit at left, muscatine, spiny palm, white flower long tube - Jasmine like in back. Casuarina in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
An old tree
An old tree - said to be a very fine grapefruit. It is in danger of being destroyed. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]
Fruit
Guava - yellow, 1/2 nat[ural size]. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]
Small "milk" banana
The small "milk" banana, 1/2 nat[ural size]. A very fine banana but very tender skin - breaks almost in handling the fruit. But fruit fine in flavor. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]
Plantain
Plantain - long yellow - but a rather small form. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]
Banana
Banana 1/2 nat[ural size]. This is a short red form. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]
A green orange with thin skin
A green orange with thin skin - one cut. They are of fair quality but always green. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]
African almond
The Kungu, an African almond. Three fruits nat[ural] size. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]
Small fruited Eugenia
Small fruited Eugenia - shows seeds and fruit natural size. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]
Rambutan, red one
Rambutan - the red one - there are yellow ones too. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]
Mango
Wild mango. These are natural size. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]