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Palms, grass, mts. and cloud. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 14, 1920]

Peanut field in fore, cattle buildings at left - manihot - Borassus - mountains & cloud. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 14, 1920]

Close up showing hoes of all sorts, two types used [diagram] - also type of clothing, goat skin over one shoulder most typical. Bark cloth also popular. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 14, 1920]

Natives hoeing - land passed over in this way is in excellent condition. In back acacia brush, Andropogon grassland. Palm Borassus and behind this the tree - oil palm savanna to base of grass covered mountains. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 14,…

A native woman with a hoe. This is typical - usually they carry the hoe on their head when not using it - it is usually spiked on top and driven through the handle. Occasionally this type with handle going through, but usually the type is like this…

A native woman with a hoe. This is typical - usually they carry the hoe on their head when not using it - it is usually spiked on top and driven through the handle. Occasionally this type with handle going through, but usually the type is like this…

A native woman with a hoe. This is typical - usually they carry the hoe on their head when not using it - it is usually spiked on top and driven through the handle. Occasionally this type with handle going through, but usually the type is like this…

A close-up photograph of a crocodile that was shot in Lake Tanganyika for the museum. It is 8 feet 7 inches long and a light green color. It is can seen that there are teeth protruding through the upper jaw.

A close-up photograph of a crocodile that was shot in Lake Tanganyika for the museum. It is 8 feet 7 inches long and a light green color. It is can seen that there are teeth protruding through the upper jaw.

A photograph of four types of eggplant that are being sold at the market.

An up-close photograph of a green pumpkin and a light yellow pumpkin cut in half.

An up-close photograph of a green pumpkin and a light yellow pumpkin laying on their sides.

A photograph of sorghum with its head spread out.

An up-close photograph of a large head of sorghum with double seeds.

A photograph of borassus palm and andropogon grassland with mountains and indigenous camp fires in the distance.

A photograph of tall andropogon grassland & Borassus, and mountains in the distance.

A photograph of tall andropogon grassland & Borassus, and mountains in the distance.

A photograph of a 6 foot tall andropogon, cassava just planted in the foreground, borassus palms in the back, and mountains in the distance.

A panorama of grassland in fore & Crotalaria, Andropogon, Borassus palm, cattle, grassland, banana plantings. Corn and mountain at right - Tanganyika at left. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 9, 1920]

A panorama of grassland and borassus palms.