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A photograph of a tree full of small orange colored fruit, 1 inch in diameter, with a single stone in the center. The pulp is rather hard and astringent.

A small opening in the narrow streets, shows cocoanut, Croton, Cycas, ferns, house and ricksha in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

The small mango - probably a Bombay but has a good deal of fiber around the seeds. One fruit. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

The small mango - probably a Bombay but has a good deal of fiber around the seeds. Two are shown natural size. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

The small green bean - sent in several times. These small bush beans are always covered with bugs and flies. It seems to be widely grown. This is very similar to one collected at Kigoma. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 28, 1920]

Small fruited Eugenia - shows seeds and fruit natural size. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

A detailed photograph of vegetation at Bluecliff with small shrub in the foreground and showing euphorbia, opuntia, ziziphus and an occasional aloe.

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]

The slender pine like plant so abundant at Beira, mangoes in the back. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 28, 1920]

Skinning rhino. A. H. Boon, 50th St., Chicago. Shot the rhino. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]