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Down the river, under the trees. Shows character of bank and of vegetation. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 14, 1920]

A photograph of Dr. J. Burtt-Davy, the man who introduced teff into the Transvaal. He first tried it in California and then took it to Transvaal with him when he went to South Africa.

An image of a person's foot laying on the ground of a bridge. The bridge has graffiti with the word "dreamer" written on it.

View of the water in the All-American Canal. To the left, an irrigation structure known as a "drop" rises above the water.

A photograph of the dry forest of acacia, combretum, and brachystegia, which is typical of the uplands abround Kafue.

A photograph of a view over a dry forest, taken from the railway.

A photograph of a dry forest with tall grass, trees, and ant hills.

A photograph of a dense portion of a dry forest with brachystegia in the background and a large termite hill. The tall grasses in the area don't push in under the trees.

A photograph of a dry forest with the most luxuriant type of vegetation on the north slope.

Verstappen and askari on mt. side. We came to the base of the mountain - at about 6 miles from Nyanza there is a strip of dry forest - not unlike that at Elizabethville or Kafue, but trees rather short. Our trip in was through a heavy rain. …

A photograph of a dry forest on the south east slope of the river. A fine forest of flat topped brachystegia along with vines and bamboo.

A photograph of H.C. Raven and Homer Shantz standing in a dry forest in Sakania while on a collecting trip.

Dry rescaca (oxbow lake) with sparse vegetation.

Big dry wash - a small composite?, an occasional Mesembranthemum, Oreocarya, and a small Suaeda like plant where protected. [Shantz travel journal, July 29, 1919]