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Plantain - long yellow - but a rather small form. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

Banana 1/2 nat[ural size]. This is a short red form. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

A green orange with thin skin - one cut. They are of fair quality but always green. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

The Kungu, an African almond. Three fruits nat[ural] size. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

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

Rambutan - the red one - there are yellow ones too. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

Wild mango. These are natural size. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

Rose apple, Eugenia malacensis - the fruits are deep red - very attractive and fair eating. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 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]

Pottery clay pots in the market. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

Copra - this is typical of many places in the city - as a rule this copra is not as nice as that cured on plantations. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

The date like fruit (Eugenia jambolence), small purple fruit, also lime. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

Oranges in palm leaf baskets. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

Orange, manihot, cocoanut, Eugenia - small purple - in market. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 7, 1920]

At right the church .... [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 31, 1920; forms panorama with preceding image]

At right the church .... [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 31, 1920; forms panorama with following image]

Panorama of bay at Dar es Salam. At right the church, Pandanus - heavy leaf purple fruited nut form a prominent part as street tree. Dock and dhows, British boat with cocoanuts on the opposite bank. R.R., shops, and steamer near entrance to the…

Panorama of bay at Dar es Salam. At right the church, Pandanus - heavy leaf purple fruited nut form a prominent part as street tree. Dock and dhows, British boat with cocoanuts on the opposite bank. R.R., shops, and steamer near entrance to the…

Bark of old mango - 4 1/2 ft. through, called kidogo-kidogo (little ones) by natives. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]