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Out over the top - at [kilometer] 595 or just before. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Grassland & hartebeest, zebra in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 19, 1920]

Kilimandjaro stands out wonderfully at the left. [sketch of two peaks with snow caps] An attempt with the ray filter, shows trees and brush in the fore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 20, 1920]

Shows type of grassland with ant hills and trees, Themeda, red bean, Combretum and the vigna like bean with the huge roots. [Shantz travel journal, May 2, 1920]

Grassland (Themeda), cotton soil (never grow cotton in this), with old native in back (Kikuyu). [Shantz travel journal, May 2, 1920]

On an old breaking - Tricholaena rosea almost the only grass - a beautiful field of it. [Shantz travel journal, May 6, 1920]

On an old breaking - Tricholaena rosea almost the only grass - a beautiful field of it. [Shantz travel journal, May 6, 1920]

Tricholaena rosea. [Shantz travel journal, May 6, 1920]

Shows detail in this portion of the grassland. Themeda & timothy like portion of [it] with Andropogon and an acacia of buckthorn like type. Off toward Archer's Post at about 4:00 A.M. Drove through the heavy forest - at a comparatively few miles…

Grassland below Ft. Hall. [Shantz travel journal, June 1, 1920]

A photograph of grassland that shows the grasses, largely composed of Themeda, the coarse herbs largely Bampinia, and some scattered trees in the background.

A photograph showing the grassland in the addo bush and termite hills.

A photograph taken from across the river, showing the grassland on the other side of the river bank. The oil palms appear to be broken down by African openbills (anastomus lamelligerus), a species of stork.

A photograph of the bank across the river. There are groups of palm trees spread out in the grassland.

A photograph of a general view of the grassland with the Addo Bush and termite hills in the background.