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A photograph of a general view showing open country with bush thickets and termite hills (termites) scattered throughout.

Nearer Ft. Hall. Grassland - ant hills and trees in back, fairly typical of much of this country. Themeda and forked Andropogon chief grasses. [Shantz travel journal, May 8-11, 1920]

A photograph of echinochloa grassland and the river bank with floating lettuce and indigenous people bathing.

A photograph of a grassy hillside with small scrawny trees scattered around the area.

Shows a grassy plain with a grassy hill in back. A very open type of Acacia-grassland. On the right some rugged mts. with prominent rock outcrops. Forest runs up over them with apparently but little change. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 19, 1920]

Grassy plain with a few scattered trees - Kilimandjaro in distance. This also shows several low wooded hills. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 20, 1920]

Remains of Old Plank Road buried under sand. A wire fence runs on the side of the planks, while footprints are visible in the sand.

A photograph of closely-grazed themeda forskalii as well as eragrostis curvula, which constitues the lighter patches. There is also an occasional cymbopogon.

One of the original grazing permits issued to the Empire Land and Cattle Company in 1911, allowing their cattle to graze in the National Forest on government land. Note the brands and earmarks for the horses and cattle.