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A photograph of over the staat from the acacia-covered hill behind. There can be seen thatched houses and the general character of the town of Chief Malala.

A photograph of huts of the Batlhaping tribe of the Bechuanas. The roofs are thatched with tamboogu grass, held in place by small branches of lycium and usually a braid of ox hide around the bottom. They are often much thicker and made of sorghum…

A photograph of a 30 foot high acacia giraffae. This tree shows buckthorn near the end of the branches.

A photgraph of acacia giraffae and an indigenous hut in the background.

A photograph of the Suada zone with the bottom of of the pan in the background.

A photograph of a typical view of the shrub zone, where the semi-succulent Herb. 213 is shown in practically a pure stand.

A photograph that shows the soil bank on the lower zone. It is reddish brown to a depth of 14 inches, chocolate color for about 4 inches and light-colored alluvium below. The shrub at the left is Herb. 213.

A photograph of desert shurb and acacia on the horizon.

A photograph of acacia horrida, karroo, and wait-a-bit plants.

A photograph of gutierrezia-like plants in the foreground and weavers' nests in the acacia trees.

A photograph of some acacia at left and in background as well as asparagras, karroo bush,and desert grass.

A photograph showing detail of the blue ground which had been harrowed twice.

A photograph of the harrow used in the diamond field.

A photograph of the type of engine used in cultivating the 14 inche layer of blue ground on Bultfontein floor. A harrow is shown in the background and a similar engine in the distance.

A photograph that shows the barbed-wire entanglements whcih surround each compound. This particular fence surrounded the Du Toit's Pan mine.

A photograph of Miss Phillis Cohen and two other young girls. It shows the type of dress worn by children in the Cape Province. In the background, it can be see the type of fence used around some of the better homes in Kimberly.

A photograph of Miss Phillis Cohen of 219 Du Toit's Pan Road, Kimberly, C.P. The image shows the type of dress worn by children in Cape Province.

A photograph of a 5 mile field of blue ground.

A photograph showing small iron carts in which the diamond dirt is brought from the mine. It is dumped out on fields to a depth of about 18 inches.

A photograph of 14 inches of red soil above the grey rock.