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A photograph of a typical burro team healing a large load of wood into the market.

A photograph over one of the diamond fields of Du Toit's Pan diamond mine. The rock or "blue dirt" is at first in rather large chunks. This field is three miles across and covered to a depth of 18 inches with blue ground.

A photograph of a view in the market, showing an ox team of 16 oxen.

A photograph that shows the oxen yoke of the type generally used in South Africa.

A photograph of a Boer wagon hitched toa team of thirty-six burros.

A photograph of a Boer wagon with a typical cover extending only over the rear position.

A photograph of piles of mopaine logs used as mine timbers at Du Toit's Pan mine. They are shipped in from Rhodesia.

A photograph showing the unusually good growth of grass and trees. This is typical of large areas north of Kimberely.

A photograph of Heller, Shantz, and Scott sitting on top of a termite hill.

A photograph of a termite hill with George Scott looking at the hill with a foot on it.

A photograph that shows many termite hills with scattered acacias in a relatively luxuriant grass cover.

A photograph of a general view in the compound. There are cooking pots at the left and indigenous people singing and dancing in the background.

A photograph of Shangaan people dancing in the De Beers Co. compound. Shangaan is another name for the Tsonga people.

A photograph of a group of Zulu people in the De Beers compound.

A photograph showing a general view of the DeBeers compound. It shows people outside cooking and clothes being hung to dry.

A photograph showing the inside of the compound's quarters of De Beers Company. There are bunk beds, cooking kettles, and two indigenous people sitting on the bunk beds. It is a very poorly illuminated.

A photograph of a more protected area of acacia-desert grass, aristida, schmidtia, eragostic, and acacia.

A photograph of typical acacia-desert grass, aristida, schmidtia, eragostic, and acacia.

A photograph of a termite hill, closely grazed desert grass and thorn trees, with the gutierrezia-like plant in the foreground. Shantz's party with photographers, donkeys, and an autormobile are in the background

A photograph of Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs, who is said to have discovered the first diamond in South Africa.