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M'tama - tall rank type, almost wild, at base of mt. Grass hills and trees in back, & native plantations. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 15, 1920]

White kaffir corn? in the fore - m'tama, and an occasional head of Androp[ogon] sorg[hum] halap[ensis]. Grass & trees (Androp. & acacia and trifoliate - m'mormes) on mt. in back. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 15, 1920]

Bananas, oil palm - bananas, mts. in back. Road and Verstappen in fore. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 15, 1920]

Banana grove, tall rather dark stems. This type of banana is quite abundant. I have seen many very black stemmed bananas. The large plantation type is not grown here to any very great extent, mostly the small or very short type. Bananas are…

Banana ripening pit at foot of mountain. They are packed in banana leaves and placed in the pit to ripen. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 15, 1920]

Palms, grass, mts. and cloud. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 14, 1920]

Peanut field in fore, cattle buildings at left - manihot - Borassus - mountains & cloud. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 14, 1920]

Close up showing hoes of all sorts, two types used [diagram] - also type of clothing, goat skin over one shoulder most typical. Bark cloth also popular. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 14, 1920]

Natives hoeing - land passed over in this way is in excellent condition. In back acacia brush, Andropogon grassland. Palm Borassus and behind this the tree - oil palm savanna to base of grass covered mountains. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 14,…

A native woman with a hoe. This is typical - usually they carry the hoe on their head when not using it - it is usually spiked on top and driven through the handle. Occasionally this type with handle going through, but usually the type is like this…

A native woman with a hoe. This is typical - usually they carry the hoe on their head when not using it - it is usually spiked on top and driven through the handle. Occasionally this type with handle going through, but usually the type is like this…

A native woman with a hoe. This is typical - usually they carry the hoe on their head when not using it - it is usually spiked on top and driven through the handle. Occasionally this type with handle going through, but usually the type is like this…

A close-up photograph of a crocodile that was shot in Lake Tanganyika for the museum. It is 8 feet 7 inches long and a light green color. It is can seen that there are teeth protruding through the upper jaw.

A close-up photograph of a crocodile that was shot in Lake Tanganyika for the museum. It is 8 feet 7 inches long and a light green color. It is can seen that there are teeth protruding through the upper jaw.

A photograph of four types of eggplant that are being sold at the market.

An up-close photograph of a green pumpkin and a light yellow pumpkin cut in half.

An up-close photograph of a green pumpkin and a light yellow pumpkin laying on their sides.

A photograph of sorghum with its head spread out.

An up-close photograph of a large head of sorghum with double seeds.

A photograph of borassus palm and andropogon grassland with mountains and indigenous camp fires in the distance.