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A photograph of a boat with two lighters (barges) on the side at Kulu. The boat is loaded with wood, bananas and indigenous people.

A photograph of a boat with two lighters (barges) on the side at Kulu. The boat is loaded with wood, bananas and indigenous people.

A photograph of bunches of bananas and plantains. They are short and thick with some a full foot long.

A close up photograph of a group of indigenous people. The indigenous man in the middle has flour on his face.

A close up photograph of a group of indigenous people. Most of them are topless with a cloth wrapped around their waists.

A photograph of bunches of bananas, oil palm, sweet potatoes, and fresh and dried cassava.

A photograph of a small oil palm with six large fruits on it. They are dark, almost purple when ripe and the trees are reddish when ripe.

A photograph of a mushroom shaped indigenous hut, which is typical is this area, with Mr. Ernest D. Rout standing in front of the hut.

A photograph of an oil palm grove, which are very short and young but are bearing fruit. Most of the village of Kulu is like this, scattered about, both palm and banana.

A photograph of a golden crested or straw crested crane standing outside.

A photograph of a young duiker, a medium-sized brown antelope native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is laying down on the dirt ground.

A photograph of a row of lemongrass plants with plants and buildings behind them.

A photograph of Homer Shantz standing in front of a group of banana trees with indigenous huts on the left.

A photograph of a shoebill or whalebill stork standing outside.

A photograph of a clump of tall echinochloa, typical of grassland here.

A photograph of sacks of Manihot flour near the river bank at Mulongo that are ready to load on the river steamer.

A photograph of a large sorghum, about 10 feet high, along with echinochloa on the right and huts on the left in the back.

A photograph of an old village in Mulongo, taken from the boat on the Lualaba river.

A photograph of a sesame plant surrounding by tall grass in Kubwe.

A photograph of a path through paspalum and setaria, in Bukama. There are several indigenous people walking on the path with Homer Shantz's shadow on the ground.