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Big dry wash - a small composite?, an occasional Mesembranthemum, Oreocarya, and a small Suaeda like plant where protected. [Shantz travel journal, July 29, 1919]

Pan[orama] of Mattiato ranch. They have sunk 3 wells to 50 ft. ± and get good water - but very little of it. Are now putting new one 4 ft. wide and 30 to 40 long. Grow a few sweet potatoes, a squash or two, a few stalks of sugar cane, a hedge of…

Pan[orama] of Mattiato ranch. They have sunk 3 wells to 50 ft. ± and get good water - but very little of it. Are now putting new one 4 ft. wide and 30 to 40 long. Grow a few sweet potatoes, a squash or two, a few stalks of sugar cane, a hedge of…

Leaving the dock at St. Vincent. The two days [in Cape Verde] came as a great rest, since it gave us exercise and a rest from the poor food of the City of Bewares (as Heller has christened our boat).... [Shantz travel journal, July 29, 1919]

...saw no more [islands] on trip and met only one steamer. [Shantz travel journal, July 30, 1919]

Arrived Cape Town 3:30 P.M. On the 13th land was in sight all day - a high mountainous coast - Table Mountain visible also. Most of the day marked by large Nereocystis in the sea. Gulls, occ[asional] albatross and many diving birds. Snow shows up on…

The first close view of the cape - shorelines had shut off view of the town. The table mt. forming an impressive amphitheater above the town. As we round[ed] the point the whole city came into view. A very pretty city - wonderfully located. [Shantz…

Granite rock with a great quantity of Nereocystis like alga in water. Returned to Capetown by the bay route. [Shantz travel journal, Aug 17, 1919]

Vineyard with an angle furrow through residual growth. (They do not plant but allow the natural growth to constitute the cover.) Soil rather dark - loam to sand - with granitic rocks finely powdered - looks rich. Erodium cicutarium called Goesbloem.…

A general view of the home with vines in fore. This home over 200 years old. At Wynberg we visited the vineyard and home of Henry Cloete - Alphen (farm). This fine old Dutch house with its floors of yellowwood and ceiling, and walls of teak from…