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The yellow warty fruited Solanum. It is abundant and kept even in the center of the fields. Must be of use - said to be used as a salve or application, saw seed placed on top of child's head. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 18, 1920]

Bananas of types grown here - there are very few of the large ones. The short ones 4 inches long are abundant. It is the dominant type. The central ones are very young and are still flowers. Banana used to make pombe, the chief drink of this high…

Our camp with Shantz, Verstappen, Binga and his son Dagaswa. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 18, 1920]

On our way down we cleared the clouds at the top of the mt. and - shows cloud masses and forests shown on map. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 18, 1920]

A photograph of Chief Mihare with his tall brother-in-law and other indigenous people moving along a trail in a grassy hilly area.

Looking down on the native market. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 18, 1920]

The wood seller - shows typical dress of natives - wood in bundles of fagots 1 ft. diam. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 18, 1920]

Verstappen and askari on mt. side. We came to the base of the mountain - at about 6 miles from Nyanza there is a strip of dry forest - not unlike that at Elizabethville or Kafue, but trees rather short. Our trip in was through a heavy rain. …

Shows method of stacking corn both for seed and for future use. This shows the back or stem side of the stack. Post and bamboo are used as a framework. Corn inverted with the husk on. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

Shows method of stacking corn both for seed and for future use. This shows the back or stem side of the stack. Post and bamboo are used as a framework. Corn inverted with the husk on. A more general view. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

The front side of a corn fence, with Colocasia in fore and fermenting manihot in the background. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

A photograph of a hut covered with perennial gourd. Corn can be seen in the back and to the side of the hut with amaranthus in the foreground.

Manihot flour in fore, corn, beans. Grinding and pounding and sifting material. Corn in back. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

A single plant of Capsicum, red pepper, [sketch 3 cm long] of about this size. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

The large or congested headed Andropogon. Strong oil content and odor. Hung up in huts at times. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

Amaranthus as it grows about every cabin. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

Sweet potatoes, several types of leaves, with a dhow. The Tanganyika and a large [boat] in the harbor. We went off on the Tanganyika. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

Sweet potatoes - detail of leaves. The corn cut and stacked - manihot an omnipresent crop, and sweet potatoes are important elements of the agriculture. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 21, 1920]

General view of shore below Kigoma. Taken about 10 ft. above the lake-shore, slopes very gradually. Rock in back shows high water line about 10 ft. to 15 ft. above the water line - with sloping soil or gravelly hills above the rock - could water…

A single bunch of tall Stipa - a bunch by itself. With a graceful yellow brown feathery top. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 27, 1920]