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A very broad pinnule maiden hair fern. This is a beautiful type. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]

Bamboo, Botanical gardens - cycad in dist[ance]. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]

Allspice - trees partly dead - bamboo, palm and Bougainvillea on wall behind. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]

A palm like the Royal but not so good. Another fruiting below the leaf spathes. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]

Ficus roots and a palm in the fore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]

Cycas (old man) with palm at the right, & Kalemuengo. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]

Looking out of Zanzibar bay, sailboats - dhows going out in distance. [Shantz travel journal, Apr, 8, 1920]

A dhow and small boat at the side. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]

Our dhow. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 8, 1920]

Crew eating rice [and Kalemuengo]. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

Mangrove on reef not far south of Tanga. The shore consists of sisal plantations all going to pieces. Mangrove along the shore, baobab in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

Dark & windy - shows mangrove on reef. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

Coral reef covered with mangrove - dry and dead at left. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

Passing the M272, coral reef in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

Narrow canoe with outriggers. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

Shore line - mangoes, Adansonia in back. No change to Tanga. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

Shore, swell [?] in bay. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

Shows hospital in dist[ance], arrived at 4:00 P.M. at Tanga. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 10, 1920]

Baobab tree in flower and fruit - a bell with stigma making a fray below. Very pretty. Abundant all along shore, and in city. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 11, 1920]

Poinciana regia in center of st[reet]. Royal Hotel at right. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 11, 1920]