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A photograph of breakfast at camp at Kafue. There is H.C. Raven, H.M. Vale, and H.L. Shantz sitting in chairs with two indigenous men sitting on the ground nearby.

A photograph of a view in camp that is showing several men constructing a grass hut in the background and Homer Shantz sitting in a chair.

A photograph of detail of construction of the hut, showing poles lashed into place with palm fiber.

A photograph of a view of camp, showing three temporary huts and a tent surrounded by several trees.

A photograph of a tall beautiful orchid, lissochilus arenarius, which grows everywhere here and produces fine large corms or tubers. The flowers are pink to lavendar or even lighter in color.

A photograph of the open grassland or open tree and grass country. A few plants of alotandra can be seen in the foreground.

A photograph of an indigenous woman planting corn, zea mays, a Kaffir corn, and pumpkin or squash. There is also a dog sitting in the background.

A photograph of an indigenous woman planting corn, zea mays, a Kaffir corn, and pumpkin or squash. There are large trees in the background.

A photograph of indigenous woman standing on a termite hill. Around the hill, there are trees but down and burned as well as corn planted.

A detailed photograph of a lissochilus arenarius, showing flowers and buds.

A photograph of an alotandra, which are flowers borne in a head, of what only one bloom appears at a time.

A photograph of an ant hill with a dense growth of round leaf Sansevieria.

A photograph of copaifera mopane, a characteristic tree on the heavy undrained soil.

A photograph of a grass cover with several types of trees that include combretum, mopane, euphorbia, acacia, mopane as well as palms in the way back.

A photograph showing detail of a Garcinia livingstoni branch with leaves and fruit.

A photograph showing detail of ximenia americana or commonly known as mpinji, a plum-like fruit which looks like prunus americana. This is a large type that is longer than the average. There is also one green fruit in the photograph.

A up-close photograph of a lissochilus arenarius, the large soil orchid.

A photograph of Laginaria vulgaris, locally called wild watermelon or Rhodesian soap goard. There two gourds are half their natural size.

A photograph of Laginaria vulgaris with one of the gourds cut in two.

A photograph of a kaffir orange, Strychnos. This fruit is eaten by the indigenous population.