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Ferns, palms, large trees and dense growth of vines. Type of dense growth. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Pumpkin, manihot, banana, old corn & natives - and old hut in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Rice field - with a fence in fore (buck are very plentiful). Also a clump of Andropogon in field. Rice here seems to be blighted a good deal. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Sugar cane, bananas, manihot, old corn with forest in the back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Papaya, large fruit pepper, banana, etc. etc. A fairly typical native culture. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Rice & banana, ochra, papaya, sugar cane, corn, pumpkin etc. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Diascorea - or yam - forms the vine shown in photo... Diascorea bulbifera. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Types of banana grown at Moshi. A short, a moderate long, and the best one a long green - eaten while skin is still green - and a yellow very large plantain like form. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Cross section of bananas. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Cucumber natural size. The one with leaf attached is red when ripe - has a rather strong bitter taste - but little worse than our cultivated form. The one with distinct white spots - surrounded by deeper green and the whole deep green. The other with…

Cucumber ... each cut in two. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Brazilian tomato tree. Rather sour, but quite good. Seen at Elizabethville but not ripe at that point. A bright - almost tomato red. Well shaped and very uniform in color, size and shape. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 17, 1920]

Pan[orama] of mt. and clouds. Kilimandjaro at left, a lower cloud, park in the level of clouds most of the time. Lower snow line [in] dist[ance] at left. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 18, 1920]

Pan[orama] of mt. and clouds. Kilimandjaro at left, a lower cloud, park in the level of clouds most of the time. Lower snow line [in] dist[ance] at left. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 18, 1920]

Pan[orama] of mt. and clouds. Kilimandjaro at left, a lower cloud, park in the level of clouds most of the time. Lower snow line [in] dist[ance] at left. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 18, 1920]

Pan[orama] of mt. and clouds. Kilimandjaro at left, a lower cloud, park in the level of clouds most of the time. Lower snow line [in] dist[ance] at left. Back lens off. Shows mt., clouds closing in. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 18, 1920]

Pan[orama] of mt. and clouds. Kilimandjaro at left, a lower cloud, park in the level of clouds most of the time. Lower snow line [in] dist[ance] at left. Back lens off. Shows mt., clouds closing in. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 18, 1920]

Pan[orama] of mt. and clouds. Kilimandjaro at left, a lower cloud, park in the level of clouds most of the time. Lower snow line [in] dist[ance] at left. Back lens off. Shows mt., clouds closed. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 18, 1920]

Dum palms and wild date ... rather open plain. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 19, 1920]

Dum palms and wild date ... rather open plain. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 19, 1920]